Red Snapper Season Opening Day 2009

Red Snapper Season Opening Day 2009: "June 5, 2009 - Orange Beach, AL (OBA) - Opening day of the 2009 Red Snapper Season this past Monday, June 1st, saw thousands of pounds of fish being brought into the docks in Orange Beach.

While the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) says that the Red Snapper is an overfished species, you couldn't tell it from the abundance of fish brought to the docks this past Monday. Individual boats came to the docks with over 1,200 pounds of fish."