“Today’s vote to move forward with a new $55-million a year marine program shows that the Schwarzenegger administration is not listening to the people of California," Vern Goehring, president of the California Fisheries Coalition, said in a statement. (The figure Goehring refers to is a high estimate.)
"The people have spoken and the governor has said he got the message: live within our means because everyone must contribute to get out of this mess, Goehring added. "So how does he justify starting a new program while cutting healthcare for kids, closing parks and now, releasing inmates?
“It’s a fishy business that this expensive new program claims to protect the ocean, but in reality won’t even address water pollution, which we all know is a major issue. All it does is ban fishing, which ironically, is already heavily regulated and studies show California is one of the least-fished, best protected areas in the world."
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"It's a fishy business that this expensive new program claims to protect the ocean, but in reality won't even address water pollution, which we all know is a major issue," said Vern Goehring, head of the California Fisheries Coalition. "All it does is ban fishing, which ironically, is already heavily regulated, and studies show California is one of the least-fished, best-protected areas in the world."
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Associated Press (picked up by multiple media outlets)
"It's a fishy business that this expensive new program claims to protect the ocean, but in reality won't even address water pollution, which we all know is a major issue," Vern Goehring of the California Fisheries Coalition said in a statement.
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Malibu Times
Vern Goehring, of the California Fisheries Coalition, spoke of the almost $6 billion fishing interests that contribute to the California economy annually.
“Before the Fish and Game Department designated MPAs along the northern and central coasts, they never determined if fisheries were being managed properly in the first place,” Goehring said. “Our studies show California waters having some of the lowest exploitation rates in the world, with entirely sustainable fish populations.”
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