Courtesy Recreational Fishing Alliance

A recently publicized letter to the Secretaries of Commerce and Interior contained a list of suggestions aimed at pressuring members of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to halt the continued destruction of bluefin tuna stocks in the Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic.

Courtesy Coastal Conservation Association

Time after time the commercial gill-netters have tried to twist their way back into business. For the past 15-years they’ve been hounding the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission with different reasons why they should be able to go against what the Florida citizens told them they couldn’t do.

November 7 – 13, 2008

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.

October 31 – November 6, 2008

This report represents some events the FWC handled over the past week; however, it does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement.

NORTHWEST REGION

ESCAMBIA COUNTY

On November 2, Officer Keith Clark checked a vessel at Sherman Cove Marina. Officer Clark spoke to the owner of the vessel and asked if he caught any fish.

HOT SHEET – NOVEMBER 2008

(Valid through November 30, 2008) Issues covered in this posting:

Grouper & Snapper, Amberjack & Triggerfish, Red Snapper, Spotted Seatrout

Issue: GROUPER and SNAPPER

Action: Pending Federal and Proposed State Regulations Information: Regulation changes are pending or being proposed for snapper and grouper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic. In the Gulf of Mexico, new regulations in federal waters are scheduled to take effect in January 2009 that primarily affects the harvest of Gag Grouper.