[tsubaki]

For those of you unable to comprehend the purposes of the SAMFC.
This is only one a federal fisheries department, it governs recreational and commercial fishing from North Carolina to Miami, from 3 to 200 miles offshore.
The past regulations have apparently failed to reduce the "bycatch" of "closed to possession" of certain species of fish (Red Snapper has become the Spotted Owl in this instance).
In order to protect these species, it has been determined that a closure of fishing in their habitat is the only solution. Being spear fishing and top water trolling pose no real threat to these species, it is at this time still allowed in the closed areas.