Given our geographical projection between two major bodies of water and our footing on top of an ancient coral reef, I think it’s fair to say the Keys are a unique place and made so by their connection to the ocean. I know that it’s an often overly dramatized cliché but there’s real truth in… Read More
During the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s June meeting in Key West, the Snapper Grouper Committee has chosen to implement “no action” as the preferred alternative to protect the warsaw grouper and the speckled hind. The regulation that was originally put in place back in January placed a restriction on the possession or harvest of… Read More
New fisheries bulletin announces bag limit for gag grouper will be set to zero for recreational fishermen as of January 1st. NOAA is setting this new rule temporarily while they come up with a long-term rebuilding plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. NOAA says that they intend to have a… Read More
SEDAR South East Data, Assessment, and Review Date: November 23, 2010 The SEDAR 22 Gulf of Mexico yellowedge grouper and tilefish assessment reports are now available on the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s website (http://www.gulfcouncil.org) and look under Hot Topics or on the SEDAR website under SEDAR 22 Assessment Workshop: (http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/Sedar_Documents.jsp?WorkshopNum=22&FolderType=Assessment). These are pre-review… Read More
According to the latest from NOAA, the greater amberjack harvest isn’t likely to reach it’s quota by the end of 2010 so the season will remain open through the end of the year. If you would like to read the details for yourself, you can read the fishery bulletin here: Gulf of Mexico Recreational Greater… Read More
Meeting Notice from the Gulf Council: November 15, 2010 For more information contact Steven Atran 813-348-1630 The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has scheduled two webinars of the Gag Update Assessment work group to re-run the 2009 gag update assessment to address an incorrect size distribution estimate of undersized caught-and-released fish from the recreational… Read More
NMFS has announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list warsaw grouper as threatened or endangered. They are concerned that the petition does not present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. Currently recreational anglers are allowed to keep one warsaw per vessel in the South Atlantic and… Read More
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