The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will be meeting starting today in Charleston, South Carolina at the Charleston Marriott. The meeting will run through Friday and will include two public comment sessions one at 5:30 on Wednesday, September 18 and one at 4:30 on Thursday, September 19.

The agenda for this meeting includes:

•modifying the commercial and recreational fishing years for greater amberjack and black seas bass; modifying the commercial fishing seasons for vermilion snapper; modifying recreational accountability measures for vermilion snapper and black sea bass; and modifying the commercial trip limit for gag. 

•addressing the bag limit sale of  king and Spanish mackerel (including tournament sale of king mackerel); potential new commercial permit requirement for cobia; actions to eliminate latent effort in the king mackerel hook-and-line sector; federal regulatory compliance; and income requirements for commercial Coastal Migratory Pelagic permits.

•addressing changes in Gulf group king mackerel zones and a transit provisions for king mackerel; regional quotas for Atlantic group king and Spanish mackerel; modifications to cobia annual catch limits and targets; and modifications to the framework procedure.

•addressing minor changes to Annual Catch Limits for dolphin and wahoo; commercial trip limits for dolphin; and changes to framework procedures.

FISH ON!

 

 

 

Amberjack, Black Sea Bass, Cobia, Dolphin, fish, Fishing, gag grouper, King Mackerel, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, South Carolina, Spanish Mackerel, Vermilion Snapper, Wahoo

By Sid

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