Released on = November 10, 2006, 7:57 pm

Press Release Author = The Orange Beach Community Website- www.OrangeBeach.ws

Industry = Environment

Press Release Summary = Recreational and Sport Fishing Enthusiasts-- your voice is
needed to help stop the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) from implementing the
Red Snapper Interim Rule.

Press Release Body = Orange Beach, AL 11.12.2006 - Recreational and Sport Fishing
Enthusiasts-- your voice is needed to help stop the National Marine Fishery Service
(NMFS) from implementing the Red Snapper Interim Rule.

In order to counter the thousands of signatures from environmental groups requesting
the NMFS to drop the Red Snapper Total Allowable Catch (TAC) to 5.8 million pounds,
the Orange Beach Fishing Association (OBFA) has created an online petition. This
petition supports the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council's decision to delay,
by four months, any further action on Red Snapper, and supports the voluntary buyout
of a portion of the commercial quota which would then be transferred to the
recreational sector. It is not a question of if Red Snapper should be protected, but
how they should be protected. The new rules create an undue burden on recreational
and sport fishing enthusiasts.

Among other things, the NMFS interim rule proposes:

. Setting the Red Snapper TAC at 5.8 million pounds, proportionately reducing the
commercial and recreational quotas
. Reducing the recreational bag limit to 2 fish
. Setting the for-hire captain and crew bag limit at zero
. Reducing commercial minimum size limit to 13 inches

This Interim Rule is being pushed by environmentalist groups based on flawed data.
Recreational and sport fishing enthusiasts nationwide must speak up and let the NMFS
know this is not acceptable to the recreational fishing sector! Your signature on
this petition will have an impact!

Please visit www.OrangeBeach.ws/OBFA_Info.html for additional information and a link
to the OBFA's online petition. Please don't delay, as time is running out for your
support of this positive action.

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Web Site = http://www.OrangeBeach.ws

Contact Details = Ken Cooper
25405 Perdido Beach Blvd, #21-222
Orange Beach, AL 36561
251-981-4455