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	<title>Fishery News from S.O.F.A. &#187; Permits</title>
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		<title>NOAA Announces an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for Groupers and Tilefishes in the Gulf of Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FB09-o48 has arrived.  It lays out some dates leading up to the January 1, 2010 implementation of the Grouper IFQ program.  No big surprises here.  Nice to get some solid information, though.
On July 2, 2009, NOAA Fisheries Service approved Amendment 29 addressing new commercial regulations for Gulf of Mexico reef fish. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Comment Period Open</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/102</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They have opened a public comment period on the petitions and threats submitted to NMFS which were detailed in the previous entry on this blog.
It has been obvious in the past that they listen very little to these public comments, but it can&#8217;t hurt to let others know how we feel. Please make a comment, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation Groups Threaten Lawsuit Over Phantom Sea Turtles</title>
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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>REMINDER &#8211; Shark Research Fishery Applications Are Due Tuesday, July 15, 2008</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/37</link>
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		<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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