WASHINGTON โ Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., added language to a pending spending bill for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that she says will prevent another extremely short red snapper fishing season in the Gulf of Mexico.
This year's recreation red snapper season was limited to June 1-June 10.
For NOAA's 2015 spending bill, Landrieu inserted a provision ordering a Government Accountability Office study on how the agency collects and analyzes data on recreational fishing, including red snapper.
Also included in the spending bill is a $2 million voluntary electronic logbook project that will give NOAA better data on for-hire recreational fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.
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