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“GULF SHORES Ala. (WPMI) The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just decided to extend the red snapper season in state waters to 44 days. That is not in compliance with federal regulations which mandates the shortest red sna

“Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley did not join governors from the four other Gulf states in signing a letter in support of state management of red snapper “because it advocates a management system that allows the federal government to retain t

“Louisiana is the latest state to go non-compliant with unpopular federal red snapper regulations. The federal government says the season doesn’t open until June 1 but the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission voted to open the Bayo

” Texas is picking another fight with the Federal government. And this time it has help. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Texas Governor Rick Perry Florida Governor Rick Scott and Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant are calling on Congress to allo

“NAPLES — Some Southwest Florida anglers are crying foul over a change in the recreational season for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting Wednesday in Tallahassee voted to buck

“While the annual legislative session publicly consumes Tallahassee another annual event involving Gulf of Mexico red snapper is slowly slipping by under the radar. In mid-April the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wi

“As promised federal agents are patrolling Louisiana’s offshore waters armed with ballpoint pens to write stern warnings to any anglers who catch what state officials say are legal red snapper. Venice angler Jason McCrossen ran across en

Summary: NOAA Fisheries are seeking comments on proposed actions for Amendment 28 to the Fishery Management Plan regarding Red Snapper in the South Atlantic. Comments must be submitted by May 13 2013. If established the actions in Amendment 28 would

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“Texas and Louisiana filed a civil lawsuit in federal court in Brownsville on Monday challenging a federal emergency rule that without notice or hearing shortens or could do away with the 2013 recreational red snapper fishing season. The seaso

“Florida will decide next week whether to open its coastal waters to a longer red snapper fishing season and break ranks with regulators who have set the shortest season in federal waters—28 days. If Florida joins other states in allowin

“Plagued by overfishing the red snapper’s population started to diminish dramatically in the past several decades. Federal fishing managers moved to limit the fishing time (now at 28 days) to continue to allow the species’ numbers

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