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Bill: Freeing Fishermen Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Drtárék Jelbék Prta
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2443
Description[?]:
| "We propose freeing our fishermen, so that they can benefit from the bountiful harvest that Poseidon offers us. With our short coastline we are losing out to our neighbours, removing quotas will restore some balance to the situation." Sagzi Frtosagzi, Minister for Food and Agriculture |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Proposed: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:50:00, August 14, 2007 CET | From |  Bloc Militaire pour Restauration | To | Debating the Freeing Fishermen Bill |
| Message | we support |
| Date | 15:40:32, August 14, 2007 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Freeing Fishermen Bill |
| Message | Again as with the subsidy to farmer's proposal, a removal of quotas would decimate fisheries and move us further from the small-business fisher foundations of our nation. We cannot support this. |
| Date | 15:28:36, August 17, 2007 CET | From | Drtárék Jelbék Prta | To | Debating the Freeing Fishermen Bill |
| Message | We acknowledge CUF objections, but push to vote in the hope that the CCU will back the apostles trade. |
| Date | 11:48:40, August 18, 2007 CET | From | Jesuék avé Avjogadék Kàticképylz | To | Debating the Freeing Fishermen Bill |
| Message | NAY, this is death to our marine environment!! Do you want to kill us? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 274 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 55 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 172 |
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