Comments on: State panel approves protection of local marine areas

By: chris ahrens

chris ahrens — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:16:09 +0000

One thing Swami’s desperately needs is a sign telling fishermen which fish are legal and what the size limits are. Anyone hanging around the beach very long quickly notes the abuse by spear fishermen coming up the stairs with sharks the size of sardines and strings of bass right out of the nursery.

By: Joe Diego

Joe Diego — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:21:22 +0000

Thanks for the civic lesson – I am humbled. BUT, the legislature may by statute, provide for the season when and the conditions under which the different species of fish may be taken
If a "right" is conditional in the first place, then it’s not exactly being trampled when the conditions are exercised.

By: fish321

fish321 — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:17:14 +0000

According to the California Constitution, Article 1, Declaration of Rights, Section 25, “The people shall have the right to fish upon and from the public lands of the State and in the waters thereof, excepting upon lands set aside for fish hatcheries, and no land owned by the State shall ever be sold or transferred without reserving in the people the absolute right to fish thereupon; and no law shall ever be passed making it a crime for the people to enter upon the public lands within this State for the purpose of fishing in any wate containing fish that have been planted therein by the State; provided, that the legislature may by statute, provide for the season when and the conditions under which the different species of fish may be taken.”

By: Joe Diego

Joe Diego — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:36:12 +0000

Since when is it somebody’s "right" to take fish from the ocean? There are no "rights" getting trampled here- just the recognition that the status quo will cause complete depletion of the fishery. Hippies may be stupid, but this is common sense. I thinks it’s OK to keep a few commercial fishermen from taking every living creature out of the water in the name of . . . go ahead and say it . . . selfishness.

By: gagagaga

gagagaga — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:44:03 +0000

Stupid hippies!!