Editorial: Restore common sense to fishing regulations | Press-Register Commentary - al.com

Editorial: Restore common sense to fishing regulations | Press-Register Commentary - al.com: "FEDERAL FISHING regulators giveth, and they taketh away.


Red snapper fishermen and charter boat captains in Alabama and Mississippi may end up with the shortest season in history, despite federal officials’ positive assessment of the snapper population in the Gulf of Mexico.


The apparent contradiction between a healthier fish population and a shorter fishing season — with the same daily catch limits as last year — should fuel efforts to change the way the government regulates fishing."