Red Snapper Act of 2025
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Red Snapper Act of 2025
This bill prohibits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from restricting certain fishing activities in the South Atlantic until data from the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is integrated into the next South Atlantic red snapper Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) stock assessment.
The bill provides that NOAA may not issue an interim rule, final rule, or Secretarial Amendment establishing an area closure or a bottom fishing closure for specified species until (1) the study is complete; and (2) the study data is integrated into the first South Atlantic red snapper SEDAR stock assessment that is carried out after the bill's enactment. The limitation applies to fishing for species managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region, including red snapper, grouper, and porgy.
(Closures generally restrict recreational and commercial fishing to prevent overfishing and for other conservation purposes.)
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 470: Red Snapper Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-470/
"H.R. 470: Red Snapper Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-470/.
H.R. 470, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-470/.
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