Why not ban collecting fish and lobster???????   They are alive???????

Scott Jordan wrote:

> I would be interested in learning if Floridians feel these bans were
> necessary or have indeed been successful.
>
> It frankly scares me when politicians, who are always on the search for
> populist activities to champion, whittle away our civil rights. But maybe
> there is a real depletion problem.  Anybody have more insight into the
> situation in West Florida?
>
> While diving the islands off of Southern California, I am sternly told by
> the dive master that it is illegal to bring up any gastropods.  Yet one
> diver after another brings up a load of rock oysters.  The laws here seem
> arbitrary and capricious.
>
> Scott Jordan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Karlynn Morgan [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Wednesday, April 04, 2001 2:27 AM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Another collecting ban in the works?
>
> I found this article in the Naples Daily News this morning, which I am
> sure many of you will find interesting:
>
> http://www.NaplesNews.com/01/04/bonita/d618790a.htm