Red snapper season cut; fishermen divided | season, federal, snapper - News - Crestview News Bulletin

Red snapper season cut; fishermen divided | season, federal, snapper - News - Crestview News Bulletin: "SANDESTIN - After more than three hours of comment from fishermen divided into three camps, Florida regulators on Thursday shortened the red-snapper fishing season for this year in state waters.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission unanimously voted to set the recreational season at June 1 through Sept. 20 in the Gulf of Mexico. It had been from April 15 through Oct. 31.

The change matches the fishing season in federal waters."