Hatchet job bob maybe should start by doing his job. The recreational fishing sector routinely blows through their allotment of red snapper by 100's of thousands of pounds per year. Where is his concern on that end? Commercial sector fishermen hit the mark every year. Against an allotment of ~7 million pounds a year for both sectors, the aggregious actions of the government killing 30000 pounds of fish a year certainly seems a waste. Lord knows ships don't require safe transit without worry of cracking up on some rotten rusty abandoned oil platform. Perhaps its just that there is a shill in scientists clothing sitting on the gulf council throwing red meet to a starved audience. Meanwhile everybody who's dealing in an honest way with the issues at hand remain looking at facts. Why are folks in Alabama and Florida worried about rigs in the first place, the vast majority of them are located in Louisiana.

Wake me up when Bob Shipp does actual science. He's nothing more than a shill for recreational fishing interests.

Good job Mr.Peterson and Mr.Bonner!! Now we need to figure out how many violations have occured against the red snapper and fine the feds (naturally it always comes out of our pocket anyway) just as if they were fishing out of season, had caught more than the limit, and how many were killed under the size limit and force them to pay just as they would force us, their mployers! The feds have gotten waaaay too big for their britches and need to be slapped in the face repeatedly! If these people in so called authority don't at least have any common sense, they need to find another job! Same goes for the POTUS and (non)justice department. Thanks again!!