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Gillnet Regulation Changes: 2008 Gillnet Regulation	State Size & Creel Limits, Dec. 2008	Live Bait Rules: Live Bait Regs.pdf
'07 Map - Gillnet Areas Map.pdf	Commercial Hook and Line License	Commercial Crabbing: crab_com.pdf
Recreational Gillnet Rules Gillnet Closure in Old River	Synopsis of Tarpon Law: tarpon.pdf	Recreational Crabbing: crab_rec.pdf
Synopsis of Oyster Rules: oyster.pdf	Commercial Shrimping Rules Recreational Shrimping Rules	General Crab Rules: crabregs.pdf
Federal Recreational Size/Bag Limits: fed-rec-regs.pdf - March 2008 Federal Commercial Size/Bag Limits: fed-com-regs.pdf, March 2008	Live Bait Zone Location Map Bait Zone Map.pdf	Spearfishing Law: spearfsh.pdf
NEWS RELEASE - May 7, 2009 - NOAA Fisheries Service announces the recreational fishing season for red snapper in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The recreational fishery will open June 1, 2009, and will close 12:01 a.m. local time August 15, 2009. The fishery will remain closed until June 1, 2010, the beginning of the 2010 federal recreational fishing season. Click here for the NOAA Fisheries Bulletin detailing the 2009 red snapper season (pdf file).