NOAA handed four states their longest snapper season in years, but a last-minute injunction killed opening day.

A federal judge in Washington has blocked a plan to loosen rules for fishing red snapper in the Atlantic, halting what was expected to be the longest recreational snapper season…

A federal judge blocked NOAA's plan to expand recreational red snapper fishing, pitting anglers against commercial fishermen in a fight over who owns the sea.

NOAA handed four states their longest snapper season in years, but a last-minute injunction killed opening day.

The conflict landed in court just before the season was about to begin May 22