JTN: President Joe Biden’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is moving a step closer to imposing a 10-knot speed limit for large boats in the Florida waters of the Gulf of Mexico, with violations potentially resulting in a felony charge punishable by a $20,000 fine and up to one year in prison.
The agency closed a public comment period Thursday on a petition seeking to impose the limit.
The petition argues the speed limit will protect the endangered Rice’s whale and was submitted by a coalition of six environmental groups to NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in 2021, invoking the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. more
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Are the Coast Guard and DEA running out of Go-Fast Narco Boats to “Asset Forfeiture”? Then I guess it’s time to criminalize all of the other boaters. Whales, my ass.
Why not just issue body armor and helmets to the whales?
relocate the whales to Mexico.
SSS — shoot, sink, shut up?
I wonder what these intrepid Florida Men will do about this crap.
I’ll bet More eagles are killed by wind farms than whales killed by prop strikes in the Gulf. Dumb ass Environmentalists. the Government will probably put satellites up to act like speed cameras.
They re never going to stop with the agenda to destroy America. Look at the vessel traffic on Marine Traffic dot com and this would be a major disruption of commercial traffic. More rules that are illegal. No wonder they want to arm the federal employee’s to the teeth.
Time to shut off the flow of energy/fuel to California, NYC and Washington D.C. so they can see first hand what their policies will do to Americans. When the people don’t have food and clean water they will do whatever is necessary to survive. And it won’t be pretty.
I’m surprised they don’t just declare all fossil fueled boats to be illegal.
“When the people don’t have food and clean water they will do whatever is necessary to survive. And it won’t be pretty.”
Rice’s Whale…it’s what’s for dinner!
These people are nuts
I guess that will also protect Manatees, and other marine life like Stacey Abrams and Rosie O’Donnell.
Will it apply to Navy or Coast Guard ships? I guess to environmental wackos and eco weenies whales are more important than unborn children. Who would’ve guessed?
Newsome is raising boat fees 300%. There is no end to their greed. Wait till he’s prez you ain’t seen huthin yet.
is there an asshole somewhere you mofos will avoid sticking your nose?
Meanwhile on the northeast coast line, environmental efforts with wind farms are killing whales. The unfolding of Atlas Shrugged in real time is astounding… the cause of the deaths the “news” says it’s NOT from wind farms
1,2,3,4 What are we waiting for???
…don’t ask me , i don’t give a damn…
… be the first one on yer block to have yer boy come home WITH a box.
Governor DeSantis & the FWC already denounced this bullshit.
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana & Texas need to weigh in as well.
The whole biden administration is a sham. FUCK BIDEN!
Yup!
Now, he thinks he is the President of Florida!
Get this clown out of here!
Stage 1. Any boats over 65 feet.
One year later, Stage 2. Any boats over 10 feet
Since they can’t grab enough money from Stage 1