Oyster "Restoration" Nonsense In Balt. Sun.

[Chumbucket]

Oystermen reap federal bounty
Bid to revive bivalve benefits watermen more
By Rona Kobell and Greg Garland
Sun reporters
Originally published April 1, 2007

At the Hyatt Regency resort in Cambridge, several dozen scientists, watermen and government regulators gathered to sip martinis and mingle over hors d'oeuvres. Later, there were cheers and tributes as they dined on crab and filet mignon.

The mood was celebratory at January's annual meeting of the Oyster Recovery Partnership. Yet the government-financed nonprofit has made little progress toward its stated mission of restoring oysters to the Chesapeake Bay.

Full article: Oystermen reap federal bounty - baltimoresun.com (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.oysters01apr01,0,7103354.story?coll=bal-home-headlines)

[Ordinary Angler]

Chum,

My complements on starting an exceptional thread on the CA board. I see you tried to start one here that didn't take off. That's commendable.

I was, once again, aggrevated to learn something new about MSSA. I'm beginning to feel that MSSA is missing the mark as the "voice of recreational fishermen" in Maryland. There again, they probably don't know that they had a say in paying Larry Simns over $40K a year to manage the put and take oyster fishery. I will be sure to ask Rich and Bill W. how they liked their Filet Mignon at that meeting.

[scotty80]

I am speachless... The good ol' boy network at it's best.

Oops, totally missed the same post on the main board.

[Porkchunker]

As I said in the same thread over on the main board, after reading this nonsense, and discovering the true colors of MSSA, I sent them my resignation notice. Rich got my money once, but never again. As they say..."screw me once, shame on you, screw me twice, shame on me."

[Robert]

I cooked ribeyes on the grill tonight. $5.99/pound at Bloom. I must be doing something wrong.

[saltfly]

Yea I can see it now. by the way I doult any real waterman were their. I can just see one of them drinking a martini. oh yea right. give me another beer birtha, thank you. bwahahahahaha

[Ricky Brown]

I know that this is a stupid question, but why don't they just give the watermen the money to sit at home? Sorry, this stuff just upsets me and I had to ask a question that the answer to is obvous.