2012年2月16日 Politicians and fishing

This man will take (and) molest,
in any manner at any time, your fish.
He also has a small penis.

I'm of the opinion that when politicians get bored they make laws about molesting fish.

I'm also of the opinion that when I get bored I read about those same laws and blog about them.

The following is from an ORS I found the other day reading about fisting fishing:

509.040 Small or immature salmon protected; exceptions; rules. (1) Any person who takes any immature salmon of any variety less than 20 inches in length, or any mature salmon of any variety less than 15 inches in length, by any means other than angling, shall immediately return such salmon alive to the water.

      (2) It is unlawful to:

    (a) Take, buy, sell or possess immature salmon less than 20 inches or mature salmon less than 15 inches in length, taken in any waters of this state, at any time or in any manner except by angling.

    (b) Take, molest, kill or injure, in any manner at any time, or expose for sale or have in possession, except for the purpose of propagation when authorized by law, any spawning salmon.

Surprisingly this no one has questioned law makers on that statute.

Apparently mature salmon are not protected against molestation...

Another one, this time from the great state of Florida...

379.405 Illegal molestation of or theft from freshwater fishing gear.—

(1)(a) Any person, firm, or corporation that willfully molests any authorized and lawfully permitted freshwater fishing gear belonging to another without the express written consent of the owner commits a Level Four violation under s. 379.401. Any written consent must be available for immediate inspection.

(b) Any person, firm, or corporation that willfully removes the contents of any authorized and lawfully permitted freshwater fishing gear belonging to another without the express written consent of the owner commits a Level Four violation under s. 379.401. Any written consent must be available for immediate inspection.

A person, firm, or corporation that receives a citation for a violation of this subsection is prohibited, immediately upon receipt of such citation and until adjudicated or convicted of a felony under this subsection, from transferring any endorsements.

Thanks Florida!

Yeah...