Red Snapper Count News Today

NOAA Fisheries has expanded the catch limits for both the commercial and the recreational red snapper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico.

The strict, two-day July season is the result of a “management regime based on guesses that is penalizing the success of this rebuilding stock,” according to the Center for Sportfishing Policy.

Great Red Snapper Count May Have Little Impact on 2021 Season Last week’s meeting of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council (Gulf Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) yielded mixed results for red snapper anglers. The SSC voted to partially incorporate the Great Red Snapper Count, which estimated the red snapper population in the Gulf is three times higher than previous estimates, into the Gulf Council management process. However, that action may have little impact on ...