Prohibit commercial harvest and commercial sale or trade of South Atlantic red snapper from federal waters whenever recreational harvest is prohibited.

Austin Scott · Georgia · Republican

policy impact 0.60 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

It is unlawful for any person, for commercial purposes-- (1) to harvest any South Atlantic red snapper from Federal waters during a covered period; or (2) to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or offer for sale any South Atlantic red snapper harvested from Federal waters during a covered period.

Austin Scott introduced H.R. 9933, which would bar commercial harvesting and commercial transactions involving South Atlantic red snapper from federal waters during periods when recreational harvest is prohibited.

H.R. 9933 Introduced in House: South Atlantic Red Snapper Fair Access Act of 2026
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Evidence

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Rep. Austin Scott of Georgia introduced H.R. 9933 on July 23, 2026, and it was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. The bill would make it unlawful, for commercial purposes, to harvest South Atlantic red snapper from Federal waters, or to sell, purchase, trade, barter, or offer for sale such fish harvested from Federal waters, during any period when recreational harvest in Federal waters is prohibited.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Scott introduced bill text that directly matches the commitment, but the official record shows only introduction and committee referral, not enactment or implementation.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 9933 Introduced in House: South Atlantic Red Snapper Fair Access Act of 2026
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NMFS stated that the proposed EFP projects would not apply to commercial harvest. It also stated commercial harvest in South Atlantic Federal waters opened on July 13, 2026, and would close only if NMFS determines landings reach or are projected to reach the 102,951-pound commercial ACL during the fishing year. Final decisions on the EFPs remained dependent on comment review and consultations.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Current agency records after the bill's introduction still show commercial harvest governed by the commercial ACL, not automatically barred whenever recreational harvest is prohibited; no delivery was found in the August 29-31 lookback window.

unresolved same_term

Federal Register, 91 FR 51467: Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; Requests for Exempted Fishing Permits
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): never. same_term A for effort

Scott introduced H.R. 9933 on July 23, 2026, and the bill text directly matches the promised prohibition on commercial harvest and commercial sale or trade of South Atlantic red snapper from federal waters when recreational harvest is prohibited. However, the bill has only been introduced and referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources; there is no evidence it has passed, been enacted, or been implemented by NMFS. Current agency materials still show commercial harvest governed by the commercial annual catch limit rather than automatically prohibited during recreational closures. This is a serious same-term legislative attempt, but the promised policy outcome has not been delivered.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%