2020 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Season Length Estimates for the Federal For-Hire Component

Details

• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; SER (Southeast Region)
• Description:
  Red snapper are managed in Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) federal waters from Texas to the west coast of Florida by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council). The recreational sector in the Gulf includes a private angling component and a federal for-hire component. The federal for-hire component includes charter vessels and headboats with a federal charter/headboat permit for reef fish, allowing these vessels to fish in federal waters. For-hire vessels without a federal permit are restricted to fishing for red snapper in state waters only. The Gulf federal recreational fishing regulations for red snapper include a 16-inch total length minimum size limit, two-fish per person bag limit, and a federal for-hire season beginning on June 1 and ending when the component annual catch target (ACT) is projected to be caught. The ACT is set below the annual catch limit (ACL) to account for management uncertainty.
• Subjects:
  • Lutjanus campechanus
  • Fishing
  • Catch effort
  • Fishery Law And Legislation
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/rt9h-7j78
• Document Type:
  Miscellaneous
• Place as Subject:
  Gulf Coast (U.S.) ; Mexico, Gulf of
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/23196/noaa_23196_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 79.78 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:27427d71b6dec4505b912768456e5fc3dfce052cce75f9631f52773b2783da6048c591bc88efc74f67e583c4734d0839585250ec48e3a52be897be15a8037ae4