Red Snapper Management Measures - SAFMC.net

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1 Red Snapper Landings ................................................................................................ 4
1.1 Red Snapper Commercial Landings (lbs gutted weight) From Assessment....... 4
1.2 Red Snapper Recreational Landings (lbs gutted weight) From Assessment ...... 5
1.3 Red Snapper Landings (ALS), MRFSS, Headboat............................................. 7
1.4 Red Snapper Recreational Landings in Number................................................. 7
1.5 Red snapper Landings by State........................................................................... 9
1.6 Red Snapper Landings by Month and State...................................................... 10
1.6.1 Commercial 2001-2006 ............................................................................ 10
1.6.2 Commercial – By Year ............................................................................. 11
1.6.3 Headboat 2001-2006................................................................................. 13
1.6.4 Headboat – By Year.................................................................................. 14
1.6.5 MRFSS 2001-2006 ................................................................................... 16
1.6.6 MRFSS – By Year .................................................................................... 18
1.7 Red Snapper Commercial Percentage............................................................... 21
1.8 Red Snapper Recreational Percentage .............................................................. 22
2 Monthly catch and reduction provided by seasonal closure ..................................... 23
2.1 Commercial....................................................................................................... 23
2.1.1 Effectiveness of Commercial Closure ...................................................... 24
2.1.2 Monthly reduction in total removals from commercial seasonal closure. 26
2.2 Recreational ...................................................................................................... 27
2.2.1 Headboat ................................................................................................... 27
2.2.2 Monthly reduction in total removals from headboat seasonal closure ..... 29
2.2.3 MRFSS...................................................................................................... 31
2.2.4 Monthly reduction in total removals from MRFSS seasonal closure....... 33
2.3 Reduction in total removals from prohibition in catch of red snapper ............. 33
2.4 Locations where red snapper are caught........................................................... 37
2.4.1 Commercial............................................................................................... 37
2.4.2 Headboat ................................................................................................... 38
2.4.3 MRFSS...................................................................................................... 39
3 Commercial Trip Limit Analysis.............................................................................. 40
4 SPECIES DESCRIPTIONS OF RED SNAPPER.................................................................... 41
5 References................................................................................................................. 42
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