The state recreational fishing season for red snapper will close in Mississippi territorial waters on Sunday, July 8th at 11:59 p.m. and reopen on Monday, July 23rd at 12:01 a.m. According to the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, during the…
NOAA has announced that for-hire vessels with federal permits can fish for red snapper for 51 days from June 1st to July 22nd. The recreational snapper season begins May 25th and runs through Labor Day which lands on September 3rd.…
Recreational anglers hope to reel in red snappers now that the extended federal season is open. Recreational anglers in Mississippi will have 39 days to fish for red snapper in state and federal waters. Each week through September fourth red…
News 25's Laurene Callander tells us about the Extended Federal Red Snapper Season.
Congressman Steven Palazzo tells News 25 the Gulf State Fisheries directors have come to an agreement with the Department of Commerce regarding the extension of the 2017 federal red snapper season. The season will be extended by either 38 or…
Members of Congress from Gulf Coast states are working to extend the federal red snapper season after outrage sparked over the recent three day season. In an offer being considered now, the federal season will re-open for the next 12…
Beginning today, Mississippi’s recreational anglers will be allowed to harvest red snapper in state waters through September 4th. The bag limit will be two red snappers per person per day with a minimum size of 16 inches. The federal government…
Get your docks ready, Mississippi’s red snapper season is launching off today. Territorial waters are now open for fishermen to catch red snappers. The state season will go until September 6th. The Department of Marine Resources limits two fish per…
Officials with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced Wednesday that recreational anglers will be allowed to harvest Red Snapper in state waters from May 27 through Sept. 5. Mississippi territorial waters will be open from 12:01 a.m. May 27…
Recreational red snapper anglers along the Mississippi Coast are already gearing up for the state’s red snapper season.
Good news for red snapper anglers. A new amendment to fishery legislation allows charter for hire fishermen an extended federal season. But, private anglers will now have a shorter season.
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (M.D.M.R.) will open a recreational red snapper season in state waters every weekend in October and the first weekend in November, Executive Director, Jamie Miller, said Friday.