{"id":7507,"date":"2013-02-12T10:57:58","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=7507"},"modified":"2013-02-12T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T16:16:27","slug":"explosive-fed-mandate-killing-thousands-of-red-snapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=7507","title":{"rendered":"Explosive Fed. Mandate Killing Thousands of Red Snapper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) A federal mandate to remove old, abandoned oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico is blowing up a lot more than just the rigs.<br \/>\n<code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/eplayer.clipsyndicate.com\/embed\/iframe?aspect_ratio=3x2&amp; auto_start=0&amp;pf_id=9214&amp;rel=3&amp;show_title=0&amp;va_id=3937865&amp;volume=8&amp;windows=1\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\" height=\"330\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Undercover video obtained by Local 15 shows thousands of pounds of dead fish, mostly red snapper, floating to the surface after one of the controversial demolitions in the Gulf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood Lord,\u201d marine scientist Dr. Bob Shipp said, when Local 15 showed him the video. \u201cAs a scientist, I think it\u2019s abominable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shipp said the demolitions are frequent, sometimes three a week in the Gulf, but are seldom video-taped. Shipp also sits on the Gulf Fisheries Management Council, and has been a strong opponent of the demolitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a double whammy,\u201d Shipp said, \u201cNot only are we killing a lot of snapper, but we\u2019re also destroying their habitat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The old rigs are an eye-sore, but under the surface, they\u2019ve developed into artificial reefs with rich coral habitats. On some of the older rigs, those habitats have grown over the course of 30 to 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>The killing of the red snapper is also infuriating charter boat captains and anglers. Federal restrictions keep cutting the red snapper season shorter and quotas smaller to protect the species from over-fishing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey tell us not to fish [red snapper] but they\u2019re blowing them up,\u201d charter boat Captain Jason Domange told Local 15, \u201cIt\u2019s a cryin\u2019 shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The confidential source who provided Local 15 the video estimated 10,000 pounds of fish, mostly red snapper, were killed after that one demolition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThat\u2019s a year\u2019s salary for a lot of people and that\u2019s just going to waste,\u201d Domange said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shipp said the killing of red snapper has both environmental and economical ramifications.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about the most valuable fish species in the Gulf of Mexico, the one on which so much tourism, industry and restaurants depend,&#8221; Shipp said, &#8220;Then we see something like this, which is just a blatant waste of a very precious resource.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before Domange was a charter boat captain, he worked on oil and gas rigs all across the Gulf Coast. He\u2019s seen plenty of demolitions and fish kills, but has never seen one on video-tape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of [the demolitions were] hush hush, unsaid, and unseen,\u201d Domange said, \u201cThis is the first video that\u2019s been produced, that I\u2019ve seen. Hopefully it shines a lot of light.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.local15tv.com\/news\/local\/story\/Explosive-Fed-Mandate-Killing-Thousands-of-Red\/xj8T4zPamkOGc8fuT40W_Q.cspx\" target=\"_blank\">SOURCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Read More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=7510\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) A federal mandate to remove old, abandoned oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico is blowing up a lot more than just the rigs.<\/p>\n<p>Undercover video obtained by Local 15 shows thousands of pounds of dead fish, mostly red snapper, floating to the surface after one of the controversial demolitions in the Gulf.<br \/>\n\u201cGood Lord,\u201d marine scientist Dr. Bob Shipp said, when Local 15 showed him the video. \u201cAs a scientist, I think it\u2019s abominable.\u201d<br \/>\nShipp said the demolitions are frequent, sometimes three a week in the Gulf, but are seldom video-taped. Shipp also sits on the Gulf Fisheries Management Council, and has been a strong opponent of the demolitions.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a double whammy,\u201d Shipp said, \u201cNot only are we killing a lot of snapper, but we\u2019re also destroying their habitat.\u201d<br \/>\nThe old rigs are an eye-sore, but under the surface, they\u2019ve developed into artificial reefs with rich coral habitats. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[138,12,60,171,90,172,40,53,82,154,11,32,31,41],"tags":[318,317,316,315],"class_list":["post-7507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alert","category-artificial-reefs","category-conservation","category-divetalking-2","category-earth","category-education","category-featured","category-grouper","category-ocean","category-preservation","category-reefs","category-reference","category-report","category-stories","tag-blowing-up-reefs","tag-explosive-reefs","tag-reef-demolition","tag-reef-destruction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Explosive Fed. 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