Jeff Crumley

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This hits the nail right on the head !

The debate over implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act of 1999 (MLPA) and Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s) has become the hot marine resource debate of the year. It seems for the past few years, each year there is a new crisis of one sort or another heaped on commercial and recreational fishermen Meeting after meeting after meeting must be attended, all over the state. And even thought the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) knows what days they allow fishermen to fish, meetings always seem to be scheduled for those few work days. It’s amazing how often this happens.

Each year, new laws are imposed, yet, time isn’t given to see how they work, before the next new law is introduced.

The State of California has approximately 90 marine parks, reserves, preserves, etc. Most have been around for decades. At Pismo Beach, for example, we have had an Invertebrate Reserve since 1977 and a Pismo Clam Preserve since 1985. DFG established these next to areas open to clam fishing to measure human use versus sea otter predation. Locals and DFG know the results: sea otters have eliminated most legal clams in both areas. While this result remains a subject of debate, DFG has published these findings by several scientists.

In the rush to impose even more restrictions on commercial and recreational fishermen, DFG, environmentalists, politicians and others seem to ignore two even larger impacts on coastal fish: pollution and marine mammals.

Commercial fisherman Tom Capen raised these issues with DFG marine biologist, John Ugoretz in Morro Bay July 17th. Mr. Ugoretz responded by explaining that DFG had no jurisdiction over water quality (pollution) and that marine mammals were protected by the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and so DFG had no authority there either. No, but what they can do is regulate fishermen.

To me, restricting sewage disposal, dog and pet waste, urban run-off, etc. would do far more to protect the nearshore marine environment. My marine reserve would run along the coast for miles and extend inland, not out to sea.

As for marine mammals, one species, California sea lions are now thought to be above historic numbers. There are probably more California sea lions now than 500 years ago. The lack of mainland predators– grizzly bears and wolves– has allowed sea lions to occupy habitat not formerly used. And, there are five other species of seals and sea lions common to California.

In 1995, DFG estimated the California sea lion population at 186,000 and consumption at 500,000 tons (1.billion lbs.) annually of squid, salmon, anchovy, rockfish and flatfish. Commercial fishing for these species in 1995 totaled 281.million pounds or 28% of California sea lion consumption. Yet, the MLPA does not address marine mammals, it only targets humans use fisheries when it can be demonstrated humans take less than some marine mammals.

If these laws are truly to address suspected declines in fish stocks, they must be holistic, meaning they address all sources of fish mortality. Unfortunately, the current examples of good intentions and wishful thinking by politicians will predictably continue to fail, just like the Pismo clam preserve failed.

How much money is spent on California and US waterways that could be spent on say…helping out of work Americans?
Did you know that Sea Otters,(that are NOT endangered), just got a $ 25,000,000 bill approved for MORE studies. Right now, we are forcing litigation to stop the lie about Sea Otters. Sea Otters NEVER were endangered! They were listed under “threatened,” the threat coming from the possibility of an oil spill that could threaten their habitat. They were NEVER in any danger of becoming scarce.
THIS IS A MYTH!!!
Sea Otters are doing too well in fact. They have passed the required number of animals allowed to have a sustainable food supply. It is a DOCUMENTED FACT that Sea Otters are starving themselves, due to OVERPOPULATION!!! Just like the Wolves in Yellowstone Park. The US Fish and Wildlife Service still created a new law to allow more Otters…Why? It is a documented FACT that Otters have eaten ALL of the abalone,scallops,clams that are in their “Otter Range.”

The Big Green Machines poster child isn’t the harmless fuzzy little creature they want you to believe, and the truth and the proof of this is now available to the public.

Well the good news is..the White House Office of Science and Technology has announced the new policy to make available the scientific research funded by the Fed. This would mean that you and I could go on the internet and read scientific research results, then watch the peer reviews of this research. This would prompt the private research community to the obligatory transparency required to meet the needs of data to determine any decisions being made in the MLPA process. Full disclosure?…Transparency? Well, maybe.

The bad news is…the back door of the White House is busy with the traffic of Obamas “special appointees” to widen the control of the federal government. Obama has set up EVERY drop of water in this country to be under federal jurisdiction. Do you know how many different entities of government, state and federal, that control the same drop of water? Redundant is an understatement!!!

This is a typical far left Democratic agenda of taking away control from states and building federal control.
There is already too many redundant controls. Occams Razor would apply well right now!!!

I am getting so fed up with hearing people use this statement. The worst on record don’t mean squat!!! The majority of “human record” only goes back a couple of human generations. What is that in geological terms?…not even a blink of an eye.
Mr. envoro…your alarm clock is broken! Or is that just the bells going off in your empty skull! We as a people need to step back and look at history for a moment. What has been the controlling factor of mankind “on record?”…FEAR! Man has spent his existence with the instinct of survival. This is what has kept us alive. Today, we live in a relatively safe environment. Most people can walk around without the fear of something jumping out of the bushes and eating them. However, the instinct is still there. So, some genius comes along and figures that peoples fear can make him money(not a new idea). Remember, one who doesn’t learn from history is doomed to repeat it.
Here is the fact!…science is proof through trial and error. To take a hypothesis and act upon it with repeated experiments to remove doubt and incorporate variables. Todays corporate environmentalist funded science is using pretend experiments. Todays tainted “pay for science” has created it’s own form of science…”JUNK SCIENCE.”
Look at what they are actually saying to you…Be scared for your lives people, the sky is falling, only they can help you, just give them all the money and power and you’ll be saved.
Don’t be fooled by the charlatans, this is just more of the same ‘ol same ‘ol.

