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April 10, 2014
Contact: Matt McCullough
SOUTHERLAND SLAMS PROPOSED 11-DAY RED SNAPPER SEASON
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, II issued the following statement today slamming the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s vote to shorten the Gulf of Mexico’s red snapper season from 40 days to 11 days:
“It is painfully obvious that the Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery is not being managed to foster growth and economic opportunity, but instead to push our fishermen off the water and out of business. When this terribly shortsighted decision is implemented, it will be impossible to restore the certainty our fishermen need to build a business, support a family, and grow an economy,” said Southerland. “Limiting our fishermen to only 11 days of work has serious consequences, and I believe we’ve been left with no choice but to consider new management methods for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.”
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2 comments:
Southerland pretends to support business, but he works strickly for special interests. The pollutors who are destroying the Gulf are Southerland's top concerns, not fisheries. He will say and do anything to bribe votes.
Southerland pretends to support fisheries, but his real support is loyalty to those who are destroying the Gulf and hurting the fisheries. The Kock brothers and Americans for Prosperity are funding his hypocritical ads. There lies his true loyalty.
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