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Capt Chris Moran Offshore Fishing Louisiana

Snapper vs no snapper
TO ALL THOSE THAT ENJOY OFFSHORE FISHING!! This pertains to recreational, commercial,charter, tackle shop owners,boat dealers, fishing groups, outdoor writers, outdoor broadcasters, etc. ARE YOU WONDERING WHY YOU ARE LOOSING YOUR RIGHT TO CATCH AND KEEP FISH IN THE GULF? Join together and attend some NMFS meetings where these decisions are made about your livelihood or favorite past time. Do you know that many times decisions are made without a single person present to counter the arguement? Some of those that make the decisions have never set foot in a boat much less fish. Your input may be just what is needed to help them make the right choices. There is an abundance of red snapper in the gulf despite what the greener side may think. Don't tradition fall by the wayside without having your say. PUT YOUR TWO CENTS IN!! Thursday November 5 at the Wildlife and Fisheries building on Quail Drive in Baton Rouge the Commission will meet. One of the topics on the agenda will allow public opinion concerning state vs federal regulations. You are encouraged to attend but if not, contact the members by emailand let them know that they represent us and that we want better science before the feds punish all of us with stiffer regulations.
http//www.wlf.louisiana.gov/aboutldwf/boards commissionmembers/

Also December 1&2 The red snapper advisory panel will meet at the Crown Plaza in Kenner (www.gulfcouncil.org)

Also Feb 1-4 the NMFS will meet in Mobile at the 'Battle House' (www.gulfcouncil.org)

Its kinda like voting, if you don't vote you really can't complain!! GET INVOLVED!!

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Butch
Posted Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 9:29 pm

Snapper Issue
Capt. Moran, this is an e-mail I sent to Congressman Rodney Alexander from the 5th District. I hope this will help. If there is anything else I need to add, just let me know. I am from North LA, but fish out of G.I. several times a year.

MESSAGEBODY: Mr. Alexander, I am writing in response to the issue of our great fishery, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Red Snapper season that has been shortened. This is causing a great loss of revenue to our state. People come from all over the country to fish in our waters which brings in alot of money. It also keeps our charter boat captains working and providing for their families. I realize that there has to be rules and limits on these and other fish, but the studies that determine the limits are far off base. Something needs to be done different to rectify this problem. The season was from April 21st to October 31st each year and a four fish per person limit several years ago to a 75 day season and two fish per person limit last year. I fish these waters several times a year and target Red Snapper. These fish are not in near as much danger as some of these councils want the government to think. I do not know any rules and regulations for the commercial fishing of Red Snapper, but they are very different from recreational rules and regulations. Would you please look into this issue and see what can be done to correct it. Again, I want there to be rules and regulations so these and other fish will be abundant for many years to come, but the state is losing alot of revenue in many ways over this issue. Revenue to charter boats, hotels, marinas, marine dealers, tackle shops, ect. Thanks for your time.

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Capt Jamie Gaspard
Posted Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 6:59 pm

GET INVOLVED OR NO FISHING SEASON FOR OUR CHILDREN
To all the people who FISH, Charter, recreational and so forth on....I stress how important public input at this meeting will be. We all need to take alittle time out of our schedule to go to WAR for OUR RIGHTS and OUR KIDS future RIGHTS! Please be at this meeting. All the research and data has been used against us. Now its time for the fishermen to STAND UP!
One pissed off Fisherman,
Capt Jamie Gaspard

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fishnmoney
Posted Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 11:06 am

Regulations
Thanks for the information Capt. Chris!
I won't be able to make it on Thursday but I will get more involved!!!

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Reel Screamers Guide Service
Posted Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 6:52 am

I missed # 15
As involved as I have been in this I missed the fact that #15 was on the agenda ............ who wants to eat a pasturized oyster? I heard the other day that the FDA's own numbers show that 30 people a year die from eating bad oysters, now that is a pandemic.

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emmett galloway
Posted Wed, Nov 4th, 2009 6:21 am

Getting Involved
Is certainly the thing for us to do. We are to the point in our country where we elect people to represent us well and instead they represent themselves and their party to the detriment of our country. This requires us to try to persuade them to stop doing something they should know not to do. The best thing for them to do is nothing.

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craazyjose1
Posted Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 9:45 pm

Meeting Time
It is a meeting of the LDWF Commission. The meeting starts at 9:30AM. The items that pertain to reef fish are 12-13. Try to be there if at all possible.

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission has scheduled the next regular public board meeting for 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Building located at 2000 Quail Drive in Baton Rouge.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Minutes of October 1, 2009

3. Commission Special Announcements/Personal Privilege

4. To present Shikar Safari Enforcement Officer of the Year Award

5. To present Litter Enforcement Office of the Year Award

6. To receive and hear Enforcement & Aviation Reports/October

7. To receive and hear Announcement for Duck Stamp Contest Winner

8. To receive and hear Dove Season Opening Report and Presentation of Dove Banding Award

9. To receive and hear Presentation of On-Line Registration for Hunter Education Program

10. To receive and hear Louisiana Recovery Authority's Annual Update to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

11. To receive and consider Declaration of Emergency and Notice of Intent on Elmer's Island Wildlife Refuge

12. To receive and consider Resolution and Notice of Intent to Amend Rules for Harvest of Reef Fish: Grouper Recreational Seasons and Bag Limits, Grouper Commercial Seasons and Size Limits, Red Snapper/Reef Fish IFQ Modifications

13. To receive and consider Declaration of Emergency - Rules for Harvest of Reef Fish: Grouper Recreational Seasons and Bag Limits, Grouper Commercial Seasons and Size Limits

14. To receive and consider Declaration of Emergency - Closure of the Recreational Fishery for Greater Amberjack in Louisiana Waters

15. To receive and consider Resolution regarding U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Intent to Require Post Harvest Processing of Raw Gulf Oysters

16. Set March 2010 Meeting Date

17. Receive Public Comments

18. Adjournment 2009-326

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Blackbear31
Posted Tue, Nov 3rd, 2009 8:36 pm

NMFS meeting
What time is the meeting in Baton Rouge?

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