2014 Red Snapper Season

On June 2, 2014 NOAA Fisheries announced in the Southeast Fishery Bulletin the dates for the 2014 recreational and commercial red snapper harvest season for South Atlantic federal waters, and now those dates are rapidly approaching.

The recreational 2014 catch limit is set at 22,576 fish. The recreational fishing season will open for two weekends made up of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday and one weekend of Friday and Saturday. The dates and times that the recreational red snapper season will be open appear below. During the open recreational season, the bag limit is one fish per person per day and there is no minimum size limit for red snapper.

Weekend 1: Friday, July 11 (at 12:01 a.m.) – Monday, July 14 (at 12:01 a.m.)
Weekend 2: Friday, July 18 (at 12:01 a.m.) – Monday, July 21 (at 12:01 a.m.)
Weekend 3: Friday, July 25 (at 12:01 a.m.) – Sunday, July 27 (at 12:01 a.m.)

For additional information regarding the South Atlantic red snapper annual catch limits and recreational season length projection report, please visit:
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/sustainable_fisheries/s_atl/sg/documents/pdfs/sa_rs_acl_season_projections.pdf.

For more information, refer to NMFS’ Frequently Asked Questions.