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By DAVID RAINER Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Alabama’s 2021 red snapper season for private recreational anglers will be different than in previous years. The season opens on May 28 with four-day weekends like last year’s season, but the closing date has not been set. The end of the season will be determined by catch data compiled through the Red Snapper Reporting System, better known as Snapper Check. “What we’re doing different this year is we’re going to track the private recreational catch through Snapper Check, and when the quota is about to be met, w...

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 the 2021 red snapper season. “The Scientific and Statistical Committee is the science advisory pan...

Alabama anglers and the state's fishery managers are concerned that federal fishery managers may ignore a new study showing a massive increase in snapper numbers when setting new season and bag limits.