The California State Game and Planning Commission is considering banning fishing of some parts of the California coast, including Laguna Beach, reports the Orange County Register. Do people who make a living in the fishing industry have a right to continue that livelihood? If the government is going to take away that right, should they be compensated? People have made enormous investments in developing this business. It seems it does not matter how badly our economy is hurting, the environmental advocates will continue to push for regulations which kill California business. They should consider environmental protection in the Third World–because that’s where they are sending our economy.
Filed under: Current Events, Regulation Nightmares
In full disclosure I do need to say that I am a completely addicted sportfisherman. That being said ARE THEY NUTS?? We outsourced cust service to India, outsourced factories to China and now we are going to outsource the great outdoors to mexico?
The california constitution section 25, article 1 still gives the power to the state to set the conditions under which the different spiecies of fish may be taken. A closure of an area for the protection of spiecies is likely to survive any challenge under constitutional right, unless……the state gives a privilege to classes of fisherman, IE private companies that it doesn’t extend to individuals. So if it allowed certain companies to fish under some paid licensing or permit, but denied the public, that would be an infringement on your rights
I should have also stated that your constitutional state rights are also measured against yours, and others constitutional federal rights. So the federal courts are going to be used to temper state rights for the protection of migratory fish.