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Location: Pinellas Point | Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico – New Reef Fish Gear Requirements
NOAA Fisheries is continuing the implementation of new management measures for the commercial and recreational reef fish fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. In October 2007, NOAA Fisheries proposed new requirements for fishermen to use non-stainless steel circle hooks when fishing with natural baits, and to have a dehooking device and a venting tool onboard their vessel. A venting tool is necessary to deflate the swim bladders of reef fish that fishermen intend to release. A venting tool is a sharpened, hollow instrument, such as a hypodermic needle or a 16-gauge needle fixed to a hollow wooden dowel. Use of a tool such as a knife or an ice-pick would not be permissible. For best results, the venting tool should be inserted into the fish at a 45-degree angle approximately 1 to 2 inches behind the base of the pectoral fin. The tool should be inserted just deep enough to release the gases, so that the fish may be released with minimum damage.
For additional information, please contact Michael Bailey (727) 551-5743 or Michael.Bailey@noaa.gov.
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/bulletins/2007_bulletins.htm
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