. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. been initiated on that question. For Spanish mackerel, the optimum yield probably will be 27 million pounds. A 12-inch minimum length has been recommended for catches in both the commercial and recreational fish- eries. Premetz says there seems to be no need for allocation now, but the purse seine issue is being considered for Spanish mackerel too. For cobia the council is considering a minimum catch size of 33 inches for both the commercial and recreational fisheries. Premetz says that a minimum length in
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. been initiated on that question. For Spanish mackerel, the optimum yield probably will be 27 million pounds. A 12-inch minimum length has been recommended for catches in both the commercial and recreational fish- eries. Premetz says there seems to be no need for allocation now, but the purse seine issue is being considered for Spanish mackerel too. For cobia the council is considering a minimum catch size of 33 inches for both the commercial and recreational fisheries. Premetz says that a minimum length in any fishery is a size which the council believes allows max- imum yield per fish. The fish has an op- portunity to spawn at least once and perhaps twice. Snapper-grouper—This group is di- vided geographically into four man- agement units: black sea bass in the northern range; and three distinct species complexes, one north of Cape Canaveral, one south of Cape Canaveral and one in the deep water farther offshore. The draft plan for this commercial and recreational fishery is expected this summer. The two problem areas, according to Premetz, are the black sea bass and the complex which is found south of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Included in that group are mangrove snapper, yellow tail snapper, mutton snapper, lane snapper, inshore groupers, grunts and porgies. Premetz says in both cases there is gross overfishing with under- sized fish being taken. The quota for black sea bass is million pounds. A minimum size of 9 inches for black sea bass will be im- posed in both the recreational and commercial fisheries. For the area south of Canaveral, the quota is million pounds. Premetz says that once more information is compiled, minimum catch size also should be set for species in the south Florida area. The area north of Canaveral sup- ports fisheries for gag, scamp, red porgie, red snapper, Vermillion, grunts, hind and trigger fish. That quota is million pounds. The quota
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