It will be another year without snook fishing in
the Gulf of Mexico off Florida .
The Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission last week voted to keep the recreational
harvest of snook in Gulf of Mexico waters
closed for another year to offer the species additional protection after a 2010
cold kill devastated the population.
The decision came after an updated stock assessment that showed snook
populations are improving in the Atlantic and are not
in biological jeopardy in the Gulf.
The next assessment is due in 2015.
The recreational snook season was closed in Gulf of
Mexico and Atlantic waters by
executive order on January 16th after the cold kill.
The Gulf of Mexico
recreational season is expected to reopen September 1st, 2013 .
Catch-and-release of snook will be allowed during the closure.
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