Over the past 3 years CAPT Paul Redman has advised all who would listen that he felt in the future that NMFS (NOAA) would move to close and turn live bottom reef areas off of Pensacola (29 edge, green's hole, paradise hole -etc) into Marine Protected Areas (MPA's) that are closed to fishing. 

CAPT Redman has advised us to take action and get involved with the RFRA solution and assist in building artificial reef red snapper habitat off Pensacola. 

Below post is a good example of CAPT Redman's insight:

CAPT Redman has been right at every turn.  Everything I read and hear suggests that President Elect Obama's new appointment to lead the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA /NMFS) Dr. Jane Lubchencho will support establishing an MPA(s) "full on" where live bottom reef areas exist of Pensacola.    

The following text excerpt from the last paragraph of the following web link   http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/specialcollections/events/2007paulingconference/video-s3-5-lubchenco.html  provides a good example of Dr. Lubencho's thoughts on MPA'S. 

 Member: I think that your scheme is complicated but excellent for your branch of science. I’m not sure how good it is for the fish. It’s the depletion of the fish population that the public is concerned about. I’m wondering if it has had any effect in reducing the amount of fish that people and other animals eat. Isn’t that really what we need in order to replenish the sea? It’s to convince people, and their animals, in effect, to eat fewer fish. Is that too simple an idea?

Jane Lubchenco: Yes it is. [Audience laughter] I do think that when you go to a restaurant, or when you go to your grocery store, there are plenty of fish to be bought. There’s a disconnect between what people are seeing and experiencing and what they might hear from scientists. The reason for that disconnect is, in part, aquaculture. There’s more and more seafood that is being grown and that is an increasing fraction of what we’re seeing in grocery cases. There’s a little bit of a disconnect, and what people don’t really understand is that there are actually intimate connections between demise of wild-caught species, and aquaculture. The fastest-growing kinds of aquaculture are salmon and shrimp, and it takes 3-5 pounds of wild-caught fish to grow one pound of salmon. So, many people have the impression that aquaculture is relieving pressure on wild-caught fisheries, but the reality is the way it’s practiced now for the farming of carnivores, like salmon, aquaculture is contributing to depletion of ocean ecosystems. This is a fairly complex landscape. The reason that I think your suggestion that we eat less fish is not exactly right is that it’s possible to have a world in which we can recover much of the bounty that has been lost. We can have our fish, and eat them too, if you will. [Audience laughter] If one establishes areas of the ocean where you may not fish, they’re called no-take marine reserves - these are areas that are completely protected from any extractive or destructive activities – the scientific evidence shows that those areas can rebound impressively and can become lush with a lot of fish and invertebrates, and that can be exported, especially when you allow fish or invertebrates to get really big, they have huge reproductive potential, and that can help recover depleted populations outside. Now, the oceans used to be replete with no-take areas, places that were too deep, too far away or too rocky to fish. We’ve now pretty much eliminated those. There’s active interest on the part of some to reestablish networks of marine reserves that are these little havens that can act as natural hatcheries, and help recover the bounty. That is an area that is extremely controversial right now, that is anathema to most fishermen because it’s taking area away for them and so they’re actively resisting it. The scientific evidence for it is actually very powerful, and it’s a controversy that we’re seeing play out. I mention it only because it is a solution coupled with better fishery management, with smarter development along the coast and with addressing the climate change problem. These are all interrelated and they’re all affecting oceans. I think that it actually is possible to not only recover the bounty, but to have healthy, productive ecosystems on land as well as in the oceans. But it means doing things very differently from what we do now, and that requires better public awareness, and political will. Hence the importance of communicating the science about all of that. [46:20]

Scott

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The RFRA does much much more than put reefs in the water, but just in the last couple of months I have seen at least 100-150 reefs built on the weekends at the RFRA club house. These are some folks that are dedicated to fishing and to protecting your fishery. You will be hard pressed to find a better group of guys to learn from, or to share your knowledge with. Before you pay your membership, if you have any questions, I would suggest that you attend a meeting so you can see what it is all about.

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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations James 1:2

If I take the wings of the dawn, if I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there your hand will lead me, and your right hand will lay hold of me Psalms 139: 9-10