{"id":272323,"date":"2010-02-03T12:51:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=758"},"modified":"2010-02-03T12:51:13","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T17:51:13","slug":"new-gulf-grouper-catch-share-already-proving-good-for-fish-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/272323","title":{"rendered":"New Gulf Grouper Catch Share Already Proving Good for Fish & Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"grouper\"On Jan. 1, 18 Gulf of Mexico commercially-caught grouper and tilefish species were added to the region\u2019s individual fishing quota (IFQ) program, a type of catch share. This newly expanded program is a big conservation victory. Now, 19 valuable Gulf fisheries are being managed under a tool proven to rebuild struggling fish stocks.<\/p>\n

This move is good for small and large fishing businesses. A year-round fishing season is just one of many benefits. See\u00a0National Fisherman's<\/strong><\/a><\/em>\u00a0article on how the new IFQ program is already making a difference.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, grouper fishermen in the Southeast aren\u2019t faring as well under traditional management<\/strong><\/a>. They\u2019re in the middle of a four month fishing closure. This isn\u2019t just hard on fishermen, it\u2019s hard on local restaurants and other businesses too. Southeast fishery managers should consider catch shares to eliminate these devastating season closures and bring fish populations back to health quickly.<\/p>\n

Finally, we want to congratulate the fishermen, Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council and others who worked so hard to add grouper and tilefish to the Gulf\u2019s IFQ. We are excited to see the progress that these fisheries will make in the coming year.<\/p>\n

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On Jan. 1, 18 Gulf of Mexico commercially-caught grouper and tilefish species were added to the region\u2019s individual fishing quota (IFQ) program, a type of catch share. This newly expanded program is a big conservation victory. Now, 19 valuable Gulf fisheries are being managed under a tool proven to rebuild struggling fish stocks. This move […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272323\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}