Posted by Steve on November 01, 2002 at 07:54:13:
In Reply to: The Blame Game posted by Eleena Oak on October 31, 2002 at 18:11:11:
"I know that divers may disrupt some of the marine life’s daily patterns (just as a storm, big swell, change in water temp. would do, mankind is part of nature too)."
May disrupt? That's an extreme under estimate. Sure we need our play area but the wildlife needs a their place without our encroachment. If you are planting a new lawn you rope it off and give the fragile seeds and young grass a chance to survive. SOME of those MLPA should be a total closure from all fishing, diving, collecting, anchoring. Any access shoould require a permit. Mankind is part of nature but we are very destructive. We like high power vehicles that that go WFO and don't really think very often about the destruction we left in our path.