NOAA Fisheries approves new survey design for Florida's Gulf red snapper recreational fishery

Florida, earlier this week, because the latest state to receive NOAA Fisheries certification for a new survey design for estimating the number of red snapper recreational fishermen catch in the state’s Gulf region. Over the last year, NOAA Fisheries has certified survey designs in Mississippi and Alabama for red snapper and in Louisiana for an all-species survey. The surveys are unique because …