2 | Fishery Management Issue Under Consideration | |||||||
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3 | Modification of Catch Limits for Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper | |||||||
4 | Submit Date | Name | City | State | Zip | Affiliation | Comment | |
5 | 7/25/2022 | Jason.Utesch@williams.com | Jason Utesch | Mobile | Alabama | 36695 | Private Recreational Angler | I think we should raise the limit to 4 snapper per person and minimum length 18” season May through November Friday Saturday and Sundays |
6 | 7/25/2022 | jerryjrholston@gmail.com | Jerry Holston | Palmetto | Florida | 34221 | Private Recreational Angler | Extend the season annually for recreational anglers. and increase catch limits to 4 snapper per person at 18", a longer season in june and a fall season. Most anglers can not get out during the week |
7 | 7/25/2022 | ocesd214@yahoo.com | Al Reida | Tiki Island | Texas | 77554 | Private Recreational Angler | I support modifying / increasing snapper catch limits based on the great red snapper count and recommendations from the SSC. I would really like the council to take another look at managing the snapper fishery by region. Texas gets 6.2% of TAC but probably holds 35-40% of biomass. This is making it tough on other fish species. The last couple years, we have been catching nothing but snapper on our old grouper spots. These spots are in deep water where we never caught red snapper before. Also, ask a Texas fisherman/woman when was the last time they saw a trigger fish. They used to be a huge nuisance. We had all kinds of tricks to try and get a bait past them. Now days, you just don’t see them. It very well could be that the abundance of snapper are wiping everything else out. |
8 | 7/26/2022 | jason.w1851@gmail.com | Jason W | Hello. I’m a recreational fisherman in Panama City Beach, Florida. I’m in favor of increasing the amount of dates in the red snapper season. Please take whatever action is available to increase the season. I’m ok with bag limit and size limit, although I’d also be in favor of a 3 fish bag limit (but I prioritize additional season days). Weather and work make it difficult for me to fish during short red snapper seasons. Thank you Jason Whitaker | ||||
9 | 7/26/2022 | fuzzy.shank@gmail.com | Carl Shanklin | Just saw your YouTube video about the Great Red Snapper Count. I really don't understand where y'all get the numbers from, off the Texas Coast you cannot pull up to any structure offshore, drop a bait & Not catch a Red Snapper in less than 60 sec. As a Scuba Diver/Spearfisherman, every Structure we Dive, there is an Absolute Abundance of Red Snapper everywhere. My Dive Buddy (Sean Allison, YouTube search his name) makes GoPro Videos of his Spearfishing Trips, you can see the shear numbers of Red Snapper. Recent Trip offshore, 4 Divers going to different sections of the Rig each saw 100s of Red Snapper. They are so thick you cannot drop a Bait to the bottom and catch any other species without throwing back 30-50 Red Snapper. The economic impact to a recreational fisherman is unsustainable. The financial investment for a Boat, fuel, Bait, Tackle etc (or hire a Guide/Party Boat) to make a trip offshore to only bring home 2 Red Snapper is painfully expensive. As a young man, I remember times bottom fishing would be "Slow" it might take us 2hrs to get a Boat Limit, but they were huge & healthy fish. Now, if it takes more than 15 min it took too long, I noticed a significant smaller size & noticed fish are getting more skinny. Non-scientific observation is overpopulation causing smaller body size and weight/over forage the food stock. Thanks for your time, hope my input helps. | ||||
10 | 7/27/2022 | jessegzepeda@aol.com | jesse g zepeda | Houston | Texas | 77098 | Commercial | Great idea |
11 | 8/5/2022 | sdaugherty8270@outlook.com | Shane Daugherty | Private Recreational Angler | You need to increase the allowances for recreational fishing to 3 snapper per person. I have been fishing for 30 years and we can’t catch anything but red snapper. I fish the Panama area. Al | |||
