FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2013
Contact: Matt McCullough
SOUTHERLAND HAILS FLORIDA APPROVAL OF 44-DAY RED SNAPPER SEASON
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, II applauded the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) today for approving a 44-day recreational red snapper season for 2013. The proposed 2013 snapper season for Gulf of Mexico state waters would run from June 1st through July 14th, a window that better reflects the economic challenges facing Florida’s anglers than the proposed 27-day federal season.
“I applaud Florida’s FWC for standing tall in defense of our fishermen,” Southerland said. “As federal red snapper seasons have gotten progressively shorter, more and more fishermen are being forced off the water and out of business. Today’s FWC decision proves that our state leaders have a better understanding of our fisheries’ challenges and opportunities than Washington ever will.”
The FWC originally proposed its 44-day season in February.
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