Do you enjoy seafood? Tell Congress to Fight NOAA’s Proposed Boat Regulations
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them . . . access to the oceans need to be unencumbered by frivolous regulations imposed by a few.
The Federal Government wants to impose a 10-knot (11 mph) speed restriction for up to 90 miles out from the shoreline. But wait. Six miles out puts you in International waters, outside of U.S. jurisdiction.
They want you to believe they’ve counted every whale hit in 139,668,500 square miles of water!
Fishermen bring in the seafood you love to eat by fishing specific places sometimes 50 to 150 miles out. They need to get out there quickly and get back quickly. Although they want to kill the boating industry, they cannot substantiate the number of “whale hits” they’re claiming to prevent. Some say thousands, others say hundreds. Nobody actually has an accurate body count. Nobody.
Imposing a speed limit because of “whale hits” is ridiculous. Let’s impose a speed limit in the sky because of bird hits. What will they do when tankers come in from China doing 15 knots? Give them a speeding ticket? Well, except the U.S. has no jurisdiction over vessels in international waters!
We need your help to stop this government overreach.
We ask that you contact OIRA to urge the withdrawal of this rule and direct NOAA to work with the recreational marine community to research, develop and utilize technology to monitor and track the right whale and prevent vessel strikes.
Click here to be part of the solution
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