Advisory Committee Reports
Marine
Cary Chastain reported that the Marine Advisory Committee met September 9, 2011, in Charleston. The Advisory Committee received reports on the Long Term Inshore Fishery Trammel Net Survey; the commercial shrimp trawling season; and the status of regulatory authority for the sheepshead fishery. The Advisory Committee made a recommendation to the Board to approve the following changes in regulation for sheepshead: reduce the minimum size to 12 and reduce the creel limit to 10 fish. David Whitaker, Assistant Deputy Director for Marine Resources, informed the Board that staff will seek public input on this change and will ask for Board action at a later date. Director Frampton asked that if public meetings are held for public input that other fisheries issues also be discussed such as the upcoming limits of dolphin.
there were more dnr people at tonight’s meeting than citizens.
The majority of the citizens did’nt know they were thinking about cutting the creel limit in half. Hopefully we can get people to the last two meetings or at least take the survey.
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.
Here is the link to the online survey. Send it to everyone you know.
http://www.dnr.sc.gov/sheepshead/
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.
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Originally posted by saltfisherthere were more dnr people at tonight’s meeting than citizens.
I believe you target these quite a bit. What’s your take? Should creel limit be lowered?
I hope this will pass. For sure on 12" min and hopefully 5 per person
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Originally posted by affinityfishI hope this will pass. For sure on 12" min and hopefully 5 per person
I agree 100%.
Just keep on letting the government tell us what we gotta do. I think if you get the time to fish, which aint all that often for most of us, we should be able to keep what we can catch. Ya get a book of tickets, the tickets are good for 10 lbs of fish, ya git 30 tix. Keep what you catch, pay for more if you have to. This goes for recreational fisherman.
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It just makes no sense that a commercial limit should be set the same as a rec limit without a stock assessment. The whole premis of commercial fishing is a few catching for many. What would happen if they did that for shrimp and oysters mahi and flounder? Would the price rise? Yep. Would they import em from states that have a supply yup. I love frozen seafood. I love waterfront resturants that serve seafood from Thailand and China. I love it when a Mayor says that he cant tell the difference from local or imported shrimp when they are fried. ( Hint the local shrimp tastes like reelection).
I like Florida’s model. They set there own limits lower than the Feds years ago and the biomass has increased. 12 inch fork ( lets em spawn once ) creels of 15 Rec and 50 commercial. They have the science to back it up.
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.
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Originally posted by SLACK_LINEquote:
Originally posted by affinityfishI hope this will pass. For sure on 12" min and hopefully 5 per person
I agree 100%.
go to the meting tonight in Myrtle Beach or the one tomorrow night in Georgetown and voice this opinion…or at least take the online survey…John Q. Public made a sorry showing last night at the meeting here in Charleston…
do you know how many sheeps the average person catches on each trip (according to SCDNR)? 2.74
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I love statistics. 2.74 out of all fisherman they surveyed including the fellow at the boat ramp loading a 31 contender. They forgot the guy sitting on the bucket trying to put food on the table.
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.
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Originally posted by DillyDallyJust keep on letting the government tell us what we gotta do
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>if DNR does nothing then as of 1/1/12 there will be NO regulations on sheepshead as the feds are removing sheeps from the snapper/grouper series, meaning they are leaving any regulations (or lack thereof) to the the state…read my thoughts from the public meeting last night…
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Originally posted by watermonI love statistics. 2.74 out of all fisherman they surveyed including the fellow at the boat ramp loading a 31 contender. They forgot the guy sitting on the bucket trying to put food on the table.
</font id=“quote”></blockquote id=“quote”>you mean like these: 12 inch fork ( lets em spawn once ) creels of 15 Rec and 50 commercial. They have the science to back it up.
where, exactly, do you stand on the matter?
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If you can’t feed a family with 10 12" fish then stop reproducing or make more grits!! Needless to say, I agree with the limits!!
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I agree on the limits. I have to say it’s way cheaper to buy food at the grocery store than it is for me to gas up the boat, buy rod, reel, line, etc.
My real question is if they are removed from grouper/snapper what does this mean for circle hooks? Still required for sheeps?
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Originally posted by TTKarlMy real question is if they are removed from grouper/snapper what does this mean for circle hooks? Still required for sheeps?
I’m not sure I remember this being addressed last night…sheeps can still be caught on circle hooks though…just go up one size over the J hooks you were using…
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when they are removed from the complex, the rule requiring circle hooks (put in place in order to reduce the release mortality of red snapper) will no longer apply.
my fiancee and i shared one 13" FL sheep on the grill last night along with grilled peppers and roasted potatoes. our dinner cost us the potatoes, and it left us smiling!
i embrace the proposed changes, and they will not affect my existing approach to keeping sheeps
quote:I noticed that too...it was disappointing.... we need more people to know about what they talked about.
Originally posted by saltfisherthere were more dnr people at tonight’s meeting than citizens.
“In every species of fish I’ve angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory. So I say it is good to lose fish. If we didn’t, much of the thrill of angling would be gone.” Ray Bergman
Personally, I think that you should just keep up to three anyway. Thats 6 fillets! You don’t even need 20 sheepshead! Thats just ridiculous! My rule if I can’t eat it tonight or the next, throw it back. That way nothing gets wasted. Fresh fish that hasn’t even been frozen yet is sooo much better than 2 month old fish!
“In every species of fish I’ve angled for, it is the ones that have got away that thrill me the most, the ones that keep fresh in my memory. So I say it is good to lose fish. If we didn’t, much of the thrill of angling would be gone.” Ray Bergman
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Originally posted by RiverMonsterquote:I noticed that too...
Originally posted by saltfisherthere were more dnr people at tonight’s meeting than citizens.
which one was you RiverMonster? I was down front…
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