Fishing matters to me- It is my heritage.

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   Name: Dennis O'Hern on Feb 9, 2010

   State: FL

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   Name: Mike Jackson on Feb 9, 2010

   State: FL

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   Name: Capt Bob Bryant on Feb 9, 2010

   State: Florida

   Comments: We are at a cross roads of American Ideals and Traditions. The sportsmen of this country will not sit idly by while a small (very small) vocal and well funded minority usurp our inalienable rights to hunt, fish and enjoy all the wonders our great country has to offer.

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   Name: Chris Grauer on Feb 10, 2010

   State: Florida

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   Name: Kurt Theodore on Feb 10, 2010

   State: FL

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   Name: Robert Harbison on Feb 10, 2010

   State: Florida

   Comments: I am a Florida native recreational fisherman. "Fishing matters to me." Our heritage, our right to fish, has been taken away from us. Pew's puppet , NOAA, has succeeded in destroying our sport, our economy, our State. Even NOAA recognizes that the data being used was never intended for the purpose for which it is being used. Pew's own spokesperson admits that their recommendations are, "Based on politics, not science." MSA mandates, "Accurate data." We all know that our fisheries must be strictly regulated. However, we must demand that these regulations be based on current, accurate, scientific data; not politics, or big money. I, we, want our heritage back. After all, "Fishing Matters to Me!" Bob

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   Name: Anonymous on Feb 10, 2010

   State: Fl

   Comments: Please help fix the Magnusson act.

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   Name: Brandon Campbell on Feb 10, 2010

   State: Florida

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   Name: Mark Fellows on Feb 10, 2010

   State: AL

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    Name: H. Clayton James on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Florida

    Comments: I want my fish back!!! I pay more to fish than the commercial sextor, and take FAR LESS. I don't kill most of the sea life that I catch, and the commercial sextor kills almost everything that they catch. The goverment is turning the common fisherman into a poacher. POACHER, a name you put on us. This madness must stop NOW!!!

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    Name: Oscar Menendez on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Fl

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    Name: Brian Dinning on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Randell Hand on Feb 10, 2010

    State: ga

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    Name: Brian Rennie on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Michael L Amyx on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Florida

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    Name: Daniel Ludwig on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Debbie Barlow on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Fl

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    Name: Frank T. Rossi , P.T. on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

    Comments: The Gulf Grouper and Red Snapper stocks are obviously recovered based on observational catches. What is the NMFS's rationalization for even more drastic reductions in recreational catches? Could it be the same science that led them to reduce the Commercial Red Grouper size limit to 18"?

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    Name: John Molfetto on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: JOSEPH STEFANCZUK on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FLORIDA

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    Name: John Brady on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Fl

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    Name: Cephas Newton Christian III on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Eric Kullberg on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Jeremiah Slaymaker on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: James D. Harbison on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Fl

    Comments: Fishing along with other outdoor activities helps many peoples minds and bodies!

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    Name: David Miller on Feb 10, 2010

    State: texas

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    Name: John Herrera, Esquire on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Catherine Rodenburg on Feb 10, 2010

    State: fl

    Comments: My husband and I retired just months ago and bought a huge boat for what was always our dream, to fish. We spent our retirement money. Now we have a huge boat and no fishing. We can't even sell it due to closures, there is no market. The marinas restaurants, tackle and bait shops, motels and our friends who have charter businesses are selling out or hanging on by a thread. Florida is dying, we are losing fishing based tourism which here in our state is devasting. Unemployment is at 12%. Our property values are down 40%. Please help save Florida and our joy, FISHING!

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    Name: William Toreki on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Kristie Gilford on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

    Comments: As a 6th generation Floridian, fishing is my hertiage. My family and I are avid fisherman be it hook and line or spearfishing. The flawed data and unsupstantiated research should not be used to close our healthy fisheries. In fact, the stocks are more plentiful than in the past. Fishing Matters to me so much that I am attending the Fishing Matters Rally in Washington DC on February 24, 2010.

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    Name: Gayle Gilford on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

    Comments: Fising matters to me. I have fished the Florida waters for over 65 years. My right to fish is my heritage. I ask that you look into the injustices being committed by the National Marine Fisheres and their Scientific and Statistical Committees. These so called officials must be held accountable to the measures mandated by Magnuson-Stevens.

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    Name: Anonymous on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Hector Perez on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Fl

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    Name: Mark Hubbard on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Florida

    Comments: Family activity with my daughters, Son and Wife Food source; we love to eat fish Boat owner for 35 years Charter Captain for 25 years Certified Advanced SCUBA diver Avid angler and spear fisherman, fishing in FL for 40 years. I have targeted grouper, snapper, amberjack, cobia, dolphin, snook, trout , lobster and more. I was born right in the Tampa Bay beaches area in 1963, and grew up with Captain Wilson Hubbard as my father. I played on the fishing boats and docks, and developed a natural instinct for fishing, boating and water. I want the right to fish year around! Help us please!

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    Name: David Campo on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

    Comments: As a concerned Florida commercial fisherman, I am painfuly aware of the Magnuson Stevens Act and the impact it has had on our state's economy. On Feb 24th, concerned citizens (commercial and recreational alike) will be in Washington DC to make our voices heard; in order to have the Magnuson Stevens Act revised. A revision would bring billions of dollars back into the economy. Where do you stand on this issue? As a Florida voter, I hope to see your support.

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    Name: Charlie Piatt on Feb 10, 2010

    State: fl

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    Name: Austin Jackson on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Bob Conrad on Feb 10, 2010

    State: florida

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    Name: Trey Stickland on Feb 10, 2010

    State: fl

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    Name: Daniel G Birch on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Florida

    Comments: Recreational fisherman pay sales tax on all fishing gear and everything they need to catch a fish.Commerical fisherman pay o sales tax on the same products. So why are the commerical fisherman getting the largest share of the gulf grouper? They don't help the states in anyway to pay there bills yet they can fish all year and rape the fishery. If they take fish from me and allow fish traps this will be the biggest slap in the face we have ever had. I will watch who i vote forin the future.

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    Name: Craig Wyse on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Walter J. Stone on Feb 10, 2010

    State: LA

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    Name: Candice Young on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Robert Menendez on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Fl

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    Name: DAVE HALLEY on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FLORIDA

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    Name: David on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Ms

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    Name: Oscar M. Cardoso on Feb 10, 2010

    State: \FL

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    Name: James McKeever on Feb 10, 2010

    State: FL

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    Name: Leon Paul Kass on Feb 10, 2010

    State: Florida

    Comments: I design and test marine electronic equipment before it is on the market. i can plainly see fish that are suppposedly not there, and can identify fish that supposedly do not exist. I also know, I am the only vessel at a location that has a number of ghost fishing people on it according to the Gulf Council. The data used for the determinations of our fish stock are very flawed, and the Gulf Council refuses to allow or consider any evidence contrary to their statements. The economic situation has left the fishing grounds on the Gulf of Mexico, void most of the time of any recreational fishing people.

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    Name: William Burke on Feb 10, 2010

    State: fl

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