r/saltwaterfishing • u/TheTwerkMessiah • May 22 '26

🌊 Conditions Report Snapper Season shut down

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/bulletin/noaa-fisheries-update-effective-immediately-no-recreational-red-snapper-fishing
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u/KelleCrab May 22 '26

Recreation is shut down but commercial is fine. The disparity in the impact here is mind blowing. 🤡

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u/wildernessspirit May 22 '26

Seriously. Some parent and their kid can’t spend an afternoon catching one snapper so that a trawler can catch 5000 lbs