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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?
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?
The one-day
bag limit applies regardless of trip duration. However, a two-day bag limit is
permitted on qualified charter or headboats with two captains for trips in
excess of 24 hours. Recreational Bag
limits apply on a daily basis regardless of how many trips occurred that 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?
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