Red Snapper season open daily through June

Red Snapper season open daily through June

The Alabama red snapper season is now open seven days a week until 11:59 p.m. on Monday June 30. The season will then transition to four-day weekends starting July 4 until the private angler quota is met. The Alabama private angler quota for 2025 is set by NOAA Fisheries and is anticipated to be 664,552 pounds.
Weekends open to red snapper harvest are defined as 12:01 a.m. Friday through 11:59 p.m. Monday. The daily bag limit will be two red snapper per person, per day with a minimum size limit of 16 inches total length.
The previous weekend only season format has been in place since 2017. Last fall, MRD conducted a series of public meetings and provided other ways to gain input from the public on the red snapper season in Alabama. The consensus from that public input was overwhelmingly positive for keeping the snapper season open seven days a week from Memorial Day weekend through the end of June, and if quota remains return to the weekend only season beginning with the Fourth of July weekend until the quota is harvested.
The Florida red snapper was open Memorial Day weekend and will reopen daily from June 1 through July 31. Florida has also scheduled a fall season from September 1-14, and weekends only (Friday – Sunday) for the remainder of the year. Special holiday opportunities will occur on Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. This season applies to recreational anglers fishing from a private vessel in Florida Gulf state and federal waters. For-hire charter operators without a federal reef fish permit may also participate but are limited to fishing in Florida Gulf state waters only.
The 126-day Florida red snapper recreational season is the longest season since Florida assumed management of Gulf red snapper, and it offers anglers more opportunities to fish over major holidays.