FAQs

  2.    How are members of the Council chosen?

  3.    What are the considerations involved in a fishery management plan?

  4.    Who advises the Council on developing fishery management plans?

  5.    What does a Fishery Management Plan do?

  6.    Where may one review a proposed Fishery Management Plan for the

          Gulf of Mexico?

Proposed fishery management plans and amendments may be reviewed in the offices of marine extension agents and coastal offices of the state  conservation agencies, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and the Gulf Council headquarters in Tampa. Copies of proposed plans and amendments are available for distribution from the Council headquarters.

  7.    May a fisherman on a vessel with a commercial Reef Fish permit retain the

         recreational bag limit of a reef fish species when the commercial season or

         quota is closed?

  8.    May a recreational fisherman possess more than the daily bag limit if away

         from the dock for more than one day?

  9.    May a commercial fisherman retain a bag limit of reef fish as well as the

         allowed commercial quantity (applies when there is a commercial trip limit

         such as for red snapper or grouper)?

10.    May a recreational fisherman possess both a federal and state bag limit of

         reef fish?

11.    How does the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) process work?

12.    What is the intercouncil boundary between the South Atlantic and the Gulf

        of Mexico?