The Coastal Conservation Assocation reports that the allocation was set using catch data from the mid-1980s, at a time when red snapper stocks were critically depressed and created an inaccurate picture of the fishery. That allocation has been allowed to stand ever since, but now anglers have the chance to help set things right. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is now accepting comments on a range of allocation alternatives for red snapper in Amendment 28, which gives six alternatives to the issue. The alternatives include:- Shifting the allocation to the recreational sector from the commercial sector by the amount of 3 percent, 5 percent, or 10 percent.- Shift either 100 percent or 75 percent of any total combined commercial and recreational quota in excess of 9.12 million pounds to the recreational sector.The ...Image may be NSFW.
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