Alabama data suggest fed recreational red snapper landings data may be overestimated
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Saving Seafood] - September 24, 2015 -
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division (AMRD) has announced preliminary results of the Alabama Red Snapper Reporting Program.
The program was implemented in May 2014 to better ascertain the number of recreationally caught red snapper landed in Alabama. Findings were presented to the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council yesterday in Biloxi, Miss.
The Alabama Red Snapper Reporting program estimates that 418,000 pounds of red snapper were landed in Alabama through June 30, which included the shortest federal season to date of nine days (June 1- 9). These findings are significantly less than estimates from the federal Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) estimate, which indicated 1,041,000 pounds of landings during the same period...
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