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SAFMC Fortells it decision to kill fishing in a news release on its website
The following was copied from the SAFMC site, showing that despite the facts and public outrage, the SAFMC has already made up it's mind. Unless litigation stops it say goodby to bottom fishing from Sebastain north from 98' out to 300', perhals for the rest of many of our lives. Expect this as early as the middle of 2010, not long after Grouper is opened up again!
"The Council continued to work on Amendment 17A to end overfishing of red snapper and rebuild the stock. At the Council’s request, an interim rule to close the red snapper fishery for both commercial and recreational fishermen becomes effective January 4, 2010. Amendment 17A includes a provision to extend the red snapper closure plus alternatives for large closed areas where fishing for all snapper grouper species would be prohibited to address the high mortality associated with discards. A 2008 stock assessment for red snapper in the South Atlantic region shows the stock to be overfished and undergoing overfishing at eight times the sustainable level. The controversial closures target areas where red snapper are most commonly landed. Concern about the proposed closures resulted in several hundred fishermen attending public hearings held in Cape Canaveral and Jacksonville, FL in November. After reviewing public comments, and after much discussion, the Council chose a preferred alternative for a closure encompassing a depth of 98 feet to 300 feet beginning just north of Charleston, SC and extending slightly southward of Melbourne, FL.
The Council will continue to review its preferred management alternatives during its March 2010 meeting in Jekyll Island, GA and is expected to approve Amendment 17A during its June 7-11, 2010 meeting in Orlando, FL. The Council has requested that an updated assessment for the South Atlantic red snapper stock be available for review by its Scientific and Statistical Committee in late 2010, before management measures proposed in Amendment 17A would be implemented"
http://www.safmc.net/News/NewsReleases/NewsRleaseDecember152009/tab...
Henry
Wile E. Coyote
"The Council continued to work on Amendment 17A to end overfishing of red snapper and rebuild the stock. At the Council’s request, an interim rule to close the red snapper fishery for both commercial and recreational fishermen becomes effective January 4, 2010. Amendment 17A includes a provision to extend the red snapper closure plus alternatives for large closed areas where fishing for all snapper grouper species would be prohibited to address the high mortality associated with discards. A 2008 stock assessment for red snapper in the South Atlantic region shows the stock to be overfished and undergoing overfishing at eight times the sustainable level. The controversial closures target areas where red snapper are most commonly landed. Concern about the proposed closures resulted in several hundred fishermen attending public hearings held in Cape Canaveral and Jacksonville, FL in November. After reviewing public comments, and after much discussion, the Council chose a preferred alternative for a closure encompassing a depth of 98 feet to 300 feet beginning just north of Charleston, SC and extending slightly southward of Melbourne, FL.
The Council will continue to review its preferred management alternatives during its March 2010 meeting in Jekyll Island, GA and is expected to approve Amendment 17A during its June 7-11, 2010 meeting in Orlando, FL. The Council has requested that an updated assessment for the South Atlantic red snapper stock be available for review by its Scientific and Statistical Committee in late 2010, before management measures proposed in Amendment 17A would be implemented"
http://www.safmc.net/News/NewsReleases/NewsRleaseDecember152009/tab...
Henry
Wile E. Coyote
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Here is some more interesting (sickening) info about PEW's ties to the National Marine Fisheries, and the new
Ocean Policy Group. We all heard that the new directer of NOAA, Dr. Lubchenco, was a PEW bpard member, but
here is even more info about her ties to this group and it's agenda. The fact that its all "business as usual" despite
this obvious conflict of interest shows that no "Change" is occuring in DC! The following link is one article about this,
but many other links on the page give more info.
http://www.savingseafood.org/management-regulation/dr.-jane-lubchen...
Henry
Wile E Coyote
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good luck,
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