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Florida Announces Plan to Take Over Atlantic Red Snapper Management
Governor Ron DeSantis has taken a step forward in Florida, taking control of the management of the Atlantic Red Snapper fishery this month. At a press conference in Fernandina Beach, FL, he, along with Roger Young, the Executive Director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), sent out a request to the Secretary of Commerce to implement an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP). The Exempted Fishing Permit calls for a 39-day recreational American red snapper season for the South Atlantic for Florida anglers. The proposed season would be divided into two parts. The first part of the season would run from Memorial Day weekend (May 22) through June 20, and the second part would take place over multiple three-day weekends in October (Oct. 2–4, 9–11, and 16–18).
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The proposed 39-day Atlantic red snapper season matches the initial season that was set for the Gulf back in 2018, when Florida took over red snapper management. Now the Gulf recreational American Red Snapper season is 126 days, showing that the state of Florida’s ability to manage access and conservation goals in tandem when it comes to American Red Snapper.
Anyone who fished the South Atlantic would agree that there are more American Red Snapper there now than at any other time in recent history. But even still, recreational anglers have only been given a pittance of a season, with the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and NOAA setting a 2-day recreational red snapper season in 2025, and a single-day season in 2024. Hopefully, with this new EFP, there will be some positive change for recreational Atlantic Red Snapper management.
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