As if the end of red snapper fishing along the southeast US coast were not enough, the SAFMC is going to vote in early June on their Amendment 17A to their fishing rules. This additional ruling will halt all bottom fishing in water from 98 feet deep to 240 feet deep off the Atlantic coast from about Melbourne, Florida to the Georgia-South Carolina line. Their logic is that someone might catch a red snapper in those waters, so to prevent that from happening, they just close it to all bottom fishing.
There is more. Spearfishing, including commercial spearfishing will be allowed in those same waters. So while commercial divers with power heads and explosive projectiles vacuum the bottom, unfettered by hook and line fishermen, we all just sit and watch.
Want even more? The North and South Carolina coast lines are not affected by this ruling. Hook and […]
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