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NOAA Fisheries is no longer including durable goods expenditures, such as boats, trailers, electronics, and fishing tackle, in its state-level estimates of recreational fishing expenditures. As a result, the economic footprint of recreational fishing presented to the Gulf Council is significantly understated, at precisely the wrong time.

190-page decision describes “overwhelming evidence” presented during six-week trial proving state coastal fisheries management failures

Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have filed revised Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) that would allow recreational harvest of red snapper in state and federal waters during a 31-day October season.

The coalition continues to support efforts to modernize South Atlantic red snapper management, improve recreational data collection and provide reasonable public access consistent with conservation.

Fly-in participants meet with 30 congressional offices and call for a meaningful 2026 season, better data and stronger state-led management

This preliminary injunction was issued just hours before Florida’s Atlantic red snapper season under their EFP was set to begin, leading to immediate confusion, frustration and economic disruption for anglers, for-hire operators, marinas, tackle shops and coastal communities that had prepared for the opening of the 2026 season.

The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) and Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) have jointly moved to intervene in litigation challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service’s approval of state Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs) for the 2026 South Atlantic red snapper season.

Anglers along the South Atlantic coast are celebrating today as President Trump announced the issuance of exempted fishing permits to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

State-Led Fisheries Management Advances; Review of Vessel Speed Rule Announced; Recreational Data Modernization Heralded

South Atlantic states offer hope for beleaguered red snapper fishery

Senators urge NOAA to prevent illegally harvested red snapper from being sold in American markets.

The Whale CHARTS Act takes an innovative and constructive approach to mitigating risk of vessel strikes by investing in improved data and by supporting the development and deployment of whale detection and awareness technologies.