What fight? The fight for our jobs, our way of life, and our livelihood. The way we choose to live and to support our families. The -- once upon a time -- respected and honorable profession of commercial fishing. Learn More
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What fight? The fight for our jobs, our way of life, and our livelihood. The way we choose to live and to support our families. The -- once upon a time -- respected and honorable profession of commercial fishing. The Gulf is back in business -- for the most part -- and the government is continuing its ongoing alliance with the supposedly Non-Government Environmental Organizations to use flawed science, incomplete data and just plain bullcrap to shut us down and put us out of business. We are currently getting ready for a major demonstration in front of NMFS St Pete on February 25th 9 AM till noon. We are hoping for 1000 or more participants as the Recreational and Commercial sectors stand together on these issues. Fix Magnuson -- manage the fisheries with better science -- stop taking away our jobs -- collect better data in a timely manner. We will bring you more information here as we get it. Try to make it there on Feb. 25th and join with your fellow fishermen, both recreational and commercial, in a show of solidarity and a gesture of defiance. We can't just continue to stand by while they close fishery after fishery, usually with no good reason, and we all slowly but surely go out of business and see our lifestyles taken away from us. Hubbard's Marina on Madeira Beach will be participating by showing up on the water side of the NMFS offices with the MV Florida Fisherman II full of fishermen, unhappy fishermen who would much rather be fishing than demonstrating but who have been given no choice but to speak out and speak up. If you would like to go on the Florida Fisherman II, we will be departing Hubbard's Marina at 7AM and returning at 3 PM. Again, more info as we get it.
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