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Gulf Fisherman’s Association
1336 Bayview Dr., Cearwater, FL 33756

Dear Legislator:

The Gulf Fisherman’s Association and our companion organization Shareholders Alliance produce more than half of the Gulf of Mexico's Grouper and Red Snapper The Catch Share programs implemented in the Gulf of Mexico have rescued our fishing industry. For the first time in modern history we have a sustainable year-round fishery and real jobs. Because of our rebuilding progress, in 2012 both recreational and commercial sectors will get increased quotas, another first in history. This is good not only for fishermen, but also for the 98.5% of taxpayers whose access to this resource is through the Commercial and Charter fishing industry.

Legislation has been proposed that would reverse this progress. We urge you to vigorously oppose legislation that infringes on the opportunity of fishermen and management councils to consider catch shares as a management alternative. Some of these proposals are disguised as job saving bills but essentially remove Catch Shares as a management option. They undermine the good but difficult work of NMFS, the Gulf Council, and the fishing industry which collaborated to produce these outstanding results. Rest assured, these measures would hurt fishing jobs, not help them.

Below is an outline of the progress that has been made in just the Grouper fishery. The Red Snapper fishery, which initiated its catch share program first in 2007, has similar outstanding success. The two programs now work together to make the future even better.


Where was the Florida fishery before Catch Shares?

  • Overfishing occurred for years despite many regulatory attempts to stop it.

  • More than 70% of fishermen had below poverty incomes.

  • Despite being closed for 1/3 of the year (2/3 year for red snapper), overfishing still occurred.

  • Bob Spaeth developed his buyout plan that would have eliminated 608 fishermen, more than half of the boats, with no compensation.

  • Our product quality was degraded due to gluts at the beginning and end of seasons.

  • Fish prices were among the lowest in the U.S.

  • Mexican fish were flooding our market.

  • Low quality imported fish were being sold as fresh Florida Seafood.

  • A black market for Florida fish was rampant with unrecorded fish being sold directly to restaurants, etc.

  • The vast majority of boats were dilapidated and dangerous.

  • We fished in dangerous weather, even hurricanes.

  • Manual data collection was labor intensive, months behind, and inaccurate.

  • Wasted bycatch was nearly twice what it is today.

  • The nation’s most respected seafood guide advised consumers to avoid Gulf Grouper and Snapper.

  • Restaurants were eliminating Grouper form their menus.


    • Click here for a New York Times article describing this period.

     

    Where is the Florida fishery after only two years of Catch Shares?

  • 81% of full-time fishermen voted for the Grouper program.

  • We are rebuilding our fisheries and it’s a fact that this was sorely needed.

  • We now have real Jobs, year round…….even while rebuilding our fishery with the lowest allowable catch ever. In any other system we would have been shut down for 6 months or more.

  • Our Fresh from Florida product quality is fresher & better, rarely frozen.

  • Our market is rebuilding because we don’t have gaps in availability.

  • We have less intrusion and blending of imports.

  • There is now less blending with fake products.

  • The black market for our fish is close to elimination.

  • Our boats are better and safer.

  • We don’t have to fish in dangerous weather.

  • We have real-time precise data, built-in Science and a sustainable management system.

  • Florida’s fishery is being utilized to better benefit of our country.

  • Wasted bycatch is lower than ever.

  • The nation’s most respected seafood guide now recommends Gulf Grouper and Snapper.

  • The  Gulf Wild program is giving our product an identity and better value, while promoting “Fresh From Florida”

    Click here to read a recent article about Florida's Grouper.

    All of these business improvements took place in the worst economy of our lifetimes and in spite of the Gulf oil spill. No matter where you look in the world, you will not find a better fisheries success than the Gulf of Mexico Catch Share programs. Your support in this will help assure this progress.



    Respectfully,


    Gulf Fisherman’s Association Board of Directors:
     

    Glen Brooks: President, Cortez, FL
    941-920-7302

    Dean Pruitt: Vice President, Clearwater, FL
    727-512-2609

    Jim Clements: Board Member, Carrabelle, FL
    850-544-5703

    Brad Kenyon: Board Member, Tarpon Springs, FL
    727-639-0643

    Jason Delacruz: Board Member, Seminole, FL
    727-639-6565

    John Schmidt: Board Member, Palm Harbor, FL
    727-937-7822

       

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