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commissions surrounding this County, from Brevard to Martin, have asked me to help them on <br />the same fishery enhancement issues associated with habitat that my own home County, Indian <br />River, has so readily ignored. You are very lucky you have a healthy ecosystem in at least the <br />southern portion of this County that you, unfortunately, so steadfastly want to negatively impact. <br />Permits were denied by Federal and State agencies on several occasions, but have recently been <br />reversed due to political pressure. This is very difficult to understand, particularly when the <br />value of essential fish habitat at Oslo has increased substantially because so much fishery habitat <br />has recently been lost from one end of this Lagoon to the other. This loss not only affects the <br />economy of local entities, but has interstate impacts. Tarpon leaving Indian River County <br />nurseries join spawning adults in the Florida Keys that then migrate to Virginia. <br />Last month I and my colleagues discovered additional seagrass meadow disappearance for <br />several miles in Martin and southern St. Lucie County. Why does this Commission want to <br />negatively impact through increased human boat traffic and use of Oslo Road, one of the last <br />remaining major fishery nurseries for spotted seatrout, red drum, snook and tarpon? Why? <br />I have asked that question many times and was always told by the commissioner questioned that <br />he could not tell me. Can the Commission answer me now? <br />i96 <br />