Most of us have been reading about the old subway cars that NYC was going to donate for use as artificial reefs off our shores. The latest news is that it appears that Delaware and South Carolina are going to get them because Governors Pataki and DiFrancesco sided with the enviro wackos. The enviros claimed that the asbestos in the cars might create an environmental hazard, even though there is no hazard from waterborne asbestos. So now the cars will go someplace else so that other anglers can reap the benefits.
Just imagine blackfishing in the fall if those cars were sunk in 50 feet of water off the North Shore. Imagine the seabass and fluke that would gather around them if they were sunk off the South Shore. It is such a shame that we have to pander to these groups whose primary objective is to limit the public's right to our resources. They will do anything possible to reduce the harvest of fish, even denying the fish additional habitat in which to live. When do we stop getting screwed?
Gamakatsu
Just imagine blackfishing in the fall if those cars were sunk in 50 feet of water off the North Shore. Imagine the seabass and fluke that would gather around them if they were sunk off the South Shore. It is such a shame that we have to pander to these groups whose primary objective is to limit the public's right to our resources. They will do anything possible to reduce the harvest of fish, even denying the fish additional habitat in which to live. When do we stop getting screwed?
Gamakatsu