Florida’s 2025 Gulf private recreational red snapper fall season is open to those fishing from private recreational vessels or state-permitted charter vessels that do not have a federal reef fish permit. State-permitted charter vessels without a federal …
Photos available If you have beach plans for this long holiday weekend, you’re not alone! Sea turtles and shorebirds are still using Florida’s sandy shorelines as important nesting habitat. