Red grouper close 9/15 in federal water

m9000

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/bulletin/recreational-closure-gray-triggerfish-and-red-grouper-federal-waters-gulf-mexico

capt louie

Well there goes that..

Salty Dawg44

 Recreational harvest of red grouper will reopen on January 1, 2022. 

Slacker

What is NOAA Fisheries announcing today about the Gulf of Mexico recreational red grouper season?

• NOAA Fisheries is announcing the closure of the Gulf of Mexico recreational red grouper season. 
• The closure becomes effective September 15, 2021. 
• This is the first time we have closed the recreational red grouper sector in-season since 2015. 
• The season will reopen January 1, 2022.

 

Why is the Gulf of Mexico recreational red grouper season closing?

• Red grouper recreational catches in early 2021 were substantially higher than catches during the same time periods in recent years. 
• Preliminary landings data we received in early September indicate recreational landings had exceeded the recreational quota by nearly 60,000 pounds as of July 1.

It was not my fault, I have caught very few red grouper out of Homosassa since the red tide years ago.