I was just going over the latest information from the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council. The SAFMC, headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of eight regional fishery management councils in the United States. They are responsible for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the federal 200-mile limit off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and east Florida to Key West.
Literally all grouper species and red snapper are closed to any type of fishing. Grouper season is scheduled to reopen in April. Red snapper is closed indefinitely.
Now I see that they are holding more “public input” meetings to look at regulating dolphin (mahi mahi), wahoo and cobia.
If they close the season on theses fish it will pretty well stop most anglers from even attempting to fish. They continue to pursue a total bottom fishing closure in an area from Cape Canaveral, Florida […]
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