Louisiana red snapper recreational catch limit reduced for 2026
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This rule lowers Louisiana’s 2026 recreational red snapper catch limit in federal Gulf waters because private anglers exceeded the state’s 2025 limit. The 2026 limit is reduced from 934,587 pounds to 882,439 pounds, matching the 52,148-pound overage from 2025. The rule affects private anglers, non-federally permitted charter vessels, headboats, and Louisiana fisheries managers. Other Gulf states’ recreational red snapper limits are not changed. Louisiana operators and anglers should plan for a smaller allowable harvest during the 2026 fishing year.
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Key Changes
- Reduces Louisiana’s 2026 private recreational red snapper catch limit to 882,439 pounds
- Applies the 52,148-pound overage from 2025 as a deduction from the 2026 limit
- Leaves recreational red snapper catch limits for other Gulf states unchanged
Obligations
What this law requires
Louisiana’s private angling component for Gulf red snapper must operate under a reduced 2026 private recreational annual catch limit of 882,439 lb round weight in Federal waters off Louisiana.
Louisiana fisheries managers must constrain 2026 private angler red snapper landings within the state’s reduced allocation of 882,439 lb round weight.
Private anglers, including fishermen on private vessels and on non-federally permitted charter vessels and headboats, must account for the reduced Louisiana 2026 red snapper harvest limit when harvesting red snapper in Federal waters off Louisiana.