{"id":268104,"date":"2026-05-12T15:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268104\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T15:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T15:23:08","slug":"florida-expands-atlantic-red-snapper-season-to-39-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268104\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida expands Atlantic red snapper season to 39 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla.  \u2013 After years of one- and two-day fishing windows, Florida\u2019s Atlantic red snapper season is getting a major upgrade \u2014 39 days on the water, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/11\/live-gov-desantis-holds-press-conference-in-fernandina-beach-with-fwc-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/11\/live-gov-desantis-holds-press-conference-in-fernandina-beach-with-fwc-director\/\">according to WKMG news partner WJXT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Monday in Fernandina Beach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Atlantic red snapper fishing in federal Atlantic waters was largely shut down in 2010 due to overfishing concerns. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to DeSantis, NOAA approved Florida\u2019s request earlier this month through an exempted fishing permit pilot program, giving the state more authority over Atlantic recreational red snapper management.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cThe bureaucrats would say, \u2018Oh, you are going to take all of the fish,\u2019\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cWe challenged the data, and we said we know there is more fish; we know the supply is healthy, and we want to be able to give, particularly our recreational anglers, an opportunity to go out and enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The season begins Memorial Day weekend and runs through June before reopening during three October weekends:<\/p>\n<p>May 22 \u2013 June 20<\/p>\n<p>Oct. 2-4, Oct. 9-11, Oct. 16-18<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The recreational bag limit is one red snapper per angler per day. The captain and crew bag limit is zero. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anglers will also be required to declare fishing trips before leaving the dock through a new FWC web-based application coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. \u2013 After years of one- and two-day fishing windows, Florida\u2019s Atlantic red snapper season is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,15748,30,29,4747,27278,412],"class_list":["post-268104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-fish-and-wildlife-conservation-commission","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-fwc","tag-red-snapper","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}