Friday, September 15, 2006
From the Scuttlebutt
ONLY IN AMERICA
In a rather bizarre ruling that has marine industry officials worried, Judge
Robert G. James of the United States District Court, Western Division of
Louisiana, has said that it is criminal trespass for the American boating
public to boat, fish, or hunt on the Mississippi River and other navigable
waters in the US. In the case of Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate, James
ruled that federal law grants exclusive and private control over the waters
of the river, outside the main shipping channel, to riparian landowners. The
shallows of the navigable waters are no longer open to the public. That, in
effect, makes boating illegal across most of the country. - IBI Magazine,
full report:
www.ibinews.com
In a rather bizarre ruling that has marine industry officials worried, Judge
Robert G. James of the United States District Court, Western Division of
Louisiana, has said that it is criminal trespass for the American boating
public to boat, fish, or hunt on the Mississippi River and other navigable
waters in the US. In the case of Normal Parm v. Sheriff Mark Shumate, James
ruled that federal law grants exclusive and private control over the waters
of the river, outside the main shipping channel, to riparian landowners. The
shallows of the navigable waters are no longer open to the public. That, in
effect, makes boating illegal across most of the country. - IBI Magazine,
full report:
www.ibinews.com
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