A.G. Gancarski
When it comes to red snappers, Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking an unambiguous stance.
The federal government needs to cede oversight of the Atlantic Basin to Florida, just as is the case in the Gulf of Mexico, given what he says is an ample fish population ready and waiting to be harvested.
“I talked to people here on this coast. There are snapper there. Like the data, like what the feds do is not an accurate reflection and it was the same thing with the Gulf, even though the Gulf had a little bit more access compared to what the feds were doing,” Florida’s Governor said in Jacksonville at the VyStar Tower.
“So I was like, you know, this data is not accurate. The people are there, they see the fish, I mean, they’re there. So why don’t we go and actually do this in a way that makes sense?”
Gulf anglers will have ample access to the fish they want, with a 103-day season that begins on June 1 and continues through July 31, with closure through August and reopening on weekends from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30. Conversely, recreational fishers have just “two days” in the Atlantic to satisfy their snapper itch.
8 comments
Dont Say FLA
May 2, 2024 at 2:01 pm
Rhonda still doesn’t realize whenever they order red snapper, the restaurant gives them tilapia and Rhonda proclaims it to be the best snapper they ever had.
rick whitaker
May 2, 2024 at 2:13 pm
DSF, desantis can eat a dead fish if he wants to. i don’t eat dead fish, so i can’t think like desantis does on this matter.
Dont Say FLA
May 3, 2024 at 3:31 pm
Mrs Rhonda wants him eat her dead fish, but he won’t. She is left to bzz bzzz bzzzzzzzing the night away now without any Secret Service guys around anymore
Greg Dees
May 2, 2024 at 4:03 pm
Locals State, groups of states (CCA type), even counties (Lee counties Fl, ban on taking live shells) will always manage a resource better than DC bureaucrat. Southern and Gulf states have worked together and done great with Red Fish, Snook, Grouper, and many other species. Federal bureaucracies are just interested in taking and gaining more power and money for themselves in DC.
Greg Dees
May 2, 2024 at 4:06 pm
Edit typo… Local and State government and Local and groups of states – ,
Monday news
May 3, 2024 at 6:43 pm
And my can have all that water until that glacier runs out 😯
Monday news
May 3, 2024 at 6:44 pm
And ny can have all that water till that glacier runs out 😯
tom palmer
May 3, 2024 at 7:56 pm
Let us overfish and worry about the consequences later. It’s a Florida thing
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