[k-dog]

Anyone got the email today trigger fish close this Saturday till dec 31 2015 so that's a year no keeping trigger fish I don't understand who and why these laws are made????

 

[bigrick]

I believe it's just federal waters

 

[jspooney]

I believe it's just federal waters

Negative. State and Federal waters. The reason? And I quote "the species is overfished." Ridiculous.

 

[TONER]

Hope this isnt a sign of what's to come for snapper season!

 

[jbs_bama]

Pretty soon, it will be catch and release only on all fish. If you want fish to eat, you'll have to go to a commercial market, or a restaurant.

 

[outcast]

Seasons

I was at the meeting in Jacksonville. It is true. I posted the proposed snapper seasons on the FWC meeting post.

 

[c_stowers]

This sucks! I was hoping to put some triggerfish in the freezer this year, but I guess that plan is busted.

 

[naclh2oDave]

Google NOAA vision 2020, it explains very clearly NOAAs vision of a catch and release ONLY fishery for recreational fishermen by the year 2020, this is the slow boil that acclimates all of us to the new regulations and getting used to living on the gulf coast, owning all of our gear, boats, licenses, and watching the fish and resources getting handed to the commercial fisherman because they have lobbyists. Recreational fisherman don't pay taxes on the fish they catch, there is money to be made for the government by taking fish from recreational anglers and giving it to commercial fisherman. Welcome to our brave new world.

 

[billin]

noaa

21 "Population Trends along the Coastal United States: 1980-2008", 2005 NOAA report, http://marineeconomics.noaa.gov/socioeconomics/assessment/population.html#Download ​

Preferred State in 2020: ​

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Many recreational species have limited population growth rates and are too valuable to be caught only once. By 2020, catch and release fishing is emphasized and accounted for in specific species assessments. The proper techniques for release are refined and disseminated to lower post release mortality. For other fisheries, minimum size limits and reduced daily bag limits are sufficient management measures to maintain healthy standing stocks. Additional seasonal closures are considered to eliminate or redirect effort. By 2020, angler satisfaction is derived from the recreational fishing experience rather than the take or "kill" fish. To achieve optimum yield, adaptive management measures such as a temporary reallocation of quota is available to managers. For example, if commercial quota is not harvested, managers are able to temporarily ​

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reassign the under harvested quota to provide additional recreational opportunity, and vice versa.


the last sentence is a license to steal the commercial sector will get it all

 

[frydaddy]

Catch, kill, release

 

[Boat-Dude]

Next you will only be able to keep 20 pinfish in the live well at any given time.

 

[Burnt Drag]

They're protecting everything in the fishery except the fishermen.

 

[tbaxl]

It's not my fault, I only caught a couple and tossed em back, good eats But too much of a hassle to clean.