Get your prized fishing rods ready. It's almost red snapper season! Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the record 103-day 2024 Gulf Red Snapper recreational season, breaking last year's record of 87 days. “I ...

Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such as ...

State officials honored three Alabama scientists for decades of groundbreaking work on red snapper by naming new artificial reef zones after them. Several conservation groups were also honored, making ...

The season for red snapper, perhaps the most commercially and recreationally sought-after fish in the Gulf of Mexico, will end sooner than anticipated, Texas Parks and Wildlife announced earlier this ...

(CN) – Decades before artificial reef building was a scientific exercise carried out with public-private partnerships, local charter boat captains in Orange Beach, Alabama would haul chicken coops, ...

When Texas anglers catch a red snapper between now and the end of the year, they might be landing more than the most popular reef fish in the Gulf of Mexico and the makings of some wonderful meals.

A: The snapper stocks are stronger than they've ever been in history. Everybody who studies them and gets out on the water knows that. It's primarily because of all the habitat that's been created ...

Scientists have presented findings to Congress that report there are more red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico than previously known, information that could affect future management of the fishery.

Fishery experts have known for years that shrimp trawling operations in the Gulf of Mexico are contributing to sharp declines in the ranks of Red Snapper, one of the most delicious and popular marine ...