Individual fishing quotas (IFQs) for the Gulf of Mexico American red snapper fishery have helped the resource recover to relative abundance, according to the region’s fishermen and seafood dealers. But the system’s flaws are glaring, some argue.
Because there’s been so much focus on not catching too much snapper, the fish are multiplying and out-competing other species like grouper, dominating areas they were once scarce in.
“Can’t get a bait to the bottom without hitting red snapper…
