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The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has scheduled public hearings on its management plan for menhaden (draft amendment 2). The draft proposal is open for public comment through November 16.
This is your chance to be heard as the Commission nears an important decision to introduce a coastwide quota on menhaden which will mean that fishing stops once the limit is reached.
PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA BOURNE, MASSACHUSETTS OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT PORTLAND, MAINE BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT MOREHEAD CITY, NORTH CAROLINA KILMARNOCK, VIRGINIA DOVER, DELAWARE COLONIAL BEACH, VIRGINIA EASTON, MARYLAND NARRAGANSETT, RHODE ISLAND GALLOWAY, NEW JERSEY CHESAPEAKE BEACH, MARYLAND EAST SETAUKET, NEW YORK
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Greed,ignorance and stupidity is causing the collapse of our ecosystem. We haven't learnt and we will nerver learn from our mistakes. The growth of our economy (how far can it grow?)seems more important than anything else in this world and many human beings do not seem to understand that the ecosystem needs to be preserved or else we will disappear with it. Money will not allow us to survive in an empty world.
Given the delicate dance biodiversity within any biome requires to maintain its health & sustainability, even the smallest element within the biome must be protected. We do not need another collapsed fishing industry, nor do we need another system altered, Frankenstein style, by the removal of one element in that system by humans [Menhadden along the Atlantic Coast, wolves in the Wyoming region, etc.]. There are too many examples of human caused species eradication going haywire to ignore the possible, yeah, even probable, impact of Menhadden extinction should it be allowed to occur.
Dixie Dickinson Virginia Beach, VA
We, as a nation, can only hope that the are protected in order to keep the ocean's ecosystem intact.
We don't have a 'meeting' in Florida, but even down South commercial and sport fishing is vital to our economy. Our fish migrate and need to eat too. B.R.Bauer, Boca Raton, FL
Whether one is a coastal person or a prairie one as I am doesn't matter. Every living soul needs to be alarmed at the state of the oceans and the fish therein. Every part of the environment is in dire need of sensible action --- the time has run out for more of the seriously flawed decision making of the past.
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