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Maybe because they take up more space.
Of course the boat trailer parking is also a 24 hour permit. Apples to oranges.
I actually see a good bit of humor in divers claiming that some idiot, drunk fisherman is trying to kill them with a 4 ounce sinker and hook, yet argue that baited scuba dives with bull sharks is an entirely reasonable recreational pursuit and that the inherent risks are miniscule and definitely "worth it".
I could easily see them now deciding that they must reduce the areas that people can dive - particularly around the fishing pier... since apparently sooo many DIVERS have made it abundantly clear that the two groups can't "play nice" and more regulations and intervention is required to "protect" us.
I've found lots of cool fish & critters in, around, and under those shopping carts. Not condoning nor criticizing, just stating a real world observation.
Yeah, they’re little artificial reefs. Sea creatures don’t have human esthetic. I cringe at “ Harbor Clean Ups” because of all the little critters wiped out.
You are correct the City of Riviera Beach should have no say in this as it is an FDOT right of way. That being said the city council and city government are a bunch of corrupt entitled assholes who scream very loudly and as the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease!
Was that his boat I saw anchored today just outside the swimming area on the eastside, where that old cabin cruiser Sue Sez used to be moored? So its ok for him to put his props in area where everybody is diving but the fisherman shouldn't be allowed to fish off the bridge? Why would anybody pay him a plug nickel to dive off a boat there, when they can park for free and dive there? I have seen dive boats anchor off the south west side, when its blowing twenty knots and the ocean has 8-10ft seas, far as I know sea conditions were mild today. The props on his boat are exponentially more dangerous to divers than a dozen fisherman with treble hooks. Why doesn't he take his boat off the shore, if at all.While some fishermen want 24-hour-a-day access to the bridge, Jim Abernethy, who owns Jim Abernethy's Scuba Adventures feels there should be no fishing from the bridge, and divers should be allowed to dive under the bridge at all times. This is a unique underwater environment; fishermen should not be allowed to farm it. Let them fish off the shore, if at all.