NOAA Fisheries said it has amended rules that will expand fishing of red snapper in the South Atlantic, which will impact both recreational and commercial fishing.The changes are part of what is known ...

Those four fish were all within federal regulations ... Those differences, along with the identifiers for other snapper species, can be found in a book, “Angler’s Guide to the Fishes of ...

The proposed rule, intended to aid the recovery of overfished red snapper in the Atlantic Ocean, would have barred fishing ...

There are about 100 snapper species worldwide ... Snapper varieties have firm, white, mild-tasting flesh. When the fish are skinned and boned, they are difficult to distinguish by sight ...

the report said that only 50% of the fish tested were the species listed on the label. Fish labeled as red snapper, wild salmon and Atlantic cod are actually other fish 25% to 70% of the time ...

A popular game fish mistaken by scientists for a dog snapper is actually a new species discovered among the reefs of the Abrolhos region of the South Atlantic Ocean. A popular game fish mistaken ...

A list of the snapper species, size and daily creel limits, and, most importantly, an image of each of these fish is contained in the first few pages of the regulations. While you’re at it ...

Red snapper can live a long life ... Mislabeling (i.e., the substitution of fish species) can lead to overexploitation of fish populations that are at risk. This is especially true when ...

Our best guess was that fish whole and intact was about 55 pounds. It likely would have been an IGFA All-Tackle record for the species.” The current world-record red snapper on the IGFA books is just ...