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Snapper fishing banned from Florida to North Carolina....
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« on: January 05, 2010, 02:44:11 PM »

Feds says the 6-month rule is needed because species is dwindling, but fishermen disagree

The federal government announced a six-month ban on fishing for red snapper Thursday that could be followed by far wider restrictions on Southeastern fishing.

Commercial fishermen and sportsmen are covered by the ban, which starts Jan. 4. It affects federal waters - areas more than three miles offshore - from Florida's east coast to North Carolina.

The rule is supposed to be a stopgap while government agencies consider setting more sweeping, long-term restrictions in response to government research that estimates the stock of red snapper in the Southeast is just 3 percent of what it was in the 1950s.

--Jacksonville News
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