With the support of the Trump administration, recreational fishermen were planning for a long Atlantic red snapper season.

A Southern flounder being released into the water. Legislation that would force an expansion of recreational fishing seasons for two popular coastal fish species has passed the North Carolina House.

A recreational fisher holds a large red snapper. Red snapper season will last two days along North Carolina's Atlantic Coast this summer. The "mini-season" for recreational anglers is July 11 and 12.

A Southern flounder being released into the water. After last year's extremely limited flounder and red snapper fishing seasons, state lawmakers are considering intervening. House Bill 442 would order ...

WANCHESE, N.C. — A bill is in the North Carolina state legislature that could create more access to flounder and red snapper fisheries. Access, especially to flounder, has been a frustration for ...

SC Department of Natural Resources held its first informational session while the state prepares for a possible July 1 ...

The Fish That Broke Washington: How a Red Snapper Season Became a Federal Showdown Somewhere off the coast of St. Augustine, ...

The red snapper is prized for its fight and its popularity at the dinner table. ©Shelby Lum ST. AUGUSTINE — Miles from shore, ...

Snapper season dispute tests Trump’s drive to loosen fishing rules and deregulate the seas - The conflict landed in court ...

Florida anglers can fish for red snapper 126 days on the west coast but only two days on the east coast. Recreational fishing for red snapper in the Atlantic Ocean will open 12:01 a.m. July 11 and ...