Offshore Fishing Archives - Page 89 of 98

Sheep-wrecked

As the seasons change, avid sportsman are confronted with challenges as they try to divide up their precious time in the outdoors. […]

Cover: February 2009 (SC) – Offshore

South Carolina Sportsman

Grouper and catfish both love the bottom, put up ferocious fights and taste delicious. […]

The NMFS has announced they will not approve an Interim Rule to prohibit all grouper fishing during the first four months of 2009.

Grouper Closure Not Approved by NMFS

Jerry Dilsaver

In a letter dated December 19, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), informed the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council SAFMC) they had decided not to implement the Interim Rule proposed by the SAFMC to address overfishing of gag, red and black grouper in 2009.
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Fishermen, who are routinely filling limits of nice gag grouper like this one, find it difficult to believe they are as overfished as the SAFMC indicates.

The Great Grouper Grope Continues

Jerry Dilsaver

If you thought some of the fishing regulations were a little difficult to understand, you will be able to rest your case with the ongoing confusion over shallow water groupers. […]

The SAFMC met in Wilmington November 30 through Dec 5 and made several decisions regarding what to do about several species that were classified as overfished and ongoing overfishing.

Federal Fishery Managers Respond to Scientific Committe Recommendations

From News Reports

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council received confirmation from its Scientific and Statistical Committee that recent stock assessments for king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and vermilion snapper are based on the best available science.
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Once again ICCAT failed to adopt conservation measures that would end overfishing of bluefin tuna and allow the species to recover.

ICCAT Adopts New BFT Regs

From News Reports

Despite a strong U.S. proposal to conserve bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT ) failed this week to heed scientific advice and adopt measures that would end overfishing and put this species on the path to recovery.
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