Red snapper alliance splintering? - al.com

Red snapper alliance splintering? - al.com: "As the congressionally mandated deadline to end overfishing of red snapper by 2010 approaches, the longtime alliance between charter boat captains and recreational fishermen against the Gulf's commercial fleet is in danger of splintering.

Each recreational group sus pects the other of catching more than its fair share of their collective 2.5 million-pound snapper quota in 2009.

Part of the problem, say federal officials, is that no one can definitively say how many fish the private recreational fishermen landed, as they don't report their catch like commercial anglers and some charter boats do. Now, a group of charter captains is pushing to be regulated the same way commercial fishermen are, meaning a 'catch share' system."