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4 | Amendment 32 - Modifications to the Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group Cobia Catch Limits, Possession Limits, Size Limits, and Framework Procedure | |||||
5 | Submit Date | Name | Location | Affiliation | Comment | |
6 | 7/20/2021 | Dwightrobbins85@gmail.com | Dwight Robbins | Clearwater Florida 33764 | Private Recreational Angler | What are you doing about the Tampa bay spill tragedy?? |
7 | 8/19/2021 | Skip_1099@bellsouth.net | Skip Schexnayder | Lafayette, La. 70508 | Private Recreational Angler | Commercial and rec limits should be set at 1 fish / person / day. No one needs to keep more than one cobia. Commercials and rec fisherman alike can do a number on cobia in the right conditions. Finding a large group of fish willing to bite (10 or more) is not uncommon. Happens several times a year even with the limited time we spend on the water. Commercial guys won’t stop until they catch them all. Not a knock, but it’s the nature of their business. |
8 | 8/26/2021 | dhubbard@hubbardsmarina.com | Dylan Hubbard | Charter/Headboat For-Hire | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RUJUUrK3RHoxWZJ5UFK9sPlxQl-YBKq3/view?usp=sharing | |
9 | 9/17/2021 | timallaire@cox.net | Timothy Allaire | Fort Walton Beach | Private Recreational Angler | Make Cobia a game fish, no commercial sale allowed. |
10 | 9/20/2021 | Moore2530@gmail.com | Kenny Moore | Hamilton Ga 31811 | Private Recreational Angler | 3 year moratorium.After that1 per vessel per day2 personal bag limit per season. |
11 | 9/23/2021 | Mmurphy319@ymail.com | Matt murphy | 32579 | Private Recreational Angler | There has been a drastic reduction to the population of spring cobia migration over the past 20 years here. The commercial limits need to be reduced on all species of fish that have been depleted if they are hard to catch recreational then no reason to sell commercial something that is farmed such as cobia. There is a huge kill of cobia from Alabama to Texas when fish migrate and begin to hang on oil rigs. The limits in states with the oil rigs need to be dropped to a boat limit I would say 2 per. Boat maximum more than plenty to eat and enjoy. Allowing two per person and no boat limits has seriously depleted population on the gulf coast. The results of tournaments over the past 20 years reflect the lack of cobia. We used to see fish daily in the spring now your lucky to see cobia at all during the spring season. I would say need to take the bounty off of there head with these month+ tournaments as well turn them into a money based target.. would love to talk with someone on the council I have so much to say on this subject that I could not reasonably cover in a “comment” but would appreciate a verbal conversation with any one on council willing to call 850-525-3717Thanks for your time Matt Murphy |
12 | 9/24/2021 | bill@larsonpatentlaw.com | Herbert Larson | Largo | Private Recreational Angler | I propose that the present size limitations be preserved, but that the bag limit should be set to one cobia, per boat, per day. I have been fishing and scuba diving the Gulf of Mexico from the Keys to Tarpon Springs almost every week for the past 40 years. There has been a noticeable decline in the cobia stock. I highly support regulation limiting the cobia harvest to preserve the cobia stock. |
13 | 3/24/2021 | Gary Jarvis | Destin, FL | Hey Ryan, I am listening in on this webinar and there's no place for a chat room I'm ficing to have to leave for up previous appointment but I just want to make sure that it's entered in the public record that your charter fisherman's association is in full support of trip limits that were voted on in the for the entire Gulf of Mexico no exceptions We have to take som eserious actions in our opinion to try to help rebuild the Cobia stokcs in the Gulf of Mexico we've seen a steady 15-year decline in the biomass of fish in all five states regardless of other antidotal evidence to the contrary. This is also the same position of the Destin Charter boat association and the majority position of private recreational anglers who valued this fishery as part of their saltwater fishing experience. | ||
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