{"id":4259,"date":"2012-11-20T11:37:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-20T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2012-11-20T11:37:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T15:37:44","slug":"moratorium-on-rig-removal-necessary-while-more-research-is-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2012\/11\/20\/moratorium-on-rig-removal-necessary-while-more-research-is-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Moratorium on Rig Removal Necessary While More Research is Done"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The United States Senate is likely to pass<\/a> what has been called by some the most significant sportsmen legislation in a generation.\u00a0 The Sportsmen\u2019s Act (S. 3525) includes a directive to Departments of Interior and Commerce along with other federal and state agencies to report to Congress on the removing of oil rigs no longer in use but where coral and fish populations have taken over the structure.\u00a0 The version that is set to pass the Senate does not stop the removal process, which is already destroying coral and fish, while Congress examines this issue.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s true we need some better information on how rigs become artificial reefs and which are chosen and how many we need for important fish habitat, but we already know that rigs provide important habitat for fish and sensitive coral populations. That fact will not change with more studies. Government agencies have recently offered some basic information on where the rigs are and which ones become reefs<\/a> so it\u2019s clear the agencies are starting to get organized, but in the meantime, let\u2019s stop destroying these good fishing spots and coral ecosystems.\u00a0 These decommissioned rigs are important to anglers in the Gulf of Mexico and it is possible that their existence is not only beneficial to fish populations, but that their removal may cause real harm.<\/p>\n

The federal government needs to stop removing rigs while we develop the process. \u00a0We will continue<\/a> to work with the administration, other fishermen and the oil industry to find a way that works.<\/p>\n

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The United States Senate is likely to pass what has been called by some the most significant sportsmen legislation in a generation.\u00a0 The Sportsmen\u2019s Act (S. 3525) includes a directive to Departments of Interior and Commerce along with other federal and state agencies to report to Congress on the removing of oil rigs no longer …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8330,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[36774,42604],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gulf-of-mexico","tag-rigs-to-reefs","tag-sportsmens-act"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMoratorium on Rig Removal Necessary While More Research is Done - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2012\/11\/20\/moratorium-on-rig-removal-necessary-while-more-research-is-done\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moratorium on Rig Removal Necessary While More Research is Done - 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