The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management council says recent stock assessments showed good news for the gag
grouper population in the gulf, but not such good news for greater amberjack.
The Council received the results
of stock assessments on gag and greater amberjack at their meeting in late June.
As of 2012 (the most recent year
of data in the stock assessment), gag grouper are no longer considered overfished,
and are no longer undergoing overfishing.
The Gulf Council will consider
new gag grouper fishing limits for 2015
at the August Council meeting.
The greater amberjack stock
assessment, however, found that, as of 2012, greater amberjack was still
overfished and undergoing overfishing, although the rate of overfishing has
decreased.
The Council will consider an amendment
at the August Council meeting of alternatives to increase the recreational
minimum size limit for greater amberjack and to move the recreational closed
season from the summer to the springtime spawning season.
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