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Fr__ <br />MAY 81990 n <br />BOOK 80 FAIG E 4 <br />Chairman Eggert asked if we are exempting or are we saying <br />we would support the DNR exemption, and Commissioner Scurlock <br />believed it would be that the Commission supports the concept of <br />exemption and that would be worked out with the DNR and the <br />commercial fishermen. <br />Mr. Adams informed the Board that the DNR has worked well <br />with the commercial fishermen in the past, and he felt they have <br />made a real honest effort to understand the situation they are <br />putting them into. <br />Bruce McIntyre, 701 Shore Drive, Vero Beach, wished to <br />commend the Board on the decision they made first time around on <br />the manatee situation. He believed the Ad Hoc Committee, headed <br />by Commissioner Bowman, had good members and got good input from <br />the general public. The Board then voted on what they thought was <br />the most realistic approach to what unfortunately seems to be the <br />battle of the boaters versus manatees. Mr. McIntyre noted that <br />this county has been very fortunate with its safety record with <br />both boats and manatees. In the areas we are talking about now, <br />the DNR has refused to accept what the Board voted on and sent <br />forward, and he believed that has been their track record with <br />about every county that has submitted a plan. <br />Mr. Mclntyre.stated that why we need_the .increase in the <br />speed limit in the Sebastian River between the U.S.I bridge and <br />the railroad bridge is because there is a ridge there, and you <br />need to have your boat up on a plane to get over it. He contin- <br />ued that the Commission voted -2 relatively protected exempt areas <br />for the water skiers - one to the islands in the east of the <br />river and just south of Sebastian Inlet next to the Intracoastal, <br />and those the DNR has agreed to leave in there. He stressed that <br />part of the problem with manatee protection is that you are <br />driving the kids out into the channel to do their skiing, which <br />is a dangerous situation; so, he was very grateful that area was <br />saved. A very good area was taken away, however, west of the <br />islands which are west of the Intracoastal from approximately <br />40 <br />