Month: December 2010

Red Snapper Moratorium to Remain but Managers Find Large Area Closure Unnecessary Members of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, meeting in New Bern, NC this week, concluded that a 4,800-square mile area closure off the coast of southern Georgia and north/central Florida where the harvest of snapper grouper species would be prohibited is unnecessary. […]

NOAA Extends Fishing Ban for South Atlantic Red Snapper Area closure to prevent snapper bycatch temporarily delayed In order to protect the red snapper population in the South Atlantic, NOAA’s Fisheries Service will extend the ban of commercial and recreational fishing for the red snapper in federal waters off North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and […]