Last week, U.S. Rep. John Rutherford, R-Fla., got his “Red Snapper Act” through a key committee on Capitol Hill.
Rutherford first introduced the bill at the end of last year with more than a dozen co-sponsors being led by then U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla. The bill “would prevent the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from implementing area closures in the South Atlantic until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the findings are integrated into the fishery’s stock assessment.” Last week, Rutherford reintroduced the bill.
