Florida Eyes Court Fight Over Gulf King Mackerel Plan
Florida officials threaten litigation to block a federal rule permitting purse seines for King and Spanish Mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico. DNA argues the plan conflicts with state law and could harm a multi million dollar recreational fishery.
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Jim Chitwood
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Kevin Crowley
State Department of Natural Resources
U.S
Malcolm Baldridge
Crowley
Attorney General’s Office
Jack T. Brawner
National Marine Fisheries Service
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Council
South Atlantic Fishery Council
Brawner
NMFS
Gulf
Atlantic
Florida IGFA DN R announce state game fish records plan
The Florida Department of Natural Resources and IGFA will create a system to register and authenticate Florida marine record fish. IGFA will review past catches, establish methods for new state records, and issue certificates after verification. Sixty one species under consideration, with records maintained in line and fly categories.
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Florida Department of Natural Resources
International Game Fish Association
IGFA
Florida
Elton J. Gissendanner
Department of Natural Resources
Elwood K. Harry
Gissendanner
Fort Lauderdale
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