'Fishing for Our Future' website

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council has launched a new addition to its website called 'Fishing for Our Future'. The new site is designed to educate stakeholders about release mortality and to promote best fishing practices to reduce the likelihood fish will die upon release. The site features a “discard dashboard” displaying information on the magnitude of discard mortality in the GoM. Data can be accessed on different species, time series, and modes of fishing. The dashboard, which currently houses information on red snapper, gag, and greater amberjack, will be updated and expanded as new data becomes available. The site makes recommendations and curates outreach materials developed by organizations across the Gulf Coast region. It also houses a comprehensive list of research relevant to discard mortality in the Gulf. Fishing for Our Future is a step towards facilitating a cultural change in offshore fishery to decrease discard mortality,” said Capt. Dylan Hubbard, chairman of the council’s Outreach and Education Technical Committee. The website can be found at: http://gulfcouncil.org/fishing-for-our-future/.