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This is what we sent out to every person on our email mailing list. Any support against his reappointment, is good support.
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[Titled] For fishermen's sake, please take one minute...

...and visit the link below under What you can do. It's so simple, the letter is already formatted, so all you do is add your name, email, and maybe address, then click Send this message.<O:p</O:p
This is in regards to opposition to CA Fish and Game Commissioner Richard Rogers' Reappointment. He has not supported fishermen, instead supported closures of quality fishing areas, leaving fishermen with barren areas to fish. The DFG takes care of fish populations with size, amount and time of year restrictions on fish to manage their populations. These area closures are unnecessary, and will cripple the fishing industry.<O:p</O:p
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Thank you,
Aaron Brenner
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Voice Your Opposition to California Fish and Game Commissioner Richard Rogers’ Reappointment

Rogers’ track record shows he is no friend to

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Background<O:p</O:p

Since his 2005 appointment to the California Fish and Game Commission, Commissioner Richard Rogers has been one of the most vocal supporters of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative. The MLPA is a controversial marine preservation program that threatens sportfishing for anglers and the industry alike by unnecessarily closing large areas of the ocean to recreational fishing. Many <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1:pCalifornia</ST1:place></st1:State> communities depend on recreational fishing for revenue and jobs.

<st1:City w:st="on">Rogers</st1:City>’ term on the commission is set to expire on January 15, 2011. However, Governor Jerry Brown could choose to reappoint <st1:City w:st="on">Rogers </ST1:p</st1:City>to another six-year term. Throughout his term, <st1:City w:st="on">Rogers</st1:City> has consistently ignored the interests of <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>'s anglers and has turned a blind eye to <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1:pCalifornia</ST1:p</st1:State>’s economy.

What You Can Do

Click here to send a message to Governor Brown urging him not to reappoint <st1:City w:st="on"><ST1:pRogers </ST1:p</st1:City>to the California Fish and Game Commission. Given his staunch support of a program that fails to address the real problems affecting <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>’s coastal waters, such as habitat loss and pollution, <st1:City w:st="on">Rogers</st1:City> has failed to fulfill his responsibilities to <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1:pCalifornia</st1:State>’s citizens and its natural resources. The Partnership for Sustainable Oceans believes that Governor Brown should replace <st1:City w:st="on">Rogers</st1:City> with a commissioner who understands his or her responsibility to both conserve <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>’s natural resources and take into account the impact of regulations on <st1:State w:st="on"><ST1:pCalifornia</ST1:p</st1:State>’s economy.

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