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Gulf fishing and seafood industry support Congressman Jolly’s Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act

September 21, 2015 — Read the full story from the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance:

Commercial fishermen, charter fishermen, and seafood restauranteurs came together to support a piece of legislation introduced by Congressman David Jolly (FL-13) that proposes to designate $10 million annually in federal grants for important data collection on red snapper and other reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act (H.R.3521) will fund third-party data collection through grants managed by the Southeast Regional Office of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

Read the full release from the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance

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