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	<title>Fishery News from S.O.F.A. &#187; Regulations</title>
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		<title>NOAA Announces an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program for Groupers and Tilefishes in the Gulf of Mexico</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/154</link>
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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>NOAA Announces Four Month Closure Of &#8220;The Edges&#8221;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/148</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FB09-042 has arrived.
It announces the finalizing of the new rule regarding the yearly four month closure (Jan 1 to April 30) of the area in the Northern Gulf NMFS is now calling &#8220;The Edges&#8221;
NOAA ANNOUNCES THE    FOUR MONTH CLOSURE OF &#8220;THE EDGES&#8221; TO PROTECT GAG AND OTHER GROUPERS DURING SPAWNING IN THE [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Closures and Openings]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/108#comments</comments>
		<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>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>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>
		<dc:creator>blog admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gulf Fishing News]]></category>
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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>Contact your Senators and Congressmen</title>
		<link>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/88</link>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/88#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Environmental Groups pushing to have the bottom longline fishery closed down over the incomplete and flawed data they present as fact have a well financed and organized campaign going on delivering thousands of electronic &#8220;signatures&#8221; and messages to the people who will be making the final decision on this very important issue.
We don&#8217;t have [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/75#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/?p=75</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/64#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<comments>http://southernoffshorefishingassociation.com/blog/archives/59#comments</comments>
		<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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