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	<title>Fishery News from S.O.F.A. &#187; Gulf Fishing News</title>
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		<title>FWC Adopts resolution calling for Disaster Relief for Longline Fishery</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/132</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 02:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During their meeting this week, FWC Commissioners &#8230;
&#8220;approved a resolution to request that Gov. Charlie Crist ask the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to provide disaster relief to Florida&#8217;s Gulf commercial reef fish longline industry and related seafood dealers.  This action is needed because a pending federal emergency rule to protect sea turtles will effectively close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emergency Rule: Bottom Longline Restrictions</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/124</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently the &#8220;compromise&#8221; worked out between industry reps and the Gulf Council and mentioned in the previous post to this blog wasn&#8217;t good enough.
FB09-027 has arrived and it is a doozy.
NOAA Fisheries Service implemented an emergency
rule, effective May 18, 2009, through October 28, 2009,
to reduce the sea turtle bycatch in the Gulf of Mexico
bottom longline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Control Date Established for the  Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Fishery</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/108</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fishery Bulletin FB09-020 addresses the control date for the Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Fishery which NOAA proposes establishing as December 31, 2008.
Full document available here.
For additional information on this bulletin, please contact Cindy Meyer at Cynthia.Meyer@noaa.gov.
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		<title>Fishery Bulletin 09-016 Has Arrived&#8230;and it&#8217;s a puzzle</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/92</link>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/92#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOAA released FB09-016 today.  It is a notice letting everyone know that NOAA has received what it terms &#8220;two requests for emergency rulemaking to reduce loggerhead sea turtle bycatch.&#8221;
Two &#8220;requests&#8221;?  One is a petition from Oceana.  How did Oceana publicize this issue and gather the &#8220;signatures&#8221;?  Did Oceana tell the people they got to &#8220;sign&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council Takes Reef Fish Committee Recommendation and Makes It Worse</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/75</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gulf Council took the horrible recommendation from their Reef Fish Committee to close longlining inside 300 feet for 5 months out of the year and made it much worse.  They are asking the NMFS to move everyone out beyond 300 ft (50 fathoms) until the deep water quota is filled &#8212; which won&#8217;t take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important Gulf Council Meeting Opens Today</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/64</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>blog admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gulf Council is meeting today through Thursday in Bay St. Louis Mississippi at the Hollywood Casino and the future of the bottom longline fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the pivotal points to be addressed.  There are other very important issues that will be taken up, aquaculture proposals for the Gulf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation Groups Threaten Lawsuit Over Phantom Sea Turtles</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/59</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again the fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico are under attack, this time over phantom sea turtle mortality rates.  Using figures that are at best questionable and most likely ridiculously and intentionally over-stated, a coalition of conservation groups is attempting to coerce the NMFS into shutting down bottom longlining in the Gulf of Mexico [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important IFQ update &#8211; FB08-067</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/53</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the mailman brought the IFQ Referendum Ballot via registered mail. If you didn&#8217;t get yours yet, or don&#8217;t get it very soon you might want to ask why not.
Today, the emailman brought FB08-067 which is titled:

Gulf of Mexico Commercial Grouper/Tilefish  Individual Fishing Quota Program Referendum Being Conducted

 
It states the obvious and provides a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REMINDER &#8211; Shark Research Fishery Applications Are Due Tuesday, July 15, 2008</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/37</link>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/37#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got an email from NOAA today reminding me that these applications are due on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008.  Consider the notice duly passed along.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requests applications for participation in the 2008 shark research fishery. The shark research pennits would authorize participation in the shark research fishery and the collection [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Public Comment on Gulf Grouper/Tilefish IFQ Program</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/33</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FB08-038 has been released and deserves your attention.  In part&#8230;
 NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries Service) is seeking public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)/Amendment 29 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico. The DEIS evaluates the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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