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Florida assumes control of red snapper on both coasts

May 21, 2026
By Staff Report

With the opening of red snapper season this year, the state of Florida will assume management of all of the recreational Atlantic red snapper fisheries in both state and federal waters. The season is also expanded. In a press release, Gov. DeSantis expressed that it was part of making Florida the most “angler-friendly state in […]

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