Buddy Carter

06/16/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/16/2025 12:45

Carter leads letter calling for state management of red snapper fisheries

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA) led members of the Georgia House Republican delegation in a letter to Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick calling for state management of red snapper and other reef fish species in the South Atlantic.

The letter expresses "strong support" for governors' request to grant an Exempted Fishing Permit, allowing for state management of red snapper and other reef fish in the South Atlantic. According to the Congressional Sportsmen Foundation, red snapper populations are the healthiest in history, rendering unnecessary the current burdensome and overreaching policy of the federal government to severely restrict recreational fishing.

In the letter, the members write: "Georgia's recreational fishing industry has long struggled under federal fisheries data that limit access and impose heavy-handed restrictions, often set by bureaucrats far removed from our coastal communities. State management, as proposed, would empower Georgia to tailor conservation and fishing policies to local needs, mirroring the successful Gulf of America model where state oversight allows for 127 fishing days."

The members continue, "We urge the Department of Commerce to work with the administration to cut federal red tape and grant Georgia, alongside Florida and South Carolina, authority to manage these fisheries."

Members signing the letter include: Austin Scott (R-GA), Mike Collins (R-GA), Rick Allen (R-GA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Brian Jack (R-GA), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

Read the full letter to the Department of Commerce here.


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