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  Public hearings will beheld in January/February 2012 and cover Snapper Grouper Amendment 18B/EA, Golden Crab Amendment 6/EA (CatchShares), Scoping for ... MORE

Back in September, Jack Cox, a fisherman from Morehead City, North Carolina, wrote about Hurricane Irene and fishing in bad weather.  Jack ... MORE

Golden Crab fisherman and SAFA member Bill Whipple past away last Tuesday evening. Bill had a brilliant mind and was ... MORE

By:  Matt Ruby, President, South Atlantic Fishermen's Association Many South Atlantic fishermen serve on The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council ... MORE

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will be holding public hearings up and down the Southeast coast to discuss ... MORE

The South Atlantic commercial vermilion snapper season will close on September 30, 2011 at 12:01am and will re open January ... MORE

At the September Council meeting held in Charleston, SC, the Council made changes to the development of a number of ... MORE

By: Jack Cox of Morehead City, North Carolina Hurricane Irene put a scare in a number of North Carolina fishermen.  We ... MORE

A video released by the Institute for Liberty, featuring SAFA members, depicts a failing management plan in the South Atlantic.  ... MORE

At August's Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Austin, Texas there was positive buzz surrounding the Red Snapper ... MORE

Red grouper have recently been labeled as overfished in the South Atlantic, and fishermen are worried that the red grouper ... MORE