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 ...

A charter boat captain from Florida has angered commercial fishermen by comparing them to “old-time” plantation owners and sharecroppers in prepared testimony to Congress. A charter boat captain from ...

When Eric Schmidt called the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to report a tagged red snapper, Justin Solomon in the Jacksonville office was in disbelief at what he was hearing. “He ...

A high school graduate who spent three years researching local fishing has urged MPs to increase commercial size limits for harvesting snapper from 25cm to 30cm. Takapuna Grammar School graduate Chris ...

Last week NOAA Fisheries published a rule implementing an increase to the commercial and recreational quotas for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico through 2017. For 2015, the red snapper allowable ...

TALLAHASSEE — Commercial fishermen on Thursday criticized an agreement between Gulf states and the U.S. Commerce Department to extend the recreational red snapper fishing season in federal waters. Red ...

Winston Churchill once wrote, "To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." The Gulf of Mexico red snapper allocation needs to change. The data used to set the current 51 percent ...

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 ...

The South Australian Government is forging ahead with its plan to ban snapper fishing in the state's coastal waters, despite heated opposition from fishers and charter boat operators. The proposed ...

Red snapper anglers, get out your calendars. Monday afternoon, the NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office announced the dates for the recreational and commercial red snapper fishing seasons for 2019 ...