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Red snapper season start pushed back to June
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Published: April 10, 2009
State wildlife officials are delaying the start for recreational harvest season for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico.
The open season announced by The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission today now takes place from June 1 through Sept. 30. Originally the seasoned opened on April 15.
Researchers have said that red snapper is overfished in the Gulf. The wildlife commission says a shorter fishing season will reduce the harvest of Gulf red snapper and help rebuild the fishery's population.
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