Fall Snapper Season Public Hearings

[JDd]

No fall season.

Seems we already got our quota.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2..._river_default


Don't start making plans to fish for red snapper in October just yet.


The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Reef Fish Committee heard Tuesday that recreational catch estimates generated by new data-collection methods far exceeded the sector's 2013 quota during the 28-day June season.

The new data-collection methods were implemented as part of the Marine Recreational Information Program.
The uncertainty surrounding the exact cause of the overrun - the new methodology or actual changes in fishermen's habits - now has a fall season shrouded under a cloud of doubt.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by JDd

No fall season.

Seems we already got our quota.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2..._river_default


Don't start making plans to fish for red snapper in October just yet.


The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's Reef Fish Committee heard Tuesday that recreational catch estimates generated by new data-collection methods far exceeded the sector's 2013 quota during the 28-day June season.

The new data-collection methods were implemented as part of the Marine Recreational Information Program.
The uncertainty surrounding the exact cause of the overrun - the new methodology or actual changes in fishermen's habits - now has a fall season shrouded under a cloud of doubt.

Yeah I saw that they are just using it to shut down the regional management idea

[homerun]

anyone know if gonna have oct. season or not

[BROWN FIN]

Originally Posted by homerun

anyone know if gonna have oct. season or not

Not looking like it.