2012 recreational Red Snapper Season set

The 2012 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters will be June 1st through July 10th.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission set the 40 day season at the Commission meeting last week in Crystal River.

The state season is the same as the recently announced federal recreational red snapper season.

The Commission also voted to keep a 40-day, June 1 through July 10 season regardless of whether the federal season is further shortened.

Gulf red snapper stocks are rebuilding their numbers, but the stock needs higher numbers of older fish to be sustainable because older female red snapper produce more eggs than younger females..

Red snapper are estimated to live more than 50 years, but most fish in the current stock are only a few years old.

More information about red snapper fishing is available online at MyFWC.com/Fishing.

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