Welcome to freefish7
I am Chris McCaffity, a commercial fisherman who set up this
site to offer positive solutions that will allow for a responsible harvest of
sustainable fisheries. I understand people are busy these days and need concise
information with options for digging deeper into some issues. My goal is to briefly
explain some problems in America’s fisheries and offer common sense solutions
while giving you an easy way to support them. Knowledge is POWER and we have
POWER in numbers. We the People can convince our public servants to listen IF
enough of us speak up. Please take a few minutes to read some information about
the most pressing issues I am working on under the Action Alert section of this
page and explore other pages to learn more. Thank you!
Action Alert
We have had two HUGE victories recently. The first victory was stopping a gamefish bill that would have taken our freedom to eat three delicious fish with healthy stocks that are currently harvested in NC waters. The second victory was stopping the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council from passing a law requiring snapper/grouper fishermen to install Vessel Monitoring Systems on our private property. The only reason we stopped either of these attacks on our freedom to fish and eat them was because enough people publicly opposed them. Now that we have stopped these bad ideas, it is time for us to focus on offering positive solutions that limit waste, collect better data, and protect our marine resources for future generations. Please join other concerned citizens in discussions about how we can achieve these goals on the state and federal levels at the links provided.
http://www.freefish7.com/safmc-visioning-project.html
http://www.freefish7.com/nc-visioning-project.html
Action Alert
We have had two HUGE victories recently. The first victory was stopping a gamefish bill that would have taken our freedom to eat three delicious fish with healthy stocks that are currently harvested in NC waters. The second victory was stopping the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council from passing a law requiring snapper/grouper fishermen to install Vessel Monitoring Systems on our private property. The only reason we stopped either of these attacks on our freedom to fish and eat them was because enough people publicly opposed them. Now that we have stopped these bad ideas, it is time for us to focus on offering positive solutions that limit waste, collect better data, and protect our marine resources for future generations. Please join other concerned citizens in discussions about how we can achieve these goals on the state and federal levels at the links provided.
http://www.freefish7.com/safmc-visioning-project.html
http://www.freefish7.com/nc-visioning-project.html
