gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:56147 eng UTF8 dataset MS Excel Spreadsheet Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA www.sefsc.noaa.gov WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Website Website for this organization information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST resourceProvider 2026-03-04T19:17:26 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Baseline of the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery 1874-1986 2018 creation 2019 revision 2019 publication NOAA/NMFS/EDM 56147 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56147 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Full Metadata Record View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. information Porch, Clay 305-361-4232 305-361-4562 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA clay.porch@noaa.gov author documentHardcopy In the late 1800s and early 1900s a fishery for Red Snapper developed rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. Shortly thereafter, recreational fishing for Red Snapper became popular wherever access was afforded to offshore waters. These developments occurred decades prior to organized collection of fishing and landings records. However, due to increasing library digital archiving, previous information regarding historical fishing conditions, landings, and size composition was available from formerly difficult to obtain reports, interviews, and particularly newspaper articles. Thirty-two newspapers from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region were searched providing landings from 3157 fishing trips (93% commercial, 7% recreational) from the years 1874 to 1986. These records document increasing landings of Red Snapper early in the fishery with peak landings-per-trip occurring from circa 1900 to 1915 for U.S. coastal trips and from circa 1910 to 1930 for trips to Campeche Bay, Mexico. By the late 1920s to early 1930s there was evidence of fishery-impacts with reduced catches, decreased average size of Red Snapper and a shift to lower-valued species. Between the mid-1930s to 1950s, the Red Snapper commercial fishery expanded to the outer continental shelf waters off Louisiana and Texas in the northern Gulf of Mexico reaching the areal extent of the present day fishery. After World War II, technologies and exploratory surveys enabled continuing areal expansion and resulted in a period of increased landings from U.S. waters; most notably from the western Gulf of Mexico with peak landings occurring in 1971. Landings decreased through the 1970s and 1980s and reports of fishery concerns and commercial-recreational conflicts followed leading to the implementation of the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Management Plan in 1984. EXCEL files are provided in support of this project including historical landings of Red Snapper, historical Red Snappers sizes, and historical fishing vessel information including vessel name, vessel size, propulsion, builder, port, and owner-company. completed Porch, Clay 305-361-4232 305-361-4562 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA clay.porch@noaa.gov pointOfContact notPlanned DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 17.0 Lutjanus campechanus theme World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Annual dataResolution Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Temporal Data Resolution Keywords 10.3 OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > GULF OF AMERICA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 20.8 Coastal Waters Of Alabama Coastal Waters Of Louisaina Coastal Waters Of Mississippi Coastal Waters Of Texas Gulf of Mexico theme NODC SEA AREA NAMES 10.1201/9781351242776 theme doi Economic Data Fishery History Lutjanus campechanus Red Snapper historical fishing vessel information landings port sizes vessels theme 1874-1986 temporal Northern Gulf of Mexico campeche place handline instrument commercial boat recreational boat platform DOC/NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC > Southeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2017-04-24 publication 8.5 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian Improving the Historical Baseline of the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery project InPort otherRestrictions Cite As: Southeast Fisheries Science Center, [Date of Access]: Baseline of the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Fishery 1874-1986 [Data Date Range], https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/56147. NOAA provides no warranty, nor accepts any liability occurring from any incomplete, incorrect, or misleading data, or from any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading use of the data. It is the responsibility of the user to determine whether or not the data is suitable for the intended purpose. otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None otherRestrictions Use Constraints: Please Cite Appropriately unclassified NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA/NMFS/EDM 56147 https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/sefsc/dmp/pdf/56147.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. information crossReference eng; US oceans EXCEL v2010 data files Northern Gulf Of Mexico | Currentness: Ground Condition 1873 1987 false eng false Data Table Other Data File Report Source List Tab 2022-05-04 publication Data Tab Trip Landings Record. in Historical red snapper trip landings records.xlsx 2022-05-04 publication Catch Summaries By Year 2022-05-04 publication Data Tab Vessel And Tonnage in Historical red snapper vessel tonnage records.xlsx 2022-05-04 publication Historical red snapper trip landings records.xlsx 2022-05-04 publication Historical red snapper vessel tonnage records.xlsx 2022-05-04 publication Historical red snapper size-weight records.xlsx 2022-05-04 publication Historical red snapper vessel numbers by port and fishing company.xlsx 2022-05-04 publication Size Weight Records 2022-05-04 publication Size Weight Locations Tab 2022-05-04 publication Size Weight Regions Tab 2022-05-04 publication historical vessel count records 2022-05-04 publication historical by state port code 2022-05-04 publication historical by state 2022-05-04 publication Operation Unit 2022-05-04 publication Combined 2022-05-04 publication Zip Zip Southeast Fisheries Science Center (305)361-5761 75 Virginia Beach Drive Miami FL 33149 USA https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/about/southeast-fisheries-science-center WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Southeast Fisheries Science Center Website About SEFSC information 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST distributor https://grunt.sefsc.noaa.gov/parr/56147.zip WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link 56147.zip File is in the process of being finalized download dataset Bias Some of the numbers reported seem to have been rounded otherRestrictions otherRestrictions Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: Please Cite Appropriately