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 ...

New rules have quietly been proposed that would remove commercial minimum legal-size limits for a range of popular fish species, including snapper and trev ...

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 ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The federal government plans to increase observation of the commercial snapper-grouper fishery from North Carolina to east Florida, with an eye to improving population assessments ...

The National Marine Fisheries Service says that the commercial fishery for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico Federal waters will open at noon on Oct. 1, and close at noon on Oct. 10. The 2002 Gulf of ...