Public outcry over possible red snapper closures

  • Although the red snapper season in the Atlantic has been limited to only two days a year, these fish often find themselves the bycatch of fishermen targeting other snapper grouper species.
    Although the red snapper season in the Atlantic has been limited to only two days a year, these fish often find themselves the bycatch of fishermen targeting other snapper grouper species.
More than 1,000 citizens submitted comments to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council on the discussion of red snapper management — the majority of which were vehemently opposed to any…

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Bacardi Jackson began serving Monday as executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. Photo courtesy of American Civil Liberties Union of Florida

New ACLU leader points to ‘urgency of now’

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Saying the country is at a “deeply, deeply disturbing” juncture, Bacardi Jackson — a veteran litigator whose civil-rights advocacy is literally in her genes — is taking the mantle as executive dire

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