CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council says the commercial harvest season of red snapper will close next Tuesday, Sept. 14. The harvest closure applies to both federal ...

South Carolina game wardens recently found a McClellanville commercial fisherman illegally in possession of more than 100 pounds of protected red snapper, according to state wildlife officials. The ...

Recreational anglers in Atlantic waters from Key West to North Carolina — and every Florida inlet in between — will get just 24 hours to fish for and keep coveted red snapper, a fish that's great for ...

A charter boat captain from Florida has angered commercial fishermen by comparing them to “old-time” plantation owners and sharecroppers in prepared testimony to Congress. A charter boat captain from ...

Louisiana red snapper anglers like Guy Jones of Madisonville may have only one day to target the fish in federal waters next year after a decision last week by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management ...

Commercial fishers have filed suit against the federal government for allowing the recreational sector to catch what they say are too many red snapper. Commercial fishers have sued the federal ...

Next week, Monday, Aug. 10 through Thursday, Aug. 13, will mark another chapter in the long history of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council meetings. This one is scheduled for the Jefferson ...

Federal researchers are looking for a commercial fisherman to catch ear bones. Red snapper ear bones and heads, to be precise. The National Marine Fisheries Service office in Beaufort, N.C., is ...