In the Gulf of Mexico, a small cadre of recreational fishing interests spearheaded by the American Sportfishing Association, the Coastal Conservation Association and the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation are continuing their misguided assault against our nation’s public waters and marine fish resources. Suffer no illusions, the ASA, the CCA, and the CSF want to shift federal […]
Gulf Recreational Anglers Take Leadership Action One of the greatest tenets of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is its formation of the regional councils. The council process promises transparency in the management process by bringing state agencies and the region’s various stakeholders to the table to discuss the management decisions that will ultimately […]
Recently, after a meeting in New Orleans that was held behind closed doors, the state fisheries managers of the Gulf states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) decided to dramatically increase the lengths of their state-water seasons for red snapper, effectively shortening the federal-water seasons for recreational anglers to 11 days. While increasing their seasons, […]
