Red snapper season closes Saturday

The recreational harvest season for red snapper in all waters of the Gulf of Mexico off Florida closes on Saturday. The season will remain closed until June the 1st of next year. Normally the season would have closed at the end of September, but this year’s red snapper season was shortened substantially after last year's annual red snapper catch limit was overshot by approximately 1.2 million pounds. This closure is designed to help rebuild overfished red snapper stocks in the Gulf so anglers can enjoy better red snapper fishing in the future.