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Posted by }<)))*> StriperChaser on September 18, 2005, 7:40 am Fishermen's group sues to lift grouper restrictions A fishing group went to court recently to try to stop emergency restrictions on The Coastal Conservation Association filed a 20-page lawsuit in U.S. District Court NOAA imposed the emergency rules after catch data showed recreational anglers Most upsetting to fishermen is the rule's ban on recreational harvest of grouper this Wright Taylor, president of the Naples chapter of the CCA, applauded the filing of "We hope that it's successful," Taylor said.
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recreational grouper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.
in Fort Myers against Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
exceeded their 2004 quota for red grouper, which scientists say is overfished.
November and December in federal waters of the Gulf, which start some 10 miles
offshore.
the lawsuit. 
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