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Educational Workshops Reef Fish Gear
Rule/Catch and Release
These workshops will provide details about the new gear
requirements for all anglers fishing for reef fish from a vessel in the
Gulf of Mexico. These requirements are effective June 1, 2008 for state
and federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. At these workshops, a brief
Power Point presentation explaining effective catch and release
techniques, the new gear requirements for reef fish, descriptions of the
gear and demonstrations of how to correctly use the gear will be
presented. Examples of the required tackle, a variety of marine
fisheries literature and other items will be available to workshop
participants.
May 9 - Half Hitch Tackle, 2206 Thomas Drive, Panama
City 3-5 PM, workshops every half hour
May 13 - Pensacola Recreational Fishermen's Association
during their monthly meeting 6:30-9:00 PM*
May 15 - Advantage Marine, 2784 Coastal Highway, Medart,
6:30-8:00 PM
May 19 - Jerry's Bait and Tackle, 664 Woodville Highway,
Crawfordville, 6:30-8:00 PM
May 29 - Apalachicola National Estuarine Research
Reserve, 261 Seventh Street Apalachicola, 1-3 PM and 6-8 PM
May 30 - Emerald Coast Reef Association monthly meeting,
Valparaiso, 6-8 PM*
May 30 - Half Hitch Tackle, 621 Harbor Blvd. Destin,
9:00a-3:00p(CST)
*These workshops are during a regularly schedule
club meeting, for information about these clubs please contact
representatives of these organizations.
For more information on these workshops, call
Rich Abrams at (850) 488-6058
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