Saving Seafood

Red Snapper Season Begins Tomorrow In Louisiana

January 31, 2017 — Recreational red snapper fishing will begin tomorrow (Feb. 1, 2017) in the state waters of Louisiana, and wildlife officials say they will remain open until further notice.

Louisiana waters include all bodies of water up to nine nautical miles from shore and they will be open seven days a week.

The decision to make the season longer was made last week by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission during their monthly meeting.

Despite the longer season, fishermen will be regulated to only two fish per person and the red snapper must 16-inches in length.

Federal wildlife officials have not yet announced the dates for the federal season in 2017, which opens all waters in the Gulf of Mexico. Last year, the federal season was only nine days long in July.

Read the full story at WRKG

NOAA Fisheries Offers Paperless Way to Receive Information about Fishing Regulations and Management Actions

December 1, 2016 — The following was released by NOAA:

This is an annual reminder that NOAA Fisheries offers you two ways to receive your fishery bulletins.  These bulletins contain fishing regulation information and are typically referred to as “the blue sheets.”

You may receive a copy of the bulletin two ways:

Electronic/E-mail:

To receive an on-line copy of the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fishery Bulletin, which explains current and proposed fishing regulations please visit  http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishbulletin.  You can unsubscribe at any time.

The electronic copy of the bulletin, sent via e-mail, will be delivered to you faster than a paper copy, is in color, features informational links, and reduces paper use.

Note: If you already receive electronic fishery bulletins via email, your subscription will not be affected and you do NOT need to sign up again now.

Text Message Notifications:

SIGN UP FOR TEXT MESSAGE ALERTS –

FIND OUT ABOUT IMMEDIATE OPENINGS AND CLOSURES

NOAA’s Text Message Alert Program allows you to receive important fishery related alerts via text message (SMS).

Text alerts you may receive include:

Immediate fishery openings and closures

Any significant changes to fishing regulations that happen quickly

Sign up for one or more of the following groups:

Gulf of Mexico Recreational Fisheries Related Alerts

  • Text GULFRECFISH to 888777

Gulf of Mexico Commercial Fisheries Related Alerts

  • Text GULFCOMMFISH to 888777

South Atlantic Recreational Fisheries Related Alerts

  • Text SATLRECFISH to 888777

South Atlantic Commercial Fisheries Related Alerts

  • Text SATLCOMMFISH to 888777

Caribbean Fisheries Related Alerts

  • Text CARIBFISH to 888777

Mail:

Note: If you already receive fishery bulletins in the mail, you still need to complete the attached survey notice and send it back to NOAA Fisheries.  If you do not send to the address below, you will not receive any bulletins in the mail.

This change will be EFFECTIVE January 2, 2017.

In an effort to better serve you, we want to update our records so the Southeast Fishery Bulletins you receive are of interest to you.

Please see below and let us know which regional specific bulletins you would like to receive.

Send your response to the following address:

National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration

Southeast Regional Office, Sustainable Fisheries Division

263 13th Avenue South

Saint Petersburg, FL  33701