Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Red snapper season begins Friday


The Gulf of Mexico red snapper season begins on Friday.

The 40 day Gulf of Mexico season begins June 1st in state and federal waters.

The last day of the season is July 10.

The shortened Gulf red snapper season is designed to help protect the population for it to be sustainable.

Red snapper are estimated to live more than 50 years, but the current stock consists primarily of fish that are only a few years old.

Older fish are the key to rebuilding the population because older female red snapper produce more eggs than younger females. 


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