The Red Snapper Story Everyone's Talking About

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of recreational fishing policy and the importance of access to healthy fisheries with Jeff Angers.

A fishery can be fully rebuilt and still remain effectively closed when outdated data and regulatory delays limit public access. From the American Boating Congress in Washington, D.C., Host Kristina Hebert sits down with Jeff Angers of the Center for Sportfishing Policy to explore how recreational fishing policy is shaped and why access and opportunity are essential to healthy fisheries and coastal economies. They discuss the red snapper debate across the Southeast, examining how state-led ma...

People in this episode

Host: Kristina Hebert

Guest: Jeff Angers

Topics covered

• recreational fishing policy
• fisheries management
• coastal economies
• red snapper debate
• public access

Keywords

• red snapper
• fishing policy
• fisheries
• coastal economy
• regulatory delays
• public access
• American Boating Congress

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Center for Sportfishing Policy

Places: Washington, D.C.

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