Real red snapper becoming more rare, expensive for fish lovers.(Food)(Lean...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ......assignment pretty much guarantees that the red snapper you bought for dinner last night wasn't red snapper at all. According to a 2004 issue of...species. He gave his students 22 samples of red snapper filets purchased from vendors in Illinois...

Groups Seek Tougher Red Snapper Measures

AP Online;  June 7, 2005 ;     482 words ......have done too little to save the overfished red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico, a new lawsuit by environmental...stricter measures to ensure the recovery of the red snapper stock by 2032. Red snapper is a highly valued reef fish that has been...

Fish sold as red snapper is often mislabeled, study finds.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......News Jul. 15--Much of the fish sold as red snapper, a familiar and expensive favorite of...firm texture and nutty flavor, isn't red snapper at all, according to an article in Thursday...journal Nature. Genetic analysis of 22 red snapper fillets purchased in eight states revealed...

Many Beaufort, N.C.-area seafood markets sell another species of red...

Daily News (Jacksonville, NC);  July 18, 2004 ;     622 words ......Mathis Seafood Market in Beaufort. That's red snapper, he said. Then he pointed to that same...exactly the same as a true American red snapper. If anyone wants to know which species...fresh seafood, local fish retailers said red snapper is more of a generic name than a scientific...

COURT RULES TO END THE ERA OF RED SNAPPER MISMANAGEMENT

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 13, 2007 ;     556 words ......court struck down the faulty red snapper rebuilding plan approved by the...overfishing, quickly rebuild red snapper populations, and minimize the...catching and killing of discarded red snapper in both the red snapper and shrimp...

That red snapper may be an imposter: Study finds most filets sold in...

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 16, 2004 ;     639 words ...Remember that red snapper you picked up for dinner last week...most supermarket fillets sold as red snapper - one of America's priciest and most...manage overfished species - including red snapper. Peter Marko, the University of North...

Study finds that red snapper often gets mislabeled.

Newsday (Melville, NY);  July 15, 2004 ;     429 words ...Byline: Lauren Weber Jul. 15--Red snapper is prized for its taste and priced accordingly...as three-quarters of the fish sold as red snapper may actually be a different variety...test 22 fillets of fish identified as red snapper from nine different vendors, and discovered...

Red snapper season lures anglers into the Gulf.

Destin Log (Destin, FL);  April 15, 2006 ;     381 words ......opening day of the highly anticipated red snapper season, hundreds of anglers are expected...Gulf of Mexico for one reason: to catch red snapper. For the past five and a half months...triggerfish, cobia and other species. The red snapper anglers have caught had to be thrown...

Regulators May Cut Red Snapper Quotas

AP Online;  October 24, 2006 ;     576 words ......Years of overfishing have left so few red snapper that almost none reach full maturity...Monday they plan to cut the numbers of red snapper that may be caught by almost 30 percent next year. Red Snapper are highly popular in the seafood industry...

Waiter, do you have real red snapper?

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 29, 1988 ;     402 words ...When you order red snapper in a restaurant you may be getting...to Pacific rockfish to barracuda. Red snapper has become one of the most frequently...snappers live in the shallows. The red snapper - mild and firm of flake with snowy-whi...

Red snapper limits choking fish industry.

Monitor (McAllen, TX);  August 21, 2005 ;     700+ words ......22 years, Pete McCarty has relied on red snapper for his livelihood. Once upon a time...limiting the days fishermen can catch red snapper are to blame for his dwindling income...Because studies have suggested that red snapper are overfished throughout the Gulf of...

Fish Council Votes to Rebuild Red Snapper Population in the Gulf

U.S. Newswire;  June 7, 2007 ;     526 words ......set a science- based catch limit for red snapper and reduce the large amount of bycatch...to end overfishing and help rebuild red snapper populations, the signature fish in the...scientific advisors and will help put red snapper on course for rebuilding," said Chris...

New red snapper regulations expected from NMFS within weeks.

Destin Log (Destin, FL);  March 7, 2007 ;     346 words ......the Gulf of Mexico can expect new red snapper regulations before April 15. The...be published before the start of red snapper season in federal waters and it will be enforced in the 2007 red snapper fishing season, which runs from...

Much of red snapper sold in supermarkets may be other fish, study finds.

San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX);  July 15, 2004 ;     604 words ......North Carolina -- suggests much of the red snapper sold in supermarkets around the country...counters don't carry mislabeled fish. Red snapper -- known scientifically as Lutjanus...Prized for its fine texture and taste, red snapper is among the species covered by federal...

U.S. NMFS: NMFS releases 3.12 million pound red snapper reserve TAC.

M2 Presswire;  August 28, 1998 ;     336 words ......NMFS: NMFS releases 3.12 million pound red snapper reserve TAC (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...commercial and recreational Gulf of Mexico red snapper fisheries, Fisheries Service Southeast...generate revenues of $2.7 million in the red snapper commercial fishery. The fishery will...