Red Snapper

Biden-Harris Administration, NOAA Announce $2 Million for Partnerships to Support Red Snapper Recovery

October 17, 2024 NOAA Fisheries

The Biden-Harris Administration and NOAA announced they will award approximately $2 million in Inflation Reduction Act funds to collect data and improve modeling through partnerships with the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies at the University of Miami. These partnerships are critical to NOAA Fisheries’ work to improve scientific data and management decisions for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. …

Commercial Closure for Red Snapper in South Atlantic Federal Waters

August 5, 2024 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

The commercial harvest of red snapper in federal waters of the South Atlantic will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 6, 2024. …

Final Rule: Framework Action to Update Private Angling Red Snapper Calibrations and Gray Snapper Catch Limits in the Gulf of Mexico

May 15, 2024 NOAA Fisheries Southeast

NOAA Fisheries is implementing a final rule for a framework action under the Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) to update the private angling red snapper calibration ratios and increase Gulf gray snapper catch limits.  …

Commercial Closure for Red Snapper in South Atlantic Federal Waters on August 18, 2023

August 11, 2023 NOAA Fisheries

The commercial harvest of red snapper in federal waters of the South Atlantic will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 18, 2023. During the commercial closure, all sale or purchase of red snapper is prohibited. …

Commercial Closure for Red Snapper in South Atlantic Federal Waters on August 31, 2022

August 30, 2022 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council

The commercial harvest of red snapper in federal waters of the South Atlantic will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on August 31, 2022. During the commercial closure, all sale or purchase of red snapper is prohibited.·     All harvest or possession of red snapper in or from South Atlantic federal waters is now prohibited. …