Gulf Council to convene its Standing, Special Shrimp and Special Reef Fish Scientific & Statistical Committees

Gulf Council Special Shrimp and Special Reef Fish Standings...
Gulf Council Press Release




Meeting Notice Contact: Steven Atran
September 16, 2011 813-348-1630


Gulf Council to convene its Standing, Special Shrimp and Special Reef Fish Scientific & Statistical Committees

The Gulf Council’s Standing, Special Shrimp and Special Reef Fish Scientific and Statistical Committees (SSCs) will meet October 11 - 13, 2011. The meeting will be held at the Gulf Council Office – 2203 N. Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, Florida beginning at 1 p.m. Tuesday, concluding by noon Thursday.

The Standing and Special Shrimp SSC will meet Tuesday to review benchmark stock assessments on brown shrimp, white shrimp, and pink shrimp, and may consider recommending definitions of overfishing limit and acceptable biological catch.

The remainder of the meeting will be a joint meeting of the Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC. The Standing and Special Reef Fish SSC will review and make recommendations on the SEDAR stock assessment schedule. The SSC will also:
* Review update assessments of gray triggerfish and vermilion snapper
* Recommend an overfishing limit and acceptable biological catch for those stocks
* Discuss data needs from the Southeast Fisheries Science Center in order to reevaluate the 2012 red snapper annual catch limit
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During this meeting a representative from the Southeast Regional Office will present the methodology used to calculate the length of the red snapper recreational season, as well as review decision tools for evaluating commercial and recreational greater amberjack management measures under proposed Reef Fish Amendment 35.

The SSC will also hear a reports from the October 4-6, 2011 National SSC meeting and the September 15, 2011 Ecosystem SSC webinar.
Finally, the SSC will discuss possible revisions to the definition of optimum yield based on the revised National Standard 1 guidelines, and it will review the tentative schedule of SSC meetings planned for 2012.

Copies of the agenda and other related materials can be obtained by calling the Council office at 813-348-1630. Materials can also be downloaded from the Council’s site – www.gulfcouncil.org -

Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come before the SSCs for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (M-SFCMA), those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. Actions of the SSCs will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda, as well as any issues that may arise after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) M-SFCMA, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take action to address the emergency.

This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Please direct requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids to Kathy Pereira at the Council at least five working days prior to the meeting.

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional fishery management councils established by the Magnuson‑Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. The Council prepares fishery management plans designed to manage fishery resources in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Black fin Tuna of the Hump w/Greg Poland

Skip Jack to ten pounds along with same sized or smaller Maui-Maui, as we were looking for one of a twenty pounder or better...moved on to the hump . From out under the Man O wars and the weed lines we approached the hump from about 300 feet of water. Nathan Eolvin and his three buddies were eager to catch some more using light fluorocarbon leaders and Ohero light spinning outfits in a quest for Black Fin Tuna. Trolling smoked jigs to bouncing Diamond jigs we were hot in the action with Black fin Tuna of the Hump w/Greg Poland.

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Poland's Spots; a favorite video snapshot!

Poland’s Spots!


Get Some Spots of your own and give him a call; tell'em Gary Anderson sent you and you too can Hooker Up on You Tube!
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Lemon Bay Specks & Spots

Laying it out...No Fish Tale Here!

Angling Lemon Bay, Englewood, Florida for Sea Trout (Specks) and Red-Drum, a.k.a. Redfish or Spots, is a real adventure, this time of year as we are in mid-spawn, so the Spots are extremely active whither following the pack, (females bunched and tailing alike a school of mullet), or hanging in the pots in wait for a meal. Catching Specks to Spots in the Slots is a real challenge, unless you know the secret; finding pristine flowing grasses, with spotted oyster beds with an outflow of nutrients, crabs, shrimp and water, moving towards the two openings, found here, in Lemon Bay, Florida, out to the Gulf of Mexico. Our catching of Lemon Bay Specks to Slots was a real treat to fish, as we wadded along and noticed the starfishes, sea urchins and even sea horses all across the fresh saltwater flat. The in to out flows of Stump Pass to the north and Boca Grande to the south make Lemon Bay one of the best areas to angle when in search of Specks to Slots for the table or in catch release.

 Wadding Lemon Bay

Redfish (Spots) is a member of the drum family, whose cousins include the Atlantic Croaker, spotted Seatrout (Specks), and black drum. As they say, birds of a feather, so it is natural these fish, hang together and feed much alike, making them the perfect target to fisherman looking to hook it up with two of Florida's top game-fish, without a endless search across a vast flat to estuary or bay; when you find one and more are to follow. Catching Specks to Spots is best and easiest for novice to pro alike to use live shrimp, finger mullet, dollar-crabs or small yellow-tailed Pinfish; either free-lined or under a slip to popping cork, to which I prefer the pencil-like snap float. The Popping cork is just that, a cork that sounds much like a feeding trout as it Plops the top of the water in its attack of prey. I personality believe it can do the opposite too, pop to much and spook the fish; so what is too much? I'll stick with a Cajan style cork myself; personal preference.
Best baits are:

• live medium to large shrimp
  
• finger mullet
  
• dollar crabs
  
• two to four inch yellow tailed pinfish
  
  
  
   23 inch Speck
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18 inch Speck

Spot with Spots; nice Slot limit Red!