FWC Commission meeting Melborne June 13-14 (Redfish)

[Sir reel]

Thursday's agenda (14th) is as follows:

Thursday, June 14

▪ Final public hearing on proposed rule amendments for snook.

▪ Proposed rules relating to trap retrieval and trap debris removal.

▪ A proposed rule amendment that would allow recreational fishers to use fold-up blue crab traps with square sides.

▪ Updates on issues and proposed rules for:

§ Red drum, (pdf of proposed regulation change ) http://myfwc.com/commission/2007/Jun07/ ... _Jun07.pdf

§ Spiny lobster,

§ Federal fisheries management issues,

§ Final review of the vision document for the future of saltwater fishing in Florida.

[jsuber]

Sure looks like they got the information they wanted from the last workshop, and now they are going to expand upon it past the regulations they were looking at for Redfish.