Gulf Jiggers - say bye-bye to your AJ's for 2010

[Sea Draggin]

I heard they closed it for the rest of the year and is expected to close much earlier next year.

AJ's of all things.

[Tenacious]

Gulf Where? You gotta be shitting me!!!

[clt_capt]

Well what did you expect - there are no dogfish to close the season on in the Gulf, and everything else is already closed...

[Sea Draggin]

Originally Posted by Tenacious

Gulf Where? You gotta be shitting me!!!

Your gulf. Today. Here is the notice.


Recreational Closure for Greater Amberjack
in the Gulf of Mexico
In 2008, NOAA Fisheries Service implemented a
recreational quota of 1.368 million pounds for greater
amberjack harvested in the Gulf of Mexico.
Recreational landings data indicate the recreational
quota has been met. Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations,
beginning at 12:01 a.m., local time, on
October 24, 2009, the recreational fishery for greater
amberjack in federal waters is closed. The
recreational harvest and possession of greater amberjack
in or from federal waters will be prohibited through the
end of the current fishing year, December 31, 2009. A
person aboard a vessel for which a federal charter
vessel/headboat permit for Gulf reef fish has been issued
must also abide by this provision in state waters.
NOAA Fisheries Service has determined this action is
necessary to prevent overfishing and to keep the
recreational sector from exceeding its quota during the
2009 fishing year.
If despite the closure, recreational landings exceed the
quota, NOAA Fisheries Service will file a notification
with the Office of the Federal Register, at or near the
beginning of the 2010 fishing year, to reduce the length
of the recreational fishing season for the 2010 fishing
year by the amount necessary to recover the overage
from the prior fishing year. This action is required by
regulations implemented under the Fishery Management
Plan for Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico.

[flatliner]

Sad Day...... Sad, Sad Day.

Whats next?

How many closures will they have before being ousted from office next year, or in 3 years?

I guess we need to take all of the punishment for all of the ills of the world!!!

Just not right.

Kevin

[captnemo]

We need to do something, this is getting ridiculous. This left wing liberal Jane Lubchenko, head of NOAA and subsequently NMF is going crazy...they need to be stopped or slowed down before there is nothing left for us to catch.

www.joinrfa.org

donate the 30$ we all spend a hundred times that on gear and trips,

[DoubleA_FL]

this is really not fair because i have just got into jigging and i was REALLY looking forward to going after some AJs in the gulf.

First Red Snapper now AJ. They are closing all the stuff i love to eat!!

[Sea Draggin]

Well the bright side is that on Jan 1, it will reopen for 6 months at least.

The downside is that grouper will close in the Atlantic for 4 months on the east coast.

Looks like it will be schoolie bluefins for me.

In the past year, I have seen regulation escalate to a point that the whole thing is almost not even worth it anymore in 5 years.

To be honest, I looked at RV's today and thought about driving around the desert.

[mythosbeer]

Does this mean they can't fish for them or just can't keep any? I don't keep any AJ's anyways. I'd rather let them go to catch another day.

[Sea Draggin]

Mitch,
They just can't keep them. But Snappers yesterday, AJ's today, take your pic tomorrow.

Scary stuff.