UGA, fishing industry expand market, protect whales
March 3, 2021
Coastal researchers test new fishing gear to keep endangered North Atlantic right whale safe
The University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant are working with commercial fishermen to test advanced gear that could expand their catch and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, like the one found dead off the coast of South Carolina recently.
Ropeless fishing gear would allow boats easier access to black sea bass, which are caught using pots that are lowered to the ocean floor with vertical fishing lines connected to floats that sit on top of the water. Fishermen set those pots for a period of time, and black sea bass swim into them and can’t get out. The pots and lines are retrieved at the end of each trip.
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The Angler Action Foundation is allowing anglers to quickly and easily report their catch, a goal for both federal and state fishery managers.
MyFishCount, an electronic reporting pilot project for recreational anglers, is taking another step in its development by transitioning operations to the Angler Action Foundation this month. The pilot project allows recreational anglers in the South Atlantic region and Florida the opportunity to submit information about their fishing trips and catches electronically. The pilot project consists of a website and a free smartphone app co-created by the Angler Action Foundation and the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council through a grant from NOAA Fisheries.
Gulf of Mexico red snapper plentiful, and prices stay robust
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No one should have any difficulty buying fresh Gulf of Mexico red snapper for dinner anytime in the foreseeable future. It’s what they call a harvest fishery – you go out there, they bite. They’re not hard to find,” Steve Rash, who owns Water Street Seafood in Apalachicola, Florida, said.
That assessment was confirmed by the recent so-called Great Red Snapper Count – a two-year scientific study conducted by Texas A&M’s Harte Research Institute. Researchers reported to the U.S. Congress in October that there are up to three times as many red snapper living in the Gulf of Mexico as scientists previously estimated.
MyFishCount, an electronic reporting pilot project for recreational anglers, is taking another step in its development by transitioning operations to the Angler Action Foundation this month.