The National Marine Fisheries Service says that the commercial fishery for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico Federal waters will open at noon on Oct. 1, and close at noon on Oct. 10. The 2002 Gulf of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council says the commercial harvest season of red snapper will close next Tuesday, Sept. 14. The harvest closure applies to both federal ...

Unlike the past, where snapper fishers competed for the catch in brief, 10-day-long fishing seasons each month, Gulf commercial snapper fishers now are assigned individual, personalized quotas they ...

(CN) – Decades before artificial reef building was a scientific exercise carried out with public-private partnerships, local charter boat captains in Orange Beach, Alabama would haul chicken coops, ...

Commercial fishers have filed suit against the federal government for allowing the recreational sector to catch what they say are too many red snapper. Commercial fishers have sued the federal ...

Recreational anglers in Atlantic waters from Key West to North Carolina — and every Florida inlet in between — will get just 24 hours to fish for and keep coveted red snapper, a fish that's great for ...

As red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico show signs of a rebound after stringent limits on fishing for more than two years, fisheries regulators have voted to increase the amount of snapper that can be ...

The long-term snapper rules are unusually controversial because the fishing closures would prevent fishing for potentially dozens of other bottom fish in the same areas. Backers of the closure say a ...

The meeting featured a dozen presenters, hand-picked by the department, who shared data or advocated for their constituencies. Those speaking for the restaurant and commercial-fishing industries ...

Craig Patterson, owner-operator of the longtime shop on the Port Orange Causeway, checked in at 3 a.m. Friday, and, “after a few cups of coffee, we start dipping.” He assumes he’ll sell thousands of ...

At midnight tonight, red snapper, Texas offshore anglers' most popular target fish, becomes fair game for the first time in nearly six months. Judging from the number of anglers queuing for ...