Here she goes! As if Jane Lubchenco, the administrator for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,doesn’t already have enough to do (having only three months to establish a comprehensive plan for all US waters)… told the House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming that evidence that has come to light since 2004 shows carbon dioxide pollution makes the oceans more acidic as they absorb the gas.
“Carbon dioxide is a plant food, not a pollutant;” says Ian Plimer,professor at the University of Adelaide.
“Human activity only produces three percent of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions each year. Early earth had 1,000 times more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than now…through five ice ages, yet there was no run away greenhouse effect, tipping points or acid ocean. Even if we burned all the fossil fuels on Earth, the atmospheric carbon-dioxide content would not double.” Pilmer goes on to say that “dissolving CO2 in ocean water has not created acidity. The constant chemical reactions between ocean water and sediments and rocks(limestone), on the sea floor have kept the ocean alkaline. When we run out of rocks, then the ocean might become acidic.”
Jane, your just another tool in the workshop of the out of control, money hungry, hypocritical, “Big Green Propaganda Machine.” You are part of the problem, not the solution.
Stop the lies!!!

Laguna Beach city council members admit…They are ignorant and don’t know the facts. “I haven’t seen any of the science,” says Elisabeth Pearson. She goes on to explain…” I don’t know that we are over fished I don’t know that we need replenishment.” Yet, without knowing the facts, the city has endorsed the six mile closure in Laguna. In a recent article, the council members have heard testimony on issues like water quality(pollution), and sustainability. Yet Ms. Pearson expresses disgust at sport divers actions, like the take of Garibaldi. This is directly due to lack of educating the public.
There is a bigger issue in this closure than a couple of Garibaldi. It is the FACT that North Laguna has become an “Urchin Barren.” Nobody seems to be aware of this except a couple of us Commercial Urchin Divers.
Watch this video…this is from a sport diver,who unknowingly, filmed Shaws Coves’ Urchin Barren. See it for yourself.

I just can’t leave this one alone!!! This is straight out of the Science Daily one of the best examples of “junk science propaganda” on the internet. Do they really think you are that stupid? Maybe we should hire these guys to find Osama Bin Ladden!!!

“Scientists matched the park service data to data provided by SeaWiFs, a satellite monitoring project that photographs and analyzes ocean color for information about ocean life.
“Organic coastal run-off — from fertilizers and sewage overflow — increases the amount of organic material in the near shore ocean. According to the study, differences in the amount of organic material do not have much effect on the delicate food chain of the kelp forest ecosystem. However removal of the fish at the top of the food chain has a profound effect.” Kelp forests are so sensitive,” said Halpern. “If you remove some of the predators, then you can have an effect on the entire kelp forest ecosystem.”
He explained that until now studies of kelp forests looked at either overfishing or increased nutrients. This is the first study to put both variables together to see which is more important.”
Watch this video…it’s from one mile in front of UCSB campus, where this story comes from…

Pro Tem Senator Darrell Steinberg, an employee of the Packard foundation(?), the man who squashed the investigation of private money from the Packard Foundation financing the MLPA allowed by Gov. Schwarzenegger, is disregarding the thousands year old subsistence fishing by some small local tribes of California natives. This MLPA process that claims involving all of the people in the decision making did not even consider these tribes. They were only acknowledged after they showed up to voice themselves. Still this had no importance in the non-science based random cookie cutter mapping for the MPAs. The entire port of Pt.Arena is in jeopardy of collapse. Taking away from what little these folks have left is outrageous. Environmentalists take their lessons from these people who are well known for using mother earth with respect and conservation, yet they now seem to be irrelevant. That is just wrong!

No pun intended!

Boy, the junk science community sure is doing some damage control on this one. How long can they expect the fraud to last? This is what happens when decisions are made based on a null hypothesis. Wikipedia gives an excellent analogy. This has been going on for years now and the guessing that was done is now bitting at their heels. We are going to see more and more exposure of failed scientific “experiments” that you were told was based on absolute facts. I want to know what the percentage is of “junk science for money” to real science from “truth dedicated” individuals. The problem with an experiment on mother nature is… if they are wrong, we are screwed. We really need to stop the greed of this big green machine, it looks like the erosion of lies is giving way to the truth. Then we can get down to business and really help the ocean.

A part of the environmentalists “Big Green Propaganda Machine.”

They present these animals in “circus shows” around the world. You can swim with them, watch them perform tricks…make you feel in touch with them.
They don’t, however, tell you where they got them, or how.