Florida applied for a permit that would allow a 39-day Atlantic recreational red snapper fishing season, a dramatic increase ...

The Trump administration is taking steps toward shifting regulatory authority over red snapper in Atlantic Ocean federal waters to states, a move that some state leaders have argued is necessary to ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration “officially accepted Florida’s request to assume management of red snapper in the South Atlantic ...

U.S. federal lawmakers also have funded an independent Great Red Snapper Count (GRSC) to produce an alternative assessment of the stock to NOAA Fisheries’ official assessment, and they’ve attempted to ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Last summer, fishermen in Florida and Georgia were surprised to find out their Atlantic red snapper recreational season boiled down to just one single day - and one single fish. The ...

Florida’s Atlantic Coast could see the longest Red Snapper season since 2009 this year.

Get your prized fishing rods ready. It's almost red snapper season! Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the record 103-day 2024 Gulf Red Snapper recreational season, breaking last year's record of 87 days. “I ...

Scientists recommend that you think twice before spending $15 for a red snapper filet the size of an index card. A new genetics study suggests a poor ocean cousin might be masquerading as its upscale ...

In 2003, Jorge Sanchez stocked red snapper at his Watson Island fish market. A new study of Gulf of Mexico snapper, which plummeted in the 1980s, will help scientists better understand the population ...

WASHINGTON — It’s getting easier to snap up red snapper. The sought-after game fish has been at the center of a years-long debate between environmentalists who want to protect the iconic species while ...