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Recreational Fishing Alliance                                                                                                  November 13, 2008

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In This Issue
NORTHEAST - NE's Rec Sector Faces more Groundfish Cutbacks
CALIFORNIA - Feds Deny Fishermen's Request on Wave Energy Permits
NATIONAL - Pres Bush Amends Exec Order
NORTH WEST - RFA-OR Update
Atlantic CodNE's Rec Sector Faces more Groundfish Cutbacks 
New England sport fishermen who target cod, haddock and pollock face potentially severe cutbacks in catches depending upon a single critical decision by the New England Fishery Management Council.  The Council is currently crafting a new groundfish plan, called Amendment 16, which is expected to go into effect in 2010...." View full text 

WavesFeds Deny Fishermen's Request on Wave Energy Permits
On October 16th, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order denying a request for rehearing its pilot permitting process for wave energy projects in the oceans, bays, estuaries and rivers of the U.S. The RFA and other members of the FISH Committee (Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics) had requested a rehearing of the policy to include environmental review of the projects. In a 30-page ruling, FERC declared that it has the authority to condemn any area of the ocean in U.S. waters from the shore out to 200 miles and block off public access in favor of energy plants in the ocean. Another federal agency, Mineral Management Services, has also asserted authority over this area, setting up a jurisdictional conflict that will need to be settled by Congress...View full text    
Wildlife RefugePresident  Bush Amends 1995 Recreational Fisheries Executive Order
President Bush announced an amendment to Executive Order 12962 to ensure that recreational fishing shall be managed as a sustainable activity in national wildlife refuges, national parks, national monuments, national marine sanctuaries, marine protected areas and any other relevant area under federal authority.  This amendment attempts to quell the negative backlash directed toward the Bush Administration in response to the Islands in the Stream and similar proposals calling for the arbitrary closure of vast areas of US waters to recreational fishing... View full text 
 
RFA-OR License plate RFA-OR Update
John Holloway, RFA-OR Chairman, and the RFA-OR board have been hard at work on issues including wave energy, marine reserves, pacific halibut allocations, and expanding recreational opportunities through the federal process... View full text

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