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Jack Hexter
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Red Snapper - Sector Separation and Amendment 40
Jack Hexter
Posts: 5,643 Moderator
Just received a notice from GMFMC about a proposed change to Amendment 40 which was passed by a very minimal margin, mainly due to the inclusion of a sunset provision.
Now here comes this notice:
New Reef Fish Actions
The Council initiated a new amendment to examine extending or eliminating the sunset provision on sector separation created by Amendment 40.
Amendment 40 established a red snapper federal for-hire component that includes all for-hire operators with a valid or renewable federal reef fish for-hire permit and a private angling component that includes all other for-hire operators and private recreational anglers. It also established separate red snapper season closure provisions for the two components.
The Council also initiated work on two new reef fish framework actions. One would adjust the red grouper annual catch limit. The other would develop a mechanism to allow the recreational red snapper season to reopen in the event that the annual catch limit is not met during the regular season.
I guess we couldn't see this coming :willynilly
Why should I, as a recreational angler, have to pay a charter boat, which due to sector separation, gets a longer season to fish for Red Snapper, to take me fishing for a fish that was originally allotted to me! :huh
Now here comes this notice:
New Reef Fish Actions
The Council initiated a new amendment to examine extending or eliminating the sunset provision on sector separation created by Amendment 40.
Amendment 40 established a red snapper federal for-hire component that includes all for-hire operators with a valid or renewable federal reef fish for-hire permit and a private angling component that includes all other for-hire operators and private recreational anglers. It also established separate red snapper season closure provisions for the two components.
The Council also initiated work on two new reef fish framework actions. One would adjust the red grouper annual catch limit. The other would develop a mechanism to allow the recreational red snapper season to reopen in the event that the annual catch limit is not met during the regular season.
I guess we couldn't see this coming :willynilly
Why should I, as a recreational angler, have to pay a charter boat, which due to sector separation, gets a longer season to fish for Red Snapper, to take me fishing for a fish that was originally allotted to me! :huh
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There is a reason I've given up offshore fishing and simply inshore fish. Offshore fishing is too confusing, I don't even understand half the rules.
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This is an excerpt from NOAA Fisheries Strategic Plan, page 11, (http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/…/final_strategic_plan_october_20…):
"Key fisheries in the Southeast Region have rebuilt in recent years (e.g., black sea bass and red grouper in the South Atlantic and gag grouper in the Gulf of Mexico) or are transitioning from overfished to rebuilt status (e.g., red porgy and snowy grouper in the South Atlantic and red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico). Understandably, many of the fishermen who sacrificed to help make these conservation achievements possible expect to be rewarded with increased fishing and business opportunities."
Here is the letdown:
"There is a need to consider new regulatory tools and approaches that can increase the benefits fishermen receive from these fisheries (e.g., enhance fishing opportunities, streamline reporting processes, simplify regulations), and support new entry into limited access fisheries where appropriate, while maintaining hard-earned conservation gains and protections for fisheries, marine mammals and listed species."
NOAA admits it is stealing "recovery benefits" for a select few.