# National Marine Fisheries poll (?)

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**Created:** [July 5, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-marine-fisheries-poll/587882 "2011-07-05T10:36:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-marine-fisheries-poll/587882/1 "2011-07-05T10:36:40Z")

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Two nights running, I’ve received a call from someone conducting a ‘National Marine Fisheries poll’, and trying to get me to play along. I hung up the first time. The second, I told them to not call again, cussed them out, and hung up.

Then I used a bit of Google-fu, and found a couple of old stories about PETA trying something like that a few years ago, passing themselves off as the National Marine Fisheries Board. The National Marine Fisheries Service is a gubmint agency, a part of NOAA.

Because they never mention ‘Service’, I smell rotten fish, and suspect PETA is up to their old tricks. PETA is a pet hate of mine. So, any ideas on how to mess with them if they call again?