Why are you even on this thread? I can only guess you have don't have much of a life. That fishing should be banned is absurd, and a lose/lose for everybody.
You stated you don't dive at BHB, and you probably never will. Have you ever even been to south Florida? The reason I am here is that I dive the BHB 10-12 times a month because its conveniently only 25 minutes from my home and the undercurrent article lead me here. You have no clue of the level of law enforcement in this area, you have no clue of the socioeconomics of this area. There is a little more to this than just diver vs. fisherman. Truly I don't get it. You wouldn't find me on scuba board arguing with you about some diver/fisherman conflict going on at Whidbey Island. And as far as @ uncfnp is concerned I wouldn't be arguing with him over fishing/diving in the Pimilico Sound (if there even is diving in the Pimilico Sound).
Actually I agree with the self regulation being naive. When
@uncfnp mentioned it, I thought it was a good way to just stop arguing with you and him. But no you have to have the last word. He is from North Carolina and you're from Seattle, and you here arguing with me about a dive site I've done about 900 times.
And by the way your argument that somehow LE can't handle this problem is absurd. Today there were 3 PBSO, and 2 FWC at the bridge. When leaving the bridge I passed a total of 6 Riveria Beach Police cars along a three mile route to I95. You truly are clueless. By the way I was under that east span, there were no fisherman trying to hook divers. I didn't notice any divers exiting the water with torn BC's, torn wetsuits, or hooks hanging out of their faces. But hey what would I know, I was only there, and you weren't.
No need to respond, though I doubt you can help yourself.