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POSTED BELOW ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FWC MEETING IN SANDESTIN IN FEBUARY. MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND AND VOICE YOUR CONCERNS OR SIT HOME AND WATCH TV. IT'S YOUR CHOICE.

<TABLE style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD style="WIDTH: 87px" vAlign=top><P class=BodyBold>Time:</TD><TD vAlign=top><P class=Body>8:30 a.m.</TD></TR><TR><TD style="WIDTH: 87px" vAlign=top><P class=BodyBold>Dates:</TD><TD vAlign=top><P class=Body>February 4-5, 2009</TD></TR><TR><TD style="WIDTH: 87px" vAlign=top><P class=BodyBold>Place:</TD><TD vAlign=top><P class=Body>Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
9300 Emerald Coast Parkway West
Sandestin, FL 32550
Phone: 850-267-8000
www.sandestin.com <P class=Body>Items Requiring Action

1. <LI>Final Rules
   1. <LI>Red Snapper Consistency Rules (Red Snapper Presentation)
      1. <LI>68B-14.0038, Recreational Red Snapper Season - The proposed rule would amend the Commission's Reef Fish Rule to conform the recreational red snapper fishing season in state waters with the recreational red snapper fishing season in federally-managed waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The proposed rule would change the recreational red snapper fishing season in state waters from April 15 through October 31 to June 1 through September 30. </LI>
      </LI><LI>Issues (Flounder Review &amp; Discussion Presentation)
      1. <LI>Review and discussion of flounder life history, stock status and requests to <U>increase the</U> <U>bycatch allowance of flounder in shrimp</U> <U>trawls</U>,<U> reduce the recreational flounder bag</U> <U>limit, and prohibit the use of gigs to harvest</U> <U>flounder. </U></LI>
      </LI><LI><U>hey evryone</U>, take a minute to read the highlited areas, it will give you a better idea of what they( the staff) are trying to do. does anyone know who "THE STAFF" are??</LI>
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Garbo

No Flounder Gigging......... That don't even sound right.....

Dang.

reel-crazzzy

i guess they just what us to quit fishing all together . im sure they"ll be a good crowd at this one.:hoppingmad:hoppingmad:hoppingmad

Play'N Hooky

Increase the bycatch limit but decrease the recreational limit on flounder???:doh Eliminate gigging??:doh:doh:hoppingmad:hoppingmad

fishFEEDER9697

bump

this is getting rediculous.

nextstep

:doh

spearfisher

Alright. It's time to circle the wagons! We need to get every person we can manage to attend this meeting and sign up for time to speak. The last time we rolled into Panama City on a bus, one of the Commissioners was overheard saying, "Oh God, here comes those Pensacola boys." They know us, and they expect us to show. We need not disappoint them. I will be heading over, and I will be willing to give anyone a ride that wants to go. NO EXCUSES. JUST SHOW UP. IF YOU DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO SHOW UP TO A VITAL MEETING LIKE THIS IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD THEN YOU WILL REAP THE CONSEQUENCES!

nb&twil

They're trying to do the same thing over here in Texas. Unfortunately, it's looking like it will go through. The proposition will ban gigging of flounder from Oct.1 through Nov. 30.

spearfisher

This is absolutely, positively, asinine. I for one plan on telling the FWC Commissioners what I think of this. We cannot simply lay down and take this.

nextstep

historically sportsmen are the ones who protect the stocks of game, if this continues it will be us against them to the point of pouching and possiable violence. why is their data so flawed? why cant they work with us instead of against us to achieve the common goal of bountiful stocks which is what we all want.