Comment from Randy Sharp

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2013-0055-0013
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: April 04 2013, at 10:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: April 5 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: April 4 2013, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: April 19 2013, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 1jx-84le-qafy
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Red Snapper Management Measures

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Thanks for managing the fishery to the point that overfishing has ended, Your plan for the new season will continue with essentially the same philosophy you've used for decades - splitting the TAC between a few commercial interests and thousands of recreational fishermen. Why not manage the fishery the way wildlife & many freshwater fish are managed? If the fish is so scarce that it needs to be managed then why is there a commercial season? I don't hunt, but love to eat venison - can i go to the wildlife market to buy venison..? Thanks, Randy Sharp

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