Hoo boy, here we go.
FB08-059 has arrived and it may be important to you. It is in regards to NOAA’s Amendment 30B to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. You know, that resource we all used to depend upon to make a good honest living.
Purpose of the Amendment 30B
The purpose of Amendment 30B is to end overfishing of gag, revise red grouper management measures as a result of changes in the stock condition, establish annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs) for gag and red grouper, manage the shallow-water grouper (SWG) fishery to achieve optimum yield, and improve the effectiveness of federal management measures.
We strongly recommend that you read the entire amendment carefully and think just how all those different “new rules” would impact you. We also strongly recommend that you then exercise your right to make comment.
Full text of the Bulletin is here (in pdf format.)
Here is a direct link to the appropriate comment page. The fields with a red asterisk are required.
Say your piece. Do try to make good points and refrain from just calling them names, but at least let them know how you feel.
If for some reason that direct link to the comment page doesn’t work, go to http://www.regulations.gov and then enter “NOAA-NMFS-2008-0203″ in the key word search box, make sure the option below the box for “Select to find documents accepting comments or submissions” is checked and that should take you to the comment page.
You can also send comments by mail if you want to.
● Mail: Peter Hood, Southeast Regional Office, NOAA Fisheries Service, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701.
● Fax: 727-824-5308, Attention: Peter Hood.