We share the frustrations expressed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council over the management trajectory of this fishery and NOAA’s insistence on drastic management action for a fishery that is neither overfished nor undergoing overfishing.
Federal agency insists significant restrictions are necessary to recover booming red snapper fishery.
Following the formal withdrawal of the proposed expansion of the 2008 North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule, the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) released the following statement
Federal agency creates another paper crisis to shut down bottom fisheries.
Forage fish, a critical food source for other species, are in decline up and down the Eastern Seaboard but menhaden decline in Maryland waters has advocates sounding the alarm.
NOAA acts unilaterally to limit season, indicates bottom closures to all fishing are likely. News coming out of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council meeting quickly went from bad…
New legislation will increase accessibility of saltwater recreational fishing rules and marine waters navigation information
The Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) was finalized in 2021 and found a red snapper population that was at least three times larger than NOAA’s estimates, a conclusion that was considered extremely conservative by the researchers involved in the assessment.
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