New Snapper Amendment NEEDS YOUR VOTE!!

[meaux fishing]

There is a brand new amendment that will be passed at the GC meeting THIS MONTH, and we need to get comments in ASAP....

it is the Recreational Red Snapper Accountability Measures Framework Action.....which is a complicated term for determining the overage buffer that will be figured into the TAC for the upcoming snapper season.....some of the alternatives are approaching 60%, which by my math would turn a 9-day Federal season into a 4-5 day Federal season pretty quick....

you need to watch the short 4 minute video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS8f...BDguwSVeBBsQGg

and then the important thing is to IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THIS LINK AND VOTE FOR ALTERNATIVE 1, ON ACTION ITEM #1 AND #2, WHICH IS NO ACTION

http://www.gulfcouncil.org/council_m...0Framework.php

This is necessary for the sector separation to work if passed by Council (despite overwhelming public comment and the RS Advisory Panel not to)

[Let um land]

I was polled a couple of weeks ago, these changes do nothing for the avid angler. It is as always about the $. In the comments I added red snapper should be listed as a game fish. Sorry, but dislike the whole situation.

[keakar]

the ONLY way to solve this never ending drama is to raise enough peoples attention about this to vote to make red snapper declared a game fish and all commercial fishing of them be permanently banned.

then and only then, will you take the $$$ out of this one sided completely ridiculous recreational seasons they implement.

I don't even fish offshore anymore but its so clearly obvious they want to end all recreational fishing for red snapper so the commercials get it all.

nothing they do is about conservation or fair allotment of the resources but its just a good ol boy system to screw over the little guys who don't have the money to buy lobbyists and politicians like the commercials do.

it shouldn't be hard to do by using their own cries of "the sky is falling" and say make red snapper declared a game fish and all commercial fishing of them be permanently banned until the reports say they no longer need any protection. this puts the ball in their court and if they want their commercial buddies to be able to catch fish again then they have to allow recreational quotas to be increased first.

this wouldn't ever have to fully happen, but only appear likely that it will and they will quickly soil their underwear not wanting to risk losing out on the money they are making and they will give in and once again start allowing normal science based quotas for recreational fishing.

since they aren't using science to deny access to these fish they cant fight it if you use their own bogus excuses against them to try and make them gamefish.

[Let um land]

Hard to argue with the points made above, but look at the admendments and there is clearly nothing there that will help out the average Joe. The gulf council is what it is, they are not here to help the recreational/charter guy. Not looking to argue but only stating my belief. Only commented to make them a game fish to see what or any reply it would get. If the game fish avenue would be done the limits-restrictions would only head for the same end as what many predict the future holds for spec's and reds.