[Coral-List] Fwd: FL Legislature and SEAKEYS

[Szmant, Alina]

And I gather than all Fl State  tax revenues from tourists that dive the reefs in Federal waters are immediately turned over to the Feds?

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Dr. Alina M. Szmant
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Center for Marine Science and Dept of Biology and Marine Biology
University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Wilmington NC 28409 USA
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-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Jim Hendee
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:27 AM
To: Coral-List
Cc: Jon Fajans
Subject: [Coral-List] Fwd: FL Legislature and SEAKEYS

Coral-Listers,

   The (previous) Field Operations Manager of SEAKEYS, Jon Fajans, sent me a reminder about why the State of Florida has declined supporting the continued maintenance of the network:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jon Fajans
Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:31 PM
Subject: FL Legislature and SEAKEYS
To: Jim Hendee <Jim.Hendee at noaa.gov>

Hi Jim,****

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The State of Florida has been asked repeatedly for funding for the SEAKEYS program, and each time they have declined, pointing out that the stations (and the reef for that matter) are in federal waters outside the State's three mile boundary.****

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Jon Fajans****
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