Sixty-eight percent of recreational red snapper allocation has been harvested

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says that 68.4 percent of Louisiana’s 2025 annual private recreational red snapper allocation of 894,955 pounds have been harvested during the 2025 Red Snapper season.

LDWF released the Red Snapper landings estimates this past week, and LA Creel, LDWF’s near real-time, landings data collection program, indicates that 611,753 pounds had been harvested through Aug. 3.

The private recreational Red Snapper season began May 1 in both state and federal waters, running seven days a week with a daily bag limit of four fish per person and a 16-inch total length minimum size limit. The season will remain open until recreational landings approach or reach Louisiana’s allocation.