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Trident Fishing Week 33

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Recipe of the Week

Cajun Popcorn Shrimp

Ingredients:
1 pound fresh shrimp (21-30 count), peeled and de-veined
2 eggs
1 1/4 cup whole milk
3/4 cup fine corn meal
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons commercial Cajun spice mix
1/2 teaspoon dry thyme
64 ounces frying oil (canola oil works well)

Directions:
Shrimp: Mix the eggs and milk together. In a separate bowl, mix thoroughly the corn meal, all-purpose flour, Cajun spice, and thyme. Combine the egg and flour mixtures in one bowl, mix well, and refrigerate for one hour. Preheat the frying oil in the fryer or sauté pan to 350. Coat the shrimp with batter and drain slightly. Carefully spoon the coated shrimp into the fryer in small batches. Cook about 2 minutes, or until golden brown. Drain briefly on paper towels. Serve hot with Cajun tartar sauce.

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7.9.2009 Volume X Issue #22

This Week's Article

E15
The problems with E10, that is gasoline with 10% ethanol, have been more than abundant over the last year or so in marine applications. Well now the Ethanol Industry is pushing for E15. This weeks article come to us courtesy of Boat U.S. and details the E15 concerns and provides us with the opportunity to speak up! Please take a few minutes to read the article and then go on line and voice your concerns.
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This Week's News

Dolphinfish Research Program July 2009
Marine Anglers:
     The annual number of tag recoveries received is normally looked upon as a function of the number of tags placed in fish that year. For seven years the annual recovery rate has bounced around 2.5 percent regardless of the number of dolphin tagged in a year. Half-way through 2009 the recovery rate has jumped to 4.6 percent, nearly double previous levels. Is this a case of increased harvest of the stocks or is it improved reporting?
     The Tagging Study is happy to get one or two significant recoveries per year by tagged fish. This year those were accomplished by the end of March with recoveries of tags off the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Recently three more major movements were recorded off the U.S. East Coast (off Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina). And finally three 2009 recoveries in the Bahamas have shed more light on unusual behavior of dolphinfish while in the Tongue of the Ocean.
     Recoveries of tagged fish in 2009 have already achieved the primary goal of this study for each year, to gain more information on the movements and behavior of dolphin in the North Atlantic. I hope you find the July issue of the newsletter interesting.

Good Fishing,
Donald L. Hammond - Marine Fisheries Biologist
Cooperative Sciences Services, LLC
961 Anchor Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412-4902
(843) 795-7524
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NOAA Seeks Public Comment on a Proposed Interim Rule to Reduce Overfishing of Red Snapper in the South Atlantic - Comment Period Ends August 5, 2009
     NOAA Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule (74 FR 31906) to implement interim management measures to reduce overfishing of red snapper in the South Atlantic until permanent management measures can be developed and implemented in Amendment 17A to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region.
     The proposed rule would implement a prohibition on recreational and commercial harvest of red snapper for 180 days with the possibility of extending the interim measures for an additional 186 days. The proposed interim rule would apply in federal waters off Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. However, provisions specified in the interim rule would also apply to a person on board a vessel for which a federal commercial or charter/headboat permit for the South Atlantic snapper-grouper fishery has been issued, regardless of whether the fish are harvested or possessed in state or federal waters.
     NOAA Fisheries Service has developed a draft Environmental Assessment that discusses the proposed interim rule and its potential impacts.
Request for Comments
     Written comments on this proposed rule must be received no later than August 5, 2009, in order to be considered by NOAA Fisheries Service. See the Addresses section for information on where and how to submit comments.
Addresses
     Electronic copies of the proposed rule or draft Environmental Assessment may be obtained from the e-Rulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov , the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Web site at http://www.safmc.net or:

NOAA Fisheries Service
Southeast Regional Office
Sustainable Fisheries Division
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701

You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov All comments received are part of the public record and will generally be posted to http://www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying information (for example, name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential business information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. NOAA Fisheries Service will accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file formats only. Comments received through means not specified in this bulletin or the proposed rule may not be considered.
• Mail: Karla Gore
NOAA Fisheries Service
Southeast Regional Office
Sustainable Fisheries Division
263 13th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
• Fax: 727-824-5308, Attention: Karla Gore

Tide Chart

9 Thursday
04:02AM LDT 0.4 L	09:52AM LDT 4.6 H	03:51PM LDT 0.5 L	10:20PM LDT 5.5 H
10 Friday
04:37AM LDT 0.4 L	10:30AM LDT 4.6 H	04:29PM LDT 0.6 L	10:54PM LDT 5.4 H
11 Saturday
05:12AM LDT 0.3 L	11:08AM LDT 4.7 H	05:09PM LDT 0.7 L	11:27PM LDT 5.2 H
12 Sunday
05:48AM LDT 0.3 L	11:47AM LDT 4.8 H	05:53PM LDT 0.8 L

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The Final Word

Fishing last weekend was a little tough with the fourth falling on Saturday. Landings and waterways were packed with mostly partiers. I tried fishing in the Folly on Friday afternoon and must have had 30 boats wiz by me in less than an hour, making it a little hard to keep my float rig along the grass line with all the wakes. The early morning and late afternoon trout bite remains good on top water. There is also plenty of bait in the creeks currently, both finger mullet and bait shrimp abound, so cork fishing with live bait for the trout and reds is quite poplar currently. The Spadefish action has been good on the artificial reefs. The Sheepshead bite has been good at the rocks and on structure in the harbor.
Offshore action remains good. The Dolphin bite remains stable with fish moving on in as close as 90 to 120-feet. There are also some nice Wahoo being caught currently and the July sailfish bite has definitely turned on. Weather looks favorable for the upcoming weekend so get on em!

Tight lines…
Captain Tim Pickett
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