Improving access to and the management of the South Atlantic red snapper fishery has been a top priority of the recreational boating and fishing community.
Today, NOAA Fisheries announced a major collaborative step toward boosting red snapper recreational fishing opportunities in the South Atlantic... Red snapper are especially prized by recreational anglers for their delicious taste and rewarding catch.
If approved, these EFPs would allow for the South Atlantic states to manage red snapper populations in federal waters off their coasts ... "Allowing state management of South Atlantic red snapper ...
The purpose of these EFPs is to improve data on recreational fishing effort, catch, and discards of red snapper in the South Atlantic to inform the development of a long-term red snapper state management strategy.
... for improved data collection and enhanced management responsiveness, ensuring red snapper remains a cultural and economic cornerstone for the South Atlantic.”Florida to control red snapper fishing.
By freezing thresholds, Labour is quietly loading the cost of public services on to young graduates, while insisting it has not raised taxes at all ... He was right, and Ms Reeves’s defence last weekend made his case for him ... ....
While LouisianaDepartment of Wildlife and Fisheries’ marine fisheries staff stands on its estimate of 947,103 pounds taken during the eight-month-long 2025 private recreational red snapper season, the staff has revised Louisiana’s 2026 allocation ... .
Although the federal Atlantic red snapper season is short, participants selected for these studies will be allowed to harvest (and keep) red snapper during a time that works for them.
The Gulf's red snapper population sharply declined in previous decades, but has been gradually improving. Quotas are in place to address the problem ... .
Senators from all of the U.S.Gulf Coast states have called for more support from the federal government to deter Mexican illegal fishing operators, ....
Red snapper form a crucial part of Louisiana's nearly $2 billion seafood economy, as well as the economies of other Gulf states... The continued ability to sell illegally harvested red snapper into the U.S.
Alabama accounts for 34% of all recreational red snapper caught in the gulf, which makes the state vulnerable to the impacts of illegal fishing ... The continued ability to sell illegally harvested red snapper into the U.S.