HRI Had Role in Historic Decision to Give Red Snapper Management Back to States

The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council made the unanimous decision in early April to give state fisheries management agencies like Texas Parks and Wildlife the responsibility to manage harvest of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. State management will begin with the 2020 private recreational red snapper season. The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi is playing a key role in providing the science and policy basis for this h