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Council Approves Expansion of Shrimp Fishery Access Area Adjacent to Deepwater Coral
It has been seven years since expansion of the northern end of the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) was approved by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Designed to provide additional protection for the rare, slow growing, deepwater Oculina coral found off the central east coast of Florida, the expansion also included […]
Council Approves Management Measures for Dolphin and Wahoo in Federal Waters along the Atlantic Coast
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved proposed management measures affecting fisheries for Dolphin and Wahoo in federal waters along the Atlantic coast during its meeting last week. Measures include modifying the recreational vessel trip limit for Dolphin from 60 fish to 54 fish per vessel per trip while maintaining the 10 fish per person […]
Council Chooses Preferred Management Measures for Dolphin and Wahoo Fisheries
Proposed measures would reduce recreational vessel limits for Dolphin and bag limits for Wahoo.
