CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council says the commercial harvest season of red snapper will close next Tuesday, Sept. 14. The harvest closure applies to both federal ...

A charter boat captain from Florida has angered commercial fishermen by comparing them to “old-time” plantation owners and sharecroppers in prepared testimony to Congress. A charter boat captain from ...

Recreational anglers in Atlantic waters from Key West to North Carolina — and every Florida inlet in between — will get just 24 hours to fish for and keep coveted red snapper, a fish that's great for ...

South Carolina game wardens recently found a McClellanville commercial fisherman illegally in possession of more than 100 pounds of protected red snapper, according to state wildlife officials. The ...

Guy Jones snapper Cresson fears the new system will lead to a catch-share program similar to what exists with the commercial side of the quota. In 2007, NOAA Fisheries awarded individual fishing ...

Commercial fishers have filed suit against the federal government for allowing the recreational sector to catch what they say are too many red snapper. Commercial fishers have sued the federal ...

THE 2025 SOUTH ATLANTIC RED SNAPPER SEASON STARTS THIS FRIDAY. MEETING RECREATIONAL ANGLERS IN FLORIDA WILL HAVE JUST TWO DAYS TO CATCH ONE OF FLORIDA’S MOST SOUGHT AFTER SPECIES OF FISH. AND AS WESH ...

Federal researchers are looking for a commercial fisherman to catch ear bones. Red snapper ear bones and heads, to be precise. The National Marine Fisheries Service office in Beaufort, N.C., is ...