12 | 8/6/2022 | ken@columbiasouthern.edu | Ken Styron | FOLEY | Alabama | 36535 | Private Recreational Angler | Previous years for red snapper have been very good; however, the end of 2021 and the weeks following the June 20, 2022 have been unproductive. The first part of the season we caught undersized red snapper, now we have been unable to catch any snapper. I don't know the cause but it seems having the season open longer has had an impact on the population. I would suggest considering shortening the season for everyone and creating a slot size to maintain a healthy group to spawn. I would not increase the current catch limit for snapper. If you shorten the season, I would suggest that you create a mini season in the fall. |
13 | 8/7/2022 | bobzales2@gmail.com | robert f zales | Panama City | Florida | 32412 | Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire), represent NACO, SOFA, PCBA | The rs quota should not be increased for '23. The rs fishery off Panama City and other places in the Gulf has not been the best this year. There seems to be rs outside 30 miles or more but the inshore fishery has had limited catches with small fish. Once the pri rec season opened off FL the fishery steadily decreased where catches for the remained fed season thru 8-18 are not promising. |
14 | 8/7/2022 | misskelley29@aol.com | Benjamin Kelley | Panama City | Florida | 32405 | Private Recreational Angler, Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire), Commercial | The quota of Red Snapper in the Gulf is at the maximum level it can be in my opinion. It might need to be bumped down just a little. It does not need to be increased. |
15 | 8/7/2022 | HeritageExcursionsfl@gmail.com | Marvin Joshua Sauls | Panama City | Florida | 32444 | Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire), Commercial | Do not alter the current quota. The stock is healthy and we do not need to overfish it! |
16 | 8/7/2022 | Saulsfamily89@gmail.com | Lauren Sauls | Panama City | Florida | 32444 | Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire), Commercial | Do not increase the quota |
17 | 8/8/2022 | kcsportfishing@gmail.com | Kevin Lanier | Wewahitchka | Florida | 32465 | Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire) | Shift August fishing until the fall. The red snapper population is excellent. |
18 | 8/8/2022 | kcsportfishing@gmail.com | Kevin Lanier | Wewahitchka | Florida | 32465 | Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire) | raise the limit as proposed in Action 2 |
19 | 8/8/2022 | bigtrig42@aol.com | Billy Archer | Panama | Florida | 32408 | Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire), Commercial | As a 3'd generation fisherman I ask the Council to leave the current tac for red snapper alone. A increase I believe will harm the fishery more than help. From what I hear all over the Gulf and experiencing myself regional depletion is in full swing. Please leave the tac alone. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. |
20 | 8/8/2022 | BIOSAMINE@gmail.com | Samuel Samhaoui | Eustis | Florida | 32736 | Private Recreational Angler, Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire) | Action 1 , no action… |
21 | 8/8/2022 | Darwin.myers@theodorevet.com | Darwin Myers | Mobile | Alabama | 36582 | Private Recreational Angler | I think it should increase to the highest levels and allow the states to manage the resource. Alabama has done a good job managing what they were given to work with. I just wish this could be extended to other species such as trigger and Amberjack. |
22 | 8/10/2022 | Skip_1099@bellsouth.net | Skip Schexnayder | Lafayette | Louisiana | 70508 | Private Recreational Angler | Alternative 2 should be adopted. It is difficult, even impossible, at some locations to catch anything but red snapper off of La. Our state management is working, but the allocation handed out to La is ridiculously low relative to the snapper population. |
23 | 8/17/2022 | Ctchastain@aol.com | Charle E Chastain Jr | Anniston | Alabama | 36206 | Private Recreational Angler | I would like to see a size limit imposed on Red Snapper. Perhaps one fish per boat over 28” or even no fish over 28”. I would like to see the DCL per person changed to three fish with a 15” min. |
