3.0.0 111 2026-09-08T18:03:40Z 2026-09-08T18:03:40Z Senate S S 2025-01-16 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/111 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-01-16T17:49:16Z Red Snapper Act of 2025 119 470 HR 2025-01-16 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Identical bill CRS 2025-01-16 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2025-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL N Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Atlantic Coast (U.S.) 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Atlantic Ocean 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Department of Commerce 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Fishes 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Government studies and investigations 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Gulf of Mexico 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Marine and coastal resources, fisheries 2025-02-24T21:00:54Z Public Lands and Natural Resources 2025-02-19T14:35:51Z 00 2025-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2025-08-28T15:14:29Z 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.)

]]> Red Snapper Act of 2025 Display Title 45 Red Snapper Act of 2025 2025-02-19T03:23:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Red Snapper Act of 2025 2025-02-19T03:23:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to provide that the Secretary of Commerce shall not issue an interim or final rule or Secretarial Amendment that includes an area or bottom closure in the South Atlantic for species managed under the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the data related to that study is integrated into the stock assessment. 2025-02-19T03:18:27Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s111is/xml/BILLS-119s111is.xml 2025-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.