The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
PAGE 11 - April 15, 2015
Four Bells
Searching For The Truth
By Mike Moore, Newscaster photojournalist
It's four bells (that's 6:00pm in landlubber's time) and I am standing on the deck of
the "Mary Jane", a Florida shrimping trawler boat owned and operated by Capt. Bobby Ste-
Once Again, Atheists Stand Against Science
vens. We are heading to sea out of "Shrimp Landing" off of Fort Island Trail and underway
If evolution is true, it must start by explaining
at about 6 knots in Crystal River. As we pass Shell Island, a perfect 77.5 degrees sweet sea
the existence of the only planet upon which life is known
breeze is rustling my hair and I am aboard tonight to live a Florida's shrimper's life for this
to exist (Earth). Almost every astronomy textbook, natu-
article.
ral history museum, and planetarium show promote the
Shrimping is a Florida legacy. From as early as 1913 when the first "otter trawl
Nebular Theory as the best explanation for why the Earth
net" was invented and put in to service on Amelia Island, shrimping has been and continues
exists. The Nebular Theory is the idea that the Earth
to be one of Florida's most important industries. With more than 20,000 vessels generating
formed from a mass of swirling dust particles that were
more than $150 million dollars annually, the economic impact of Florida's shrimping fleet
circling our sun billions of years ago. These dust parti-
cannot be underestimated.
cles slowly came together by gravitational forces to form
Capt. Bobby, like many shrimp fishermen, was called to the vocation by the unique
larger and larger bodies until all of the planets, including
combination of independence, adventure, and the "seafarer" way of life. Active since 1995,
Earth, had formed. This idea was first proposed by French atheist Pierre De Laplace
Capt. Bobby owns two trawlers and as he says, "loves the business". Aboard his 32ft2in
in the early 1800's but was almost immediately shown to be totally impossible by
boat "Mary Jane", he and his crew of one or two deck hands trawl, catch, and sort anywhere
mathematical genius James Maxwell.1
from 50 to 400lbs of Brown Shrimp (Farfantepenaeus aztecus) or better known as "Brown-
Maxwell proved that there were two major defects in the Nebular Theory.
ies" in a 6-8 hour overnight shift 6-10 miles offshore. They do this completely by hand. The
First, our sun is rotating much too slowly to have been formed from a cloud of swirl-
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hours are tough, the work rigorous, but as tonight's part time captain and deck hand Dalton
ing gas. Second, clouds of particles do Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446
5093 S. not condense to form planets. This violates
Day told me several times, it's the "best job ever".
the laws of physicsthey will always disperse. 489-4588 Fax: (727) 362-4788
Phone: (352) It is extremely revealing that Max-
Not every might agree.
well's mathematical proof has never been refuted, yet the Nebular Hypothesis is still
The life of any number of our local shrimpers is a hard one. The pay is minimal;l, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: d
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taught in astronomy textbooks as the best explanation for the formation of our solar
working on the open sea is dangerous, and just like a shrimper's first cousin the farmer, ebsites: thenewscaster.com · newscasterarchives.com · history.newscasterarchives.c
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a fisherman's income is based on the whims of nature. The most minimal of changes can
The nebular planet formation model is still promoted not because it explains
directly impact the catch, things as small as the light of the full moon. Compounding the
the origin of our solar system but because evolutionists reject the possibility that the
uncertainty of mother nature is the certain impact of the oriental "farmed" shrimp industry,
sun and planets were created. Thus the Nebular model, even though it does not work,
which has deeply affected Florida's shrimp industry. So much in fact, that in our area many
is simply the story-with-the-least-problems used by evolutionists in their attempt to
seaman are now marketing "live boxed shrimp" which means a completely different ap-
explain the existence of our solar system without God.
proach to harvesting the Brownies.
He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth
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Tonight, I am part reporter, part deck hand. The "drag" is a 20-30 minute immer-
over nothing. Job 26:7 (NIV)
sion of the otter net in the sea. The net is a flattened tube one end connected to a rake sort
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of device that rolls carefully along the sea bed startling the shrimp to "jump up" from their
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burrows where they pass through a "turtle excluder" set of tines that pushes larger fish and
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turtles out of the way as it collects the shrimp and sometimes smaller fish as well. The "bag"
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or the closed side of the net is then hoisted aboard when the catch is sorted on tables by
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hand and all the small fish and other debris are retuned promptly to the ocean. The shrimp
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are very tricky to catch as they are prone to "pop" and sometimes... no, often snap your and the driver both came to rest in the inside lane, and the motorcyclist was subsequently
hands with their very sharp body parts. Dalton shows off his very calloused twenty-year and struck by the Ford Ranger. The motorcyclist sustained fatal injuries and expired at the scene
thousands of "snaps" hands.
of the crash. The report stated that charges are pending. The report stated that the driver of
As the night drags on, my deck-hand skills start to fade. Meanwhile, the captain the motorcycle was not wearing a helmet, but Mr. Patel, the driver of the pickup truck, was
and crew are in full swing, running on caffeine and nicotine. At exactly 1:00am, we bid a wearing a seatbelt and received no injuries.
pod of following dolphin goodbye, stow the fishing gear, and head for a 3:00am dockside
meeting with the live shrimp buyer. It's raining. We unload the 100 lbs. of live shrimp we've
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