24 | 8/18/2022 | mdtryon82@outlook.com | Mark Tryon | As an ifq red snapper shareholder I would benefit in the short run from the proposed increase outlined in preferred alternative 2. However I am concerned with the state of the fishery. My personal landings per trip peaked in 2019 and have declined significantly since then. I run rod and reel day trips averaging 12-15 hours per trip. In 2019 per trip weight for red snapper was 538 lbs. it fell to 504 in 2020, 446 in 2021 and year to date way down to 368 this year. Is this ‘localized depletion’ or part of a bigger problem ? Perhaps the answer lies in a trend analysis of the productivity of the commercial fleet. Forget about recreational data as it is a joke, especially here in Florida. I participated in a few recreational trips this season and have yet to be surveyed in person or via mailed surveys. The same is true for all the recreational fisherman I know. If the per unit effort of the commercial fleet is indicating significantly less fish per unit I would suggest going with preferred alternative 1 (no change). | ||||
25 | 8/21/2022 | Kcowart0526@gmail.com | Kenneth Cowart | Prairieville | Louisiana | 70769 | Private Recreational Angler | Why is it that EVERYONE KNOWS your count methods are a complete joke except you?? Quit screwing over recreational fishermen buy being bought by the commercial industry. It’s embarrassing quite frankly. |
26 | 8/22/2022 | eric@shareholdersalliance.org | Eric Brazer | NGO | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NauTawkphCRA2yo8Xt8SskN5Ly5z-iEm/view?usp=sharing | |||
27 | 8/23/2022 | Captjoenash@gmail.com | Joe Nash | Orsnge Beach | Alabama | 36561 | Private Recreational Angler, Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire) | Here in Alabama within 25 miles the fishery is terrible. I do not support an increase at this time. Charter for hire is accountable and you can see the results have declined in size and quantity this year. Alabama recreational catch reporting is at,an all time low with no enforcement so why should they report. I love to fish myself but do it ethically and don't cull fish be happy with what bites.. It is amazing to me just a few years ago recreational season was a few days now it is 4 days a week from Memorial weekend till Christmas, and we wonder why our fishery is what it has been this year! The Gulf needs a break at least here in Alabama as I can tell the Florida panhandle is the same way.Looks like a few years ago we all got a little piece of what we wanted and some a little greedy took to much and now wasted a resource. I understand everyone would like to fish when and where they want but time to face reality to much effort ,high end electronics and high end boats equals depletion. Other issue is sharks and Dolphins are taking a large amount of easy meals to many of both and slower boats can't get away from them. |
28 | 8/28/2022 | Jshoults@cox.net | Capt. Jeff Shoults | Destin | Florida | 32541 | Private Recreational Angler, Charter/Headboat (Federal For-Hire) | I see the stock of Red Snappers being harvested at an alarming rate. We are catching either large breeder females or small fish that haven’t reached mature age yet. I don’t see a need or reason for an increase in the number of days we are allowed to harvest them. |
29 | 10/5/2022 | Huntermccrossen01@gmail.com | Hunter McCrossen | Destrehan La | Louisiana | 70047 | Private Recreational Angler | Amberjack’s should go to 3 per boat per day. Red snapper should go to 10 per boat per day. |
30 | 10/5/2022 | Afewox@gmail.com | Aubon Fewox | Jacksonville | Florida | 32220 | Private Recreational Angler | The earth is 2/3 water...mostly ocean. A person standing on the bank, beach, fishing pier with a string, a hook, and a bait, hoping something comes by and takes the bait, so the person can have some fish for dinner, should not be infringed upon. He/she shouldn't be required to have a license. He shouldn't be penalized on how big or small his fish is. He shouldn't be penalized on what kind of fish he caught. The earth is huge and nobody will be ever to catch all the fish in the sea. Abolish the fish police. Its just a way to harass people and to take their money. Leave folks alone and let them fish freely. And remember you cant count the fish in the sea...much less even come close to catching them all. Aint gonna happen I know...But hey thats my opinion, worthless I'm sure. |
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