Two words, “red” and “snapper,” are fighting words for Louisiana’s offshore recreational fishermen. Those words go hand-in-hand with all-too-valid claims of federal fisheries mismanagement at a time ...

States in the Southeast, tired of inconsistencies in federal management of red snapper fisheries, are pursuing exempted ...

Back in the not-so-long-ago days when the recreational red snapper season was dwindling to a very few days, the two-per-angler daily limit was more prized than it is today. This year’s two-snapper per ...

The first of a series of public meetings on possible changes to saltwater fishing regulations showed that officials are considering changes that could affect how Alabama anglers go after shark, ...

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — Recreational anglers in South Carolina can now fish for all 55 species in the red snapper-grouper complex, year-round, within 3 miles of state waters. Gov. Henry McMaster ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — American red snapper are a fun species to catch and even more delicious to eat. The recreational season to keep red snapper runs through the end of July in the Gulf of Mexico with ...

The red snapper that Delph estimated weighed 50-plus pounds. This summer 23-year-old Daniel Delph was captaining a charter trip out of the Florida Keys to the Tortugas area near Key West. It was a ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Recreational fishers eager for a big catch have their chance this week as the red snapper mini-season opens along North Carolina’s coast. The season began at 12:01 a.m. Friday and ...

Over 20 boats ventured offshore during last weekend’s Suncoast Snapper Slapper tournament out of Marina Jacks in Sarasota. And with it, a beautiful few days of weather, allowing some to head deep in ...

Fisheries scientist and artist Elle Wibisono recently published a children’s book, “A Snapper Tale,” that features red-colored snappers native to Indonesia’s waters. Equipped with her extensive ...