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Two new appointments to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council are among 22 new and returning members to the six regional U.S. Councils. Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash

Fishing advocates say new Gulf council appointments ‘maintaining a balance’

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Red snapper. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

April illegal snapper catch tops 1,600 pounds off Texas

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Red snapper. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Red snapper bust off Texas is April's third

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Some species of fish in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic may be more vulnerable or resilient to climate change than others. Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Species most vulnerable to climate change

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Four Mexican fishermen were caught with 400 pounds of illegally harvested red snapper in a 45-foot lancha, 15 miles off from South Padre Island. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard photo, Station South Padre Island

Coast Guard seizes 400 pounds of red snapper off from Texas

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The late Wayne Werner, a well known snapper fisherman and board member of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance, is being honored with a new scholarship fund in his memory. Reef Fish Shareholders Alliance photo.

Scholarship fund honors Gulf of Mexico fisherman Wayne Werner

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Lured by red snapper, untroubled by bycatch, lanchas poach on

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USCG seizes a ton of snapper off Texas in latest interdiction

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A fisherman opens a fish box as a boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo checks a Mexican lancha 26 miles off Texas Feb. 6, 2024. Coast Guard crews interdicted six lanchas and seized 1,300 pounds of red snapper and shark. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard interdicts 26 Mexican fishermen off Texas

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Red Snapper. Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

Commentary: Alabama red snapper poorly served by NOAA

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A boat crew from the Coast Guard cutter Jacob Poroo hands life jackets to Mexican fishermen aboard a lancha during a boarding for illegal fishing off southern Texas in December 2023. Coast Guard photo.

Five lancha crews nabbed in one day off south Texas

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