The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold three public hearings in Texas and a webinar to solicit comments on Draft Amendment 50 – State Management of Recreational Red Snapper. The Council is currently considering state management that would provide flexibility to the Gulf states to set the recreational red snapper fishing season and potentially other management measures, somewhat similar to the 2018-2019 red snapper seasons under the exempted fishing permit.
The public meetings will occur at the following locations:
Monday, January 14, 2019 at 6pm
Courtyard by Marriott Brownsville
3955 N. Expressway
Brownsville, TX 78520
(956) 350-4600
Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at 6pm
Omni Hotels Corpus Christi
900 North Shoreline Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
(361) 887-1600
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at 6pm
League City Civic Center and Recreation Center
300 West Walker Street
League City, TX 77573
(281) 554-1190
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Via Webinar, 6:00 pm, EST
Register for webinar here.
We highly encourage CCA Texas members to attend on of the meetings and give public comment to support Amendment 50. In addition to attending a meeting, we ask that you provide written comment online by clicking this link and state that you support Amendment 50. Please feel free to use this A50 public comment sample. Written comments may also be emailed to gulfcouncil@gulfcouncil.org.
