IWLA Applauds Passage of Clean Boating Act of 2008
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The IWLA (named after Izaak Walton) have just helped push through the Clean Boating Act of 2008. The good news is that the act will help cleanup our waterways by forcing such codes such as having to clean you boat entirely (yes the bottom) before you are able to transfer from one body of water to the next. This helps prevent the spread of “invasive species” that might be coming along for the ride. The better news is that recreational boaters like you and me are exempt from these new regulations. The major infiltrator seems to be boats traveling internationally for shipping purposes. Obviously this doesn’t include your recreational weekend warrior boater. It is nice to see that they are doing something to keep the waterways clean, and that they aren’t just throwing a “blanket” rule over everyone, but instead pin-pointing the probelm and attacking it from there.
[full press release after the break]