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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council – The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel meeting starts at 1:30 today (Tues). You can listen in via webinar

April 23, 2013 South Atlantic

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel meeting starts at 1:30 today (Tues). You can listen in via webinar here and check out the agenda and meeting materials under the Snapper Grouper Tab here

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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Seeks Public Input on Use of Vessel Monitoring Systems

March 20, 2013 South Atlantic

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is requesting public input on management alternatives that may require the use of vessel monitoring systems (VMS) on vessels with a Federal South Atlantic Commercial Snapper Grouper Permit, both unlimited or trip-limited (225 pounds) permits. The Council is not considering the use of VMS on private recreational or for-hire vessels unless these vessels have a South Atlantic Federal Commercial Snapper Grouper permit. continued

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From Chris McCaffity – Please sign the Petition – Support for Alternatives to Vessel Monitoring Systems

March 6, 2013 South Atlantic

Target: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Sponsored by: Chris McCaffity Stopping this Vessel Monitoring System law from passing will help to keep similar invasions of our privacy from spreading to other areas of our lives. Please think about how you would like to be required by law to install an expensive and intrusive Vehicle Monitoring System in your car to make sure you did not park in No Parking Zones. What if you were one of only 5% of drivers required to do this? Would you think a video camera monitoring only the no parking zone to insure 100% of drivers complied with the law would be fairer? Sign the Petition

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Feds reverse, keep commercial yellowtail harvest open

November 8, 2012 South Atlantic

Hopefully, these extra fish will be enough to keep everybody working,” Roy Crabtree, regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Region, said Tuesday. http://www.keysnet.com/2012/11/07/483126/feds-reverse-keep-commercial-yellowtail.html

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SSC Meeting: October 23-25, 2012 North Charleston, SC

October 21, 2012 South Atlantic

SSC Meeting: October 23-25, 2012 North Charleston, SC

Crowne Plaza, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; phone: 843/744-4422

Meeting Agenda Briefing Book Materials (posted 10/9; updated 10/17)

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Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) Meeting : October 22, 2012 North Charleston, SC

October 21, 2012 South Atlantic

Crowne Plaza, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; phone: 843/744-4422

Meeting Agenda Briefing Book Materials (posted 10/9; updated 10/17)

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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