Posted on 06/09/2010 12:00:44 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici
Red snapper tend to be reef fish.
Mangrove snappers ,maybe?
How dare they prevent fishermen from fishing them to extinction.
“Local fisherman have provided much anecdotal evidence the snapper population is healthy”
Yeah. And cod fishermen in Canada said the stocks of cod were healthy. Guess what. The cod are gone and are never coming back.
That doesn’t seem particularly conducive to increasing the native snapper population.
Yeah, right. And just in time for the oil spill in the Gulf to wipe out the rest of the industry. Why don't they just ban all fishing now and save all of it from ...what? I'm sure an indefinite ban on everything would save the world. Here hold my hand and sing, "We are the world ...
Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted 9-4 in favor of the ban which supporters hope eventually will restore the red snapper's population over the next three decades. Opponents, though, doubt studies showing that the population is overfished and said Florida fishermen already have been squeezed by restrictions in the Gulf of Mexico due to the BP oil spill.
Soon the Goobermit will have us eating Soylent Green.
don’t suppose any restaurants, etc. that serve or sell this fish will take it off the market. or will they import it and act like local events don’t effect them?
You can’t control what bites on your hook hanging outta sight. Problem with snapper is that they are a bottom fish. Fish have air bladders that help them control their bouyancy and bottom fishes air bladders expand when brought to the surface. If that bladder is not properly punctured to release that air, the fish is killed. If the air isn’t released it struggles to get back to the bottom, wears itself out and becomes dinner for something bigger.
A couple of years ago the FWC instituted new rules requiring amongst other things, that a bladder venting tool be onboard and used for released snapper. Problem is is that training isn’t required to learn how to properly do this procedure and fish are being killed instead.
I live in the NW Panhandle and Red Snapper here is the most plentiful fish there is. So thick they actually become a nuisance once your limit is caught. If your spearfishing like I usually do you have to swat them out of your way.
Does the fishery have different rules for Red Snapper here than south Florida? NO! Their thinking is that if they over populate here they’ll spread southward replenishing those areas. Fact is fish don’t migrate that way, they move south to north.
“Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted 9-4 in favor of the ban”
Who are these people, and how do they wield this sort of power over our lives?
LOL!
Finfish - grouper, flounder, tuna, and snapper production, are to have minimal to light impacts due to the gulf oil spill.
Thanks; you’ve substantially clarified things i. e., the government, once again, is full of horsepucky.
As in the amount you get from the Gulf or that supply overall will still be able to meet demand with little to no cost increase?
From the gulf region.
Oregon's been dealing with crap like this for years. There's a gizmo...essentilly an upside down barbless hook with a weight on the bottom that takes the fish back to depth in a hurry and allows it to swim away.
Jane Lubchenco was a NOAA bigwig here before Obama named her NOAA Grand Poobah. This may be her doing.
FReepers will be Soylent Green.
Well it looks like things are going just as planned. Pew Trust, EDF, and The Nature Conservancy have been pushing for this for quite some time. The Gulf will be next. The effort is to push legislation to bring about marine spatial planning, payments for ecosystems services within the framework of trading platform for the natural resources of our oceans.
It should look familiar to many freepers. Can you say “cap and trade” for fisheries. The interesting thing is the groups are working as partners with BP. The organization at the root of it all once again is the United Nations. Take a look at this http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/installing-meters-at-the-beach-10758/
vob
They are hard lobbied by the enviros. Some years back the councils decimated our local fishing industry with the net ban. It’s the commercial florida fishermen who should be calling the shots on fishing limits, they are the ones who know the territory.
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