FWC approves state Red Snapper season

The recreational red snapper season is now officially the same in state and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a rule Thursday that sets this year’s open recreational harvest season for red snapper in Gulf state waters from June 1st through July 18th. 

Gulf red snapper stocks are rebuilding but are still considered to be undergoing overfishing, which means that red snapper are being caught faster than they can reproduce. 
The FWC said shortening the fishing season in Gulf state waters this year will help to avoid a harvest overrun and continue to rebuild red snapper populations so that longer red snapper fishing seasons will be possible in the future.
The Commission did leave some room open for an additional harvest season for red snapper in the Gulf at the summer’s end if NOAA Fisheries Service decides to implement a supplemental season.


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