FWC workshops for snapper seasons

[Ken_80]

Red Snapper Workshops:
The public is invited to attend one of five public workshops on the recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters scheduled for early March. At these workshops, FWC will gather stakeholder input on a proposed 2015 season that would start the Saturday before Memorial Day (May 23) and run through Sunday, July 12, resume for all of Labor Day weekend (Sept. 5-7) and finish with Saturdays and Sundays throughout September and October, with the last day of harvest being Sunday, Nov. 1. This proposed season would be 70 days. This season was the preferred option discussed by Commissioners during the February meeting in Jacksonville. Staff will present results from these workshops to the Commission at its April meeting in Tallahassee.




Workshop schedule (all are from 6 to 8 p.m. local time):
March 9: Pensacola, Bayview Community Center, 2000 E. Lloyd St.
March 10: Destin, Destin Community Center, 101 Stahlman Ave.
March 11: Panama City, Gulf Coast State College, Student Union East, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 5230 W. U.S. Highway 98
March 12: Carrabelle, Carrabelle City Municipal Complex, 1001 Gray Ave.
March 16: St. Petersburg, Fish & Wildlife Research Institute, 3rd floor #3A and 3B, 100 Eight Ave. SE
For more information, call the Division of Marine Fisheries Management at 850-487-0554

[Mister Mullet]

This is a great proposal. By giving recreational anglers so many weekends to fish, it provides folks with M-F jobs (aka taxpayers) a shot at the red snapper. Kudos to FWC for looking out for "Joe Lunchbucket"

[Salty Gator]

This is a great proposal. By giving recreational anglers so many weekends to fish, it provides folks with M-F jobs (aka taxpayers) a shot at the red snapper. Kudos to FWC for looking out for "Joe Lunchbucket"

State water snapper fishing isn't anything much to speak of in our area. Good for the panhandle tho