This includes anyone who may be targeting a variety of reef fish, not just for red snapper during snapper season.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, State Reef Fish Anglers will help improve recreational data for several reef fish species such as snapper, grouper, and hogfish.
Outside of red snapper mini season, if you fish for mutton snapper, yellowtail snapper, hogfish, red snapper, vermillion snapper, gag grouper, red grouper, black grouper, greater amberjack, lesser amberjack, banded rubberfish, almaco jack, or gray triggerfish you also need to add this designation to your annual saltwater fishing license.
Dont forget to renew your State Reef Fish Angler designation annually if you plan to fish for or harvest the reef fish listed above.
It is difficult to avoid some of the co-occurring snapper grouper species such as Vermilion Snapper, Mutton Snapper, and Red Snapper.