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The first minimum size limit was introduced in 1984, after a 1981 report described quickly declining harvests (both commercial and recreational) [14] From 1985 to 1990, the annual recreational catch of red snapper was about 1.5 million. From 1991 to 2005, the catch was substantially higher, varying from year to year from 2.5 to 4.0 million.
The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), also known as mangrove jack, grey snapper, creek red bream, Stuart evader, dog bream, purple sea perch, red bream, red perch, red reef bream, river roman, or rock barramundi (though it is not closely related to bream, jack, or barramundi), is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae.
It is also locally known as "red snapper", [2] [3] not to be confused with the warm-water Atlantic species Lutjanus campechanus that formally carries the name red snapper. The yelloweye is one of the world's longest-lived fish species, and is cited to live to a maximum of 114 to 120 years of age.
Bag and size limits for federal and state waters will remain unchanged. Regulations for red snapper in federal waters consist of: — Two fish per person per day with a 16-inch minimum size limit ...
Anglers from Key West to North Carolina will get just 24 hours to fish for and keep coveted red snapper. Meanwhile, Gulf anglers get 103 days. Red snapper anglers in Florida, Southeast get one ...
Snapper: vermilion and red snapper. The red snapper fishery has been under stringent management measures since the late 1990s. Cooperative efforts among NMFS, the Councils, and the states, have led to the recovery of yellowtail snapper. Management of yellowtail snapper started in 1983 with minimum size
The Feds, though NOAA, have made July 14-15 this year's red snapper "season" in the Atlantic waters off Florida's coast. Commercial dudes get more.
A slot limit is a tool used by fisheries managers to regulate the size of fish that can legally be harvested from particular bodies of water. Usually set by state fish and game departments, the protected slot limit prohibits the harvest of fish where the lengths, measured from the snout to the end of the tail, fall within the protected interval. [1]