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Committee approves amendment to maintain higher catch limits for snapper-grouper species (S.219)
Summary
Senate Bill 219 was amended and given a favorable report after committee members approved language allowing state limits for snapper-grouper species to be the higher of the state or federal limits and the minimum size limit to be the lower of the two.
The Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee approved an amendment and gave a favorable report to S.219, a bill addressing catch limits for the snapper-grouper fishery in state waters.
A representative of the South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council explained the bill’s purpose: to prevent a federal closure of the snapper-grouper fishery from automatically reducing state limits…
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