May 22, 2026
The Trump administration's expanded recreational red snapper fishing permits for four southeastern states were blocked by a D.C. federal judge Thursday, just hours prior to what would have been the start of open snapper fishing in Florida.
May 20, 2026
A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday seemed wary of administration attorneys' claims that a new fishery permitting regime exempting four southeastern states from recreational red snapper catch limits this year would help data collection for future limits.
May 05, 2026
Federal permits exempting recreational anglers in Florida and three other southeastern states from annual red snapper catch limits will lead to "overfishing" in the South Atlantic, commercial fishing groups and businesses alleged in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in D.C. federal court.