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 ...

Florida anglers can fish for red snapper 126 days on the west coast but only two days on the east coast. Recreational fishing for red snapper in the Atlantic Ocean will open 12:01 a.m. July 11 and ...

Louisiana red snapper anglers like Guy Jones of Madisonville may have only one day to target the fish in federal waters next year after a decision last week by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...