After 23 in the USCG and my last 2 years in Wash, DC.....that guy from F&W didn't give me warm and fuzzies for transient boaters....just a little too pre-mindset based on his examples.Yes, thought it was reasonably well thought out. Hope the process will be objectively done as opposed to already decided and this was just a make you feel like they care.
Ted
After 23 in the USCG and my last 2 years in Wash, DC.....that guy from F&W didn't give me warm and fuzzies for transient boaters....just a little too pre-mindset based on his examples.
After 23 in the USCG and my last 2 years in Wash, DC.....that guy from F&W didn't give me warm and fuzzies for transient boaters....just a little too pre-mindset based on his examples.
>Eliminate the derilect boats and the need for all of this goes away.<
Who decides ?
From the video it is readily apparent where this will end up. Very little about anchoring rights, but much about negatives. I do not like participating in activities with predetermined outcomes. The only way to stop this crap is law suits. That is expensive, and the FWC knows it.This appears to be a charade.
Anyone know BoatUS's stance on the Florida anchoring debate?
I have seen articles where they are passing info, but haven't seen anything where they are lobbying one way or the other.
If states have to petition the feds for no-discharge zones, the should have to do the same for no anchoring. Fair is fair.
Remove the derelicts and the problem goes away.Also if cities would limit anchoring out, then they can impose a mooring system and take in money for their city. Its all about the rich homeowners views.
yet very little of the total water area is actually NDZs.Very good point. Let's think about that. States petitioned for their entire coasts, or large sections, to be NDZ's. They offered one-time grants to install pump-outs so that they could claim there were sufficient stations. Once the law was passed, those stations fell into disrepair, and many were never fully embraced by the marine facilities that agreed to take one.
The only effect was that boaters can't legally discharge treated waste. There's already a federal law against discharging untreated waste.
Meanwhile, towns and cities dump thousands of tons of untreated sewage and storm water runoff whenever there's a rainstorm, and runoff from agriculture and industry continue to pollute as before.
The politicians claimed victory over those "evil" boaters who were fouling up our coasts, and the real problems were never addressed.
Yeah. Let's do THAT again.