In the St. Pete Times:
http://www.sptimes.com/2008/01/31/Southpinellas/Grouper_economics.shtml

"No group of people is going to pay $3,000 to go out and harvest one grouper. I have a federal (charter) license. Pay me $1.99 for it and I'll throw in a couple of tilapia fillets from Publix in as well."

Armando Suarez, spearfishing guide.

Unfortunately, I am not sure it will be worth the asking price :cussing:

I see you got quoted too, Mike. :D

Such a media whore ;). I'm sure Jimmy Z will appreciate yesterday's public auction of the JR2 charter permit at clearance sale pricing. Tilapia is quite delicious though......

SOLD!!!!

Can someone copy and paste the article. They blocked all of my non-work related sights so I can't see it. I almost needed to round up the FRA troups for them to unlock this site...LOL. They only gave me this one and I can't get to SB or any other sites I use to stay on all day long...lol.


Armondo, I thought your words at the council were classic....lol.

ST. PETERSBURG - Congress requires federal regulators to protect fishing stocks they think are in trouble, and that's what the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council intends to do with gag grouper.

The council must also consider public opinion, and on Wednesday several hundred anglers, charter boat captains and marine supply store owners gave them an earful. Proposed cutbacks are designed to cut recreational and commercial gag fishing by 45 percent. Gag are the favorite target of offshore recreational fishermen.

Speaker after speaker predicted economic disaster, claimed the gulf is teeming with gag and said that high fuel prices have already reduced the gag catch because people can't afford to go fishing offshore.

Some comments:

"We had to close gag fishing two years ago for three months because of (Hurricanes) Katrina and Wilma. I lost 98 percent of my business in those three months. You are basically closing down my business. I will have to let people go."

Bill Hardman, owner of Aquatic Obsessions, a St. Petersburg dive shop.

"I like to go out 30 or 40 miles. With the cost as it is now, limiting my grouper to one gag will shut me down. I won't spend that much money to go offshore for one fish."

Mike Weinard, Tampa fisherman.

"If you take my grouper, there is no reason for me to stay here. I'll move away. I make $44,000 a year. I can't afford to go out every day of the week. Please don't take my grouper."

Brandon Wilson, fisherman.

"No group of people is going to pay $3,000 to go out and harvest one grouper. I have a federal (charter) license. Pay me $1.99 for it and I'll throw in a couple of tilapia fillets from Publix in as well."

Armando Suarez, spearfishing guide.






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Next time you have a chance to drop a deuce of a quote on them:

"if this closure/limit takes place, we'll all have to make a move to full time Jenkem production"

Next time you have a chance to drop a deuce of a quote on them:

"if this closure/limit takes place, we'll all have to make a move to full time Jenkem production"


F*ck spearfishing! From now on a JR2 charter we huff jenkem the entire way out, put on cartoon animal costumes, and perform Riverdancing on the bow deck while hallucinating our balls off. Will they eventually limit the captain and crew from this also?

http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/DDC20-3g_620.jpg

F*ck spearfishing! From now on a JR2 charter we huff jenkem the entire way out, put on cartoon animal costumes, and perform Riverdancing on the bow deck while hallucinating our balls off. Will they eventually limit the captain and crew from this also?

http://kidshow.dcmemories.com/DDC20-3g_620.jpg



Course,don't forget speed stacking....no pending legislation on curbing it, as of yet.

Now that's a classic:thumbup:

HOLY CRAP! look at that, they quoted me...Lil old me, HAH!

HOLY CRAP! look at that, they quoted me...Lil old me, HAH!

It was the crying that did it....the tears were an awesome effect!!!

It was the crying that did it....the tears were an awesome effect!!!

"Please,sir,may I have some more grouper ?"

Jerk's...

HAHAHA NO SOUP FOR YOU MR. BUCKET!!!!!!!

"THE MORE RESTRICTIVE GROUPER REGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES"

I got qouted and made the news on ch 10

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=72835

Brown Grouper?

Maybe we can get this guy to do a "Leave our grouper alone" video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHmvkRoEowc

You think he will take PayPal?

D4B--- Permits sell?

Maybe we can get this guy to do a "Leave our grouper alone" video.


I'm so glad that the SFP community is able to find such great entertainment and condense it all here in one little micro sphere of the web. Media quotes, relevant fishing regulations info and Britney Spears all in one thread! Its amazing.
I can't respond to this, I feel so fulfilled

may be all I can say is

Thank you SFP

I can now go study.