{"id":2281,"date":"2010-10-01T14:25:46","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T18:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2010-11-23T17:52:37","modified_gmt":"2010-11-23T21:52:37","slug":"fishermen-face-uncertainty-as-valuable-fishing-seasons-cut-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/10\/01\/fishermen-face-uncertainty-as-valuable-fishing-seasons-cut-short\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishermen Face Uncertainty as Valuable Fishing Seasons Cut Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"mceTemp\"><em>Catch shares could extend seasons, bring back fish\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2283\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/10\/vermilionsnapper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2283\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/10\/vermilionsnapper-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/10\/vermilionsnapper-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/10\/vermilionsnapper.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">These vermilion snapper were landed in Murrels Inlet, SC in late August 2010. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The National Marine Fisheries Service is closing two valuable commercial fishing seasons in the Southeast on Oct. 6 and 7: <a href=\"http:\/\/sero.nmfs.noaa.gov\/bulletins\/pdfs\/2010\/FB10-084_Commercial_Vermilion_Snapper_Closed_in_S_Atl_on_Oct_6_2010.pdf\">vermilion snapper<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sero.nmfs.noaa.gov\/bulletins\/pdfs\/2010\/FB10-083_Commercial_Black_Sea_Bass_Closed_in_S_Atl_Waters_on_Oct_7_2010.pdf\">black sea bass<\/a>, respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With so many <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/06\/09\/vote-on-massive-southeast-fishing-closures-passes\/\">restrictions<\/a> already placed on commercial fishing in recent years, fishermen are forced to compete with other fishermen to catch vermillion snapper and black sea bass as fast as possible before the catch limits are met and seasons closed. For several years, the limits have been met faster and seasons closed earlier. Once the seasons close, there will be few other valuable fish to catch for the rest of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These closures are not an accident. They\u2019ve been happening consistently throughout the region for several years, due to outdated fishing rules and lower limits of fish to catch.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since 2008, the <strong>vermilion snapper <\/strong>commercial fishing season has <strong>decreased in length by nearly 50%<\/strong>, allowing just 6 months of fishing this year.<\/li>\n<li>Since 2006, the <strong>black sea bass <\/strong>commercial fishing season has <strong>decreased in length by more than 60%, <\/strong>allowing just\u00a0under five\u00a0months of fishing this year.<\/li>\n<li>Since 2005, the <strong>golden tilefish <\/strong>commercial fishing season has <strong>decreased in length by more than 70%, <\/strong>allowing<strong> <\/strong>just over 3 months of fishing this year.<\/li>\n<li>In 2009, there were no <strong>red snapper<\/strong> season restrictions, but this year fishing for <strong>red snapper has been banned the entire year<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This trend indicates that continued fishing under outdated rules could result in even more restrictions, causing further economic damage to the fishing industry and the communities it supports. Some fishermen have already gone out of business; those who are still in business often must go out in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/08\/19\/less-dangerous-under-catch-shares\/\">dangerous weather<\/a> to fish before seasons close. Local fish can be hard to come by in the region.<\/p>\n<div><strong>There\u2019s a better way to revitalize fish populations and get fishermen back on the water: catch shares.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagid=48600\">Catch shares<\/a> are the best solution for Southeast fisheries. Catch shares have <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2009\/08\/21\/new-red-snapper-ifq-report\/\">proven<\/a> results in fisheries around the world, they improve science through enhanced fishery monitoring and they eliminate the need for fishery closures.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time to move forward with better management: catch shares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/2010\/10\/vermilionsnapper.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The National Marine Fisheries Service is closing two valuable commercial fishing seasons in the Southeast on Oct. 6 and 7: vermilion snapper and black sea bass, respectively. With so many restrictions already placed on commercial fishing in recent years, fishermen are forced to compete with other fishermen to catch vermillion snapper and black sea bass as fast as possible before the catch limits are met and seasons closed. For several years, the limits have been met faster and seasons closed earlier. Once the seasons close, there will be few other valuable fish to catch for the rest of the year. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/10\/01\/fishermen-face-uncertainty-as-valuable-fishing-seasons-cut-short\/\" \/>Read the full post &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1994,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5122,472,798,5123,5124,5121],"coauthors":[5151],"class_list":["post-2281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-black-sea-bass","tag-catch-shares","tag-closures","tag-danger","tag-low-profits","tag-vermilion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fishermen Face Uncertainty as Valuable Fishing Seasons Cut Short - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/10\/01\/fishermen-face-uncertainty-as-valuable-fishing-seasons-cut-short\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fishermen Face Uncertainty as Valuable Fishing Seasons Cut Short - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The National Marine Fisheries Service is closing two valuable commercial fishing seasons in the Southeast on Oct. 6 and 7: vermilion snapper and black sea bass, respectively. 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