This is very good news for coastal fishermen and all fisherman in general. But if we want it to last we all need to act. I won't go into details but our new Gov. has stopped the MLPA process. His reason was lack of funds.

There is a whacko environmentalist group who is trying to raise money to get it going again. They did it before, and we sat and watch our islands disappear and almost watched our coastline disappear. Let's not let it happen again.

I was a member of one of the MLPA working groups and all I saw was tons of money being flushed down the toilet for nothing. It was un-believable how they were wasting money at those meetings.

Let Arnold know what you think...
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814

More information here:
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/7697991.htm
http://www.allcoastsportfishing.com/dcforum/Main/15274.html
http://www.allcoastsportfishing.com/dcforum/Main/15306.html

It has always been my personal belief that lower catch limits, size limits, and slot limits, along with "recreational fishing" only reserves, and "catch and release/artificial lure only" reserves is the answer - and only if there is un-deniable proof that recreational fishing is causing the problem.