“Ultimately it would cut those solutions off because once you really list manatees then everything becomes more conflated. There’s more bureaucracy, there’s more red tape, and everything becomes more difficult to navigate. Whereas right now, I mean, it could be really, really easy. Look at, for example, astroturf. In some municipalities, it’s literally illegal for you to replace your grass with some really nice looking artificial turf because it’s against county code. And it’s silly.” – Captain Dylan Hubbard

In Episode 393 of District of Conservation, Gabriella revisits with Captain Dylan Hubbard of Hubbard’s Marina in St. Pete, Florida, to share good news on the Commerce Dept’s Gulf of Mexico vessel speed rule getting canned. Plus, a proposed USFWS rule to list a Florida manatee as endangered, and the latest grouper fisheries policies. Tune in to learn more!

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SHOW NOTES

⁠NOAA Fisheries Denies Petition to Establish a Mandatory Speed Limit and Other Vessel-Related Mitigation Measures to Protect Endangered Rice’s Whales in the Gulf of Mexico⁠

⁠Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for Two Petitions To Reclassify the West Indian Manatee⁠

⁠U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Findings on Two West Indian Manatee Petitions⁠

⁠Connect with Captain Hubbard⁠ on ⁠Facebook⁠

⁠ Hubbard’s Marina

 

Photo Credit: Captain Dylan Hubbard / Facebook