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Snapper

Lured by red snapper, untroubled by bycatch, lanchas poach on

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USCG seizes a ton of snapper off Texas in latest interdiction

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A fisherman opens a fish box as a boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo checks a Mexican lancha 26 miles off Texas Feb. 6, 2024. Coast Guard crews interdicted six lanchas and seized 1,300 pounds of red snapper and shark. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard interdicts 26 Mexican fishermen off Texas

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Red Snapper. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Commentary: Alabama red snapper poorly served by NOAA

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A boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo hands life jackets to Mexican fishermen aboard a lancha off southern Texas Dec. 9. Coast Guard photo.

Five lancha crews nabbed in one day off south Texas

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Red snapper. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Snapper bust off Texas nets 20 Mexican fishermen

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Captain Allen Walburn likened the NMFS requirement for vessel monitoring systems on for-hire boats to "putting an ankle bracelet on all the charter boat operators in the Gulf of Mexico." New Civil Liberties Alliance video image.

NMFS to pay $160,000 legal fees to settle Gulf charter captains’ lawsuit

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Photo by Craig Cameron on Unsplash

Bill to prevent red snapper shutdown passes committee

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Red grouper. NOAA Fisheries photo/Caitlin Langwiser.

Major funding packages for Gulf of Mexico fisheries research, data collection

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2023 Highliner, Jimmy Hull. Commercial fisherman, captain, and small business owner in Florida.

2023 Highliners at a glance: Jimmy Hull

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South Atlantic red snapper — South Atlantic red snapper. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

2023 commercial red snapper season closed

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