Work starts on Keys-specific fishing rules

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Work starts on Keys-specific fishing rules

Locals urge councils to not use only geographical boundaries

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

Yellowtail and mutton snapper and several species of grouper could find themselves being managed by a fishery management council or committee handling nothing but South Florida rules.

Representatives with the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Fishery Management councils and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) held a joint online meeting Monday to star...

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Can you hear me ????

Submitted on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 10:59am by trapper

That was the most often said statement; This is a step in the right direction , but online meetings without public comment isn't going to get the job done. It must have been frustrating for commitee members to have to repeat themselves repeatly due to technical problems.