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Gov. DeSantis is holding a news conference in Port Charlotte Friday morning. He will be joined by General James Hartsell, the ...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster sent a joint letter Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Commerce asking for the federal government ...

Our fishing industry has suffered under heavy handed federal regulations imposed by bureaucrats thousands of miles away," Gov ...

In a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, the governors called out the National Oceanic and ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis joined other southern state governors, Georgia's Brian Kemp and South Carolina's Henry McMaster, in a ...

The governors argue that the current federal regulations, especially Amendment 59 to the Fishery Management Plan for the ...

Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina’s governors are all asking for control of red snapper limits in the Atlantic Ocean.

The governors of South Carolina, Florida and Georgia have asked the U.S. Commerce secretary to allow states to manage red ...

Governors of southern states, led by Gov. Ron DeSantis, are teaming up to ask Washington for more control over the red ...

Gulf states manage their snapper seasons, but federal officials still do in the South Atlantic, where last year's season was ...