Grouper and V-liner reduction 60% meetings. S. Atlantic

Just an FYI, if you are in the S. Atlantic area, they are hitting our fish quotas again. I will be at the meetings coming up and would hope that others will show up. At this time I am trying to align myself with some of the fisheries board members in getting the connections to have data we are willing to collect presented. I think we had a good break thru yesterday after a 3 hour meeting with one of the board members. If I can get warm bodies to show up, it would be a great start to show interest. At this point, the studies that are being used are that of either old data or logs from Fla, AGAIN. Please let me know who can go to the upcoming meetings. Until I can get the data cruncher locked in, I am just trying to show opposition. If you have any underwater photos of gags and scamps in any kind of abundance, please pm me. I will need "basic" coords, depth, etc just to document. I am going to start hitting this really hard! Anthing numbers that are sent will be completely confidential. On the redfish tagging study, when the data was summitted for areas, the red dots on the maps covered 1/2 mile and up.

http://www.safmc.net/News/NewsReleas...3/Default.aspx

All meetings are scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

September 4, 2007

Hilton Wilmington Riverside301 N. Water StreetWilmington, NC 28401Phone: 910/763-5900

September 4, 2007Sombrero Cay Clubs

19 Sombrero Blvd.Marathon, FL 33050Phone: 305/743-2250

September 5, 2007

Sheraton Atlantic Beach2717 W. Fort Macon RoadAtlantic Beach, NC 28512Phone: 252/240-1155

September 6,2007

Hampton Inn Daytona Speedway1715 W. Int. Speedway Blvd.Daytona Beach, FL 32114Phone: 386/257-4030

September 10, 2007

Holiday Inn Charleston Airport5264 International Blvd.N. Charleston, SC 29418Phone: 843/576-0300

September 17, 2007

Avista Resort300 N. Ocean Blvd.N. Myrtle Beach, SC 29582Phone: 843/249-2521



Tired of having decisions made for us and not goning on acurate data, I have been busy setting appointments to try to make a difference here. I have appointments with the following:NC Fisheries Resource Grant Program in two weeks for proposals on what they are in need of for data thru FRGHave talked with Shawn Mckean NC Fisheries Assoc (CCA will hate this since he reps commercial fisherman and they seem to be spearheading this reduction)Trying to streamline what information as needed for Dr. Daniels (dir NCDMF)Any info on how to proceed will be helpful from any of you veterans. I am serious about this and could use all the support that I can get. Please consider taking time out of schedule to at least show up to the meetings to voice you opinion. I am trying to overcome the "best data available" commment and I would like to throw a monkey wrench in that excuse.

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We are planning a large contingent from our local website charlestonwired.com. I have a bad feeling this meeting, same as I did about the MPA's. It seems that if you raise any kind of objection, then they try to make you look foolish. I am still trying to figure out the logic in the Snowy Grouper, Golden Tilefish regs. The recreational angler was never the problem, yet he bears the brunt of the cuts. I was mad as hell when the SAFMC's pamphlet came out saying that there was overwhelming support for the MPA's off Charleston., I call B.S. I have not found one person in support of our new MPA, one of our members mentioned it to our Governor Mark Sanford, and he had no clue that this was being enacted.
I'll go to this one too, but it is a waste of time. This group of Econazi's is closing down fishing one species at a time