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CHAIRMAN WODTKE READ ALOUD RESOLUTION N0. 77-84 APPROVED EARLIER <br />IN THE MEETING AND PRESENTED IT TO PAUL C. REDSTONE. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy',' SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADDED TO TODAY'S AGENDA AN EMERGENCY ITEM <br />IN REGARD TO THE TAKING OF PORPOISE IN THE INDIAN RIVER, <br />JOHN MORRISON APPEARED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT IN 1970 INTERESTED CITIZENS REQUESTED THAT A RESOLUTION BE <br />DIRECTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PROHIBITING THE TAKING <br />OF PORPOISE (DOLPHINS) FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND RESOLUTION N0, <br />70-16 WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME. SUBSEQUENT <br />TO THIS THERE WAS A STATUTE ENACTED THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR- <br />BIDDING THE TAKING OF DOLPHINS FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. MR. MORRISON <br />STATED THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE FEDERAL <br />.GOVERNMENT, HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE FEDERAL WORDING.STATES THAT "IN <br />PARTICULAR EFFORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO PROTECT THE ROOKERIES AND BREEDING <br />GROUNDSo' 11 AND HE FELT OUR AREA MIGHT MEET THIS CRITERIA. MR MORRISON <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AT THIS VERY MOMENT MEMBERS OF A NAVY TEAM ARE <br />TAKING DOLPHINS FROM INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, AND THEY CLAIM THEY HAVE A <br />VALID PERMIT ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE DOLPHIN FROM THE "MELBOURNE" AREA OF <br />WHICH INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS.SUPPOSEDLY A PART. MR. MORRISON REQUESTED <br />THAT THE BOARD GET AN INJUNCTION REQUESTING THEM TO CEASE AND DESIST <br />UNTIL WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT VERO BEACH IS A SATELLITE OF <br />MELBOURNE. HE FELT THE CITIZENS OF VERO BEACH HAVE VOICED THEIR FEELINGS <br />IN THIS MATTER AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE THIS SITUATION WHICH IS <br />CAUSED BY BUREAUCRATIC EXCESSES, <br />COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF MR, MORRISON WAS POSITIVE WHAT THE <br />PERMIT ACTUALLY SAYS AND KNOWS HOW MANY PORPOISE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF <br />THE COUNTY, <br />MR. MORRISON STATED THAT HE HAD NOT READ THE PERMIT FIRSTHAND, <br />BUT WAS SURE IT ONLY ALLOWED 10 DOLPHIN TO BE TAKEN. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />HE -HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MORE THAN 10 HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN VIOLATION <br />OF THE PERMIT, <br />COMMISSIONER Loy INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN <br />ABLE TO SECURE HELP FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE AND HAVE DETER- <br />MINED THAT THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS UNDER THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <br />�flCl�t Q �4uj_fllj <br />AUG 2 4 1977 <br />