72 Hours to Save Malibu Fishing-YOUR MALIBU KAYAK FISHING ACCESS IS UNDER DIRE T

[Spike]

This came down from our Stakeholder Rep...Get everyone you know to act!

Guys,
We have a serious situation on our hands. You need to put in maximum effort if we are to hang onto anything west of Paradise Cove. Our opponents are pushing back hard on the worst-case line that was moved to Little Dume. This means a full-on phone and email blitz followed by attendance at Tuesday LA Board of Supervisors meeting. You need to get the business owners who will be impact involved! YOU have to handle this; I will be meeting with politicos in San Diego on Tuesday.

I am posting the following on Kayakfishing.com and KSF. Repost it as appropriate, forward this email, do whatever it takes to spread the word.

 
YOUR MALIBU KAYAK FISHING ACCESS IS UNDER DIRE THREAT

 

We face the loss of every inch of Pt Dume, starting at the base of the Paradise Cove Pier and running east almost all the way to Nicolas Canyon. After intense effort at last week’s BRTF meeting, we moved the worst-case line from the Paradise Pier to Little Dume. Now the other side is pushing back hard. 

 

What happens to Malibu is up to the guys who use the area. Don't wait for direction from me. Use your own initiative, time and effort.

 

You can be certain Coastkeeper and Heal the Bay will attend the meeting. If YOU do not, there will no one to counter their continued misrepresentations. That boundary line will move back to Paradise Cove.

 

First off, email every member of the board individually. Next, call their offices on Monday to oppose the motion. Get your friends and family involved. Get the tackle shops involved. Pound the pavement!

 

Then find a way to attend the hearing:

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009, 9:30 A.M.

KENNETH HAHN HALL OF ADMINISTRATION

500 WEST TEMPLE STREET

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90012

BOARD HEARING ROOM 381B

 

Speak from the heart. Be polite. Talk about shore-based fishing access. Point out the P2 plan meets science guidelines. P1 is the same as the P3 extreme position that will take away all of your meaningful opportunity. Even a boundary at Little Dume will close half of your fishing area, but that's preferable to all of it. There are economic arguments too, and after all, this is the modern birthplace of kayak fishing.

 

The LA County Board of Supervisors:

 

District 1: Gloria Molina

Phone: (213) 974-4111

molina@bos.lacounty.gov

 

District 2: Mark Ridley-Thomas

Phone: (213) 974-2222

markridley-thomas@bos.lacounty.gov

 

District 3: Zev Yaroslavsky

Phone: (213) 974-3333 

zev@bos.lacounty.gov

 

District 4: Don Knabe

Tel: 213-974-4444

dsommers@lacbos.org

 

District 5: Michael D Antonovich

Phone: (213) 974-5555

fifthdistrict@lacbos.org

[Sea Weed]

if we all don't work together we get what the gov decides. I watched a meeting on cal gov channel and it was fishermen pitted against each other. I think it is too late now. but why wait for fish and game meetings. there should be meetings before those meetings with fishermen only to hammer out what could work best. Problem is we have kayakers , power boaters and commercial guys all thinking about their small pictures. and not working together from what i saw on the California channel. Now we need to stick together as I have a feeling that this is really just the start. untill fish and game can figure out the real problem with our fisheries.  We here on central coast shoild be concerned what happens south and north as much as our area. Because we really have to stand together in the future. I know it is hard not to bicker. but now i hear all three plans are thrown out and fish and game will make it's own plan. If this wasn't what happened my bad. but from what I watched on T.V. the losers are all fishermen! Maybe we need a power group just like the animal rights groups.

[Sea Weed]

Oh by the way I was part of the problem because I didn't attend meetings and get involved in southern or northern area meetings Like the guys from south or north didn't attend central cal meetings. Wait till next time around we will travel south or north like I hope you will travel here to central. as we are all one state. I believe what was done was to divide and Conquer to get their agenda passed.

[spotfin]

On one hand I am very happy that my backyard fishery Rocky Point remains open, but I don't feel really good about it, because Point Dume is closed and this affects a great many Kayak fishermen. It came down to which area did more lobbying and Rocky Point won at the expense of Point Dume. As you mentionned, divide and conquer, it was either Rocky Point or Point Dume.
I would not be surprised if in a few years efforts are made to close Rocky Point based on questionable scientific data. The anti-fishing interests will go after our fishing grounds one by one.

[Sea Weed]

Someday you may need help from all fishermen through out California to keep it open. North south central as well as inland we all need to stick together. Or we will lose more. Please keep vigilant on our fiahing issues. I'm glad your place is open still. but you need to fight for us as we should for you. Just my opinion. 

[Sea Weed]

Sea Weed, Bob Hattoy hijacked the DFG meeting and drew his own boundrys. He rammed it thru, It had nothing to do with our approach.
Capt Dave

[BigDog]

I am sorry to say that I told you guys that no matter what you do, drop your drawers and bend over. These buttheads have their own agenda and do not care what we think or want. We talked until we were blue in the face and it did not matter one bit.

[Sea Weed]

Some day when you have time googe ban fishing and see what you get. At least I know I didn't vote for Obama