Turtle & Fish Killing Gill Nets In Our Future

[Kevin Smith]

Please help stop this bill or we will have 300' feet of gill nets stickly out from any dock in Virginia

Kevin
Weekend Mistress

CCA VA


Staked Gill Net Bill (HB1268)
Fish Killing Device and Boat Trap
Contact your state senator and delegate

HB1268 threatens to unleash another fish killing device on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. In addition this bill would allow recreational staked gill nets to intrude into navigable waters, and threaten the safety of boaters.

At issue is a gill net device that waterfront property owners could attach to their piers and extend up to 300’ into waterways. Such gill nets would kill all fish that encounter the device, and pose a serious hazard to boaters attempting to navigate the adjacent waters. Under this bill, “recreational” netters can apply to the VMRC for permits to place these staked gill nets.

The ill-advised bill was introduced by Delegate Tom Gear (Hampton/Poquoson/York), and has already cleared the House Chesapeake Sub-committee. Time is short.

Please contact both of your state representatives, and ask them to oppose HB1268. E-mails are fine. You can also call and talk to a legislative assistant.
Amanda Link for above: http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy.nsf/main?openform

[BLUEYZWAITN]

lOOKS LIKE tOM WILL NEED NEW EMPLOYMENT AFTER HE GETS ABOUT A 1000 DEATH THREATS

WTF how do all these people of Influence just get up one day and say lets introduce a new bill just to stir the pot.. Where Ol TOM be when you launch you boat from your own pier and get tangled up in a net ..... Maybe he can come over and cut the damn thing off your Motor...


I wonder how he would feel if someone put a 300 foot net in his back yard ...


I see Water rage on the way

[carey]

sounds like nc

check out

nomoregillnets.org

[Tom Powers]

The bill was tabled in committee until 2011. . . so it is dead for now

[SANFLEA]

what a cluster