MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) -- The governors of South Carolina, Florida and Georgia have asked the U.S. Commerce secretary to allow states to manage red snapper and other reef fisheries in the South Atlantic.

In a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Govs. Henry McMaster, Ron DeSantis and Brian Kemp said that "federal management is driven by flawed data and regulations that threaten the economies of our coastal communities."

McMaster's office also sent a letter to Lutnick on May 15, citing changes that were made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the end of the Biden administration and asking the government to "remove the barriers to offshore recreational fishing they create."

McMaster's office says the state's recreational fishing and boating industries are

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