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YOUR FISHING RIGHTS and

THE FUTURE OF RECREATIONAL FISHING

 

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ISSUES OF CONCERN

  • Magnuson Stevens violations on time limits to repair recreational data

  • Unnecessary Gag Grouper closure

  • Unnecessary Red Snapper closure

  • use of fatally flawed data for stock assessments

  • Use of fatally flawed data for management decisions

  • ACL (Annual Catch Limit) development

  • Development of new recreational data collection system management

  • Stock assessment 'models' ignoring standard benchmarks (Catch Per Unit of Effort CPUE, for example).

  • Unnecessary denial of the OPPORTUNITY to fish

  • ANTI-FISHING groups and efforts*

 

*An example of an anti-fishing effort. 

Note the use of the word "depleted".  It is inflammatory yet simply untrue.

"Considerable ecological concerns?"  Again, inflammatory and untrue.

 

When fish are spawning, they usually are not eating much.  The biggest threat to spawning aggregations of fish comes from large scale netting of the aggregations.

 

 

The following is taken directly from the environmental defense website:

 

Grouper

Eco-Worst Choice

Avoid for now due to considerable ecological concerns.

Health Alert

Elevated levels of mercury.

  • Adults and kids should limit their meals.

Related Fish

Eco-Best

  • Mahimahi from U.S. caught by troll/pole

  • Sablefish from Alaska or Canada

  • Farmed striped bass

This is taken directly from the environmental defense website:

Details About Grouper

all grouper

Eco Details

  • Several species of grouper are severely depleted.

  • One reason for their dwindling numbers is their highly unusual mating ritual: mature fish come together to spawn in huge numbers that make easy targets for fishing vessels. This removes many reproducing fish and threatens the recovery of depleted populations.

  • Commercial and recreational fishing of nassau grouper and goliath grouper (jewfish) are now prohibited in U.S. waters.

Health Details

This is an Eco-Worst choice. If you decide to eat it, we recommend the following due to elevated mercury levels:

  • Women should eat no more than 3 meals per month

  • Men should eat no more than 2 meals per month

  • Kids age 6-12 should eat no more than 2 meals per month

  • Kids up to age 6 should eat no more than 1 meal per month

This is taken directly from the environmental defense website.

 

 

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