Marine Fisheries Workshops

State Management of Gulf Red Snapper

Meetings to be held in December and January to gather public input

Information:  The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is holding public hearings and a webinar to solicit public comments on Draft Amendment 50 – State Management of Recreational Red Snapper.  This amendment would, if approved, allow state management in future years and would provide flexibility to the Gulf states to set the recreational red snapper fishing season and potentially other management measures.  To provide additional opportunities for the public to comment on this proposal, FWC is also holding public workshops on state management of Gulf red snapper.

Dates and locations for the meetings are as follows (unless noted below, all meetings are from 6-9 p.m. local time):

Dec. 3 – Pensacola: Sanders Beach-Corrine Jones Center, 913 I Street

Dec. 4 – Destin: Destin Community Center, 101 Stahlman Ave.

Jan. 7 – Fort Myers: Hyatt Place Fort Myers at the Forum, 2600 Champion Ring Road

Jan. 8 – Saint Petersburg: Hilton St. Pete Carillon Park, 950 Lake Carillon Dr.

Jan. 15 – Key West: Harvey Government Center, 1200 Truman Ave., 2nd Floor; *Hosted by FWC

Jan. 17 – Webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2288573373994739724; 6:00-9:00 PM EST

Jan. 22 – Crystal River: Plantation on Crystal River, 9301 W. Fort Island Trail; *Hosted by FWC

Jan. 23 – Tallahassee: Farris Bryant Building, 620 S. Meridian St. *Hosted by FWC

Links for more information:

Gulf Council [GulfCouncil.org]