Author Archives: Emily Muehlstein

Gulf Council Recommends New Gag Grouper Catch Limits, Allocations, and Recreational Fishing Season

For Immediate Release June 8, 2023   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council took final action on Reef Fish Amendment 56: Modification to Catch Limits, Sector Allocation, and Recreational…

Gulf Council Recommends Updated Red Snapper Calibrations and Gray Snapper Catch Limits

For Immediate Release June 8, 2023   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council took final action on a framework action to update red snapper private recreational data calibrations and…

2022 Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Awarded to Alabama’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Senior Conservation Officer Chancelor Mancuso

For Immediate Release June 7, 2023 The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council presented the 2022 Law Enforcement Officer/Team of the Year award to Alabama’s Department of Conservation and Natural…

Recreational Closure of Red Grouper Harvest in Federal Waters of the Gulf of Mexico

ISSUE DATE: May 19, 2023                                                     …

Gulf Council to Meet in Mobile, Alabama on June 5-8, 2023

Meeting Notice May 16, 2023   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will meet Monday, June 5 through Thursday, June 8, 2023 at the Battle House Renaissance Hotel…

Request for Comments: NOAA Fisheries Requests Public Comments on a Petition to Establish a Mandatory 10-Knot Speed Limit and Other Vessel-Related Mitigation Measures to Protect Endangered Rice’s Whales in Gulf of Mexico

ISSUE DATE: May 9, 2023                                                     …

NOAA Fisheries Publishes Public Scoping Summary for Gulf of Mexico Aquaculture Opportunity Area Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

  ISSUE DATE: May 9, 2023                                                   …

NOAA Announces Temporary Rule to Implement Interim Measures to Reduce Overfishing of Gag in the Gulf of Mexico

ISSUE DATE: May 3, 2023                                                     …

Gulf Council Hosts the Council Coordination Committee in Key West, Florida May 23-25, 2023

Meeting Notice May 2, 2023   Leadership teams for the nation’s eight regional fishery management councils will gather in Key West, Florida for the spring 2023 Council Coordination Committee (CCC)…

Gulf Council Hosts a Virtual Meeting of its Shrimp Advisory Panel

Meeting Notice April 28, 2023   The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a virtual meeting of its Shrimp Advisory Panel on Thursday, May 18, 2023, from 8:30…