The Gulf Council to Hold Public Hearings and Webinar on Draft Amendment 50 - State Management of Recreational Red Snapper

For Immediate Release November 16, 2018     The Gulf Council to Hold Public Hearings and Webinar on Draft  Amendment 50 - State Management of Recreational Red Snapper   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold ten public hearings and a webinar to solicit public comments on Draft Amendment 50 - State Management of Recreational Red Snapper.  The Council is currently considering state management that would provide flexibility to the Gulf states to set the recreational red snapper fishing season and potentially other management measures.   The public hearings and webinar will begin at 6 p.m. local time. Dates and locations are as follows:   Monday, December 3, 2018 Sanders Beach - Corrine Jones Center 913 South I Street Pensacola, FL 35202 (850) 436-5670   Tuesday, December 4, 2018 City of Destin Community Center 101 Stahlman Avenue Destin, FL 32541 (850) 654-5184   Wednesday, December 5, 2018 Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel 64 South Water Street Mobile, AL 36602 (251) 438-4000   Monday, December 10, 2018 Embassy Suites 4914 Constitution Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70808 (225) 228-7164   Tuesday, December 11, 2018 Imperial Palace (IP) Casino and Resort 850 Bayview Avenue Biloxi, MS 39530 (228) 436-3000 Monday, January 7, 2019 Hyatt Place Fort Myers at the Forum 2600 Champion Ring Road Ft. Myers, FL 33905 (239) 418-1844 Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park 950 Lake Carillon Drive St. Petersburg, FL 33716 (727) 540-0050   Monday, January 14, 2019 Courtyard by Marriott Brownsville 3955 N. Expressway Brownsville, TX 78520 (956) 350-4600 Tuesday, January 15, 2019 Omni Hotels Corpus Christi 900 North Shoreline Blvd. Corpus Christi, TX 78401 (361) 887-1600   Wednesday, January 16, 2019 League City Civic Center and Recreation Center 300 West Walker Street League City, TX 77573 (281) 554-1190 Thursday, January 17, 2019 Via Webinar, 6:00 pm, EST Register for webinar here.   To view the documents and video, or submit and read comments follow the links below:   Summary Document Texas Document Louisiana Document Mississippi Document Alabama Document Florida Document Public Hearing Video Submit Comment Read Comments   Written public comments must be received on or before 5 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.    Comments may be submitted online via the Council's website or the Submit Comment link included here.  Written comments may also be emailed to gulfcouncil@gulfcouncil.org. About Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional Fishery Management Councils established by the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. The Council prepares fishery management plans, which are designed to manage fishery resources within the 200-mile limit of the Gulf of Mexico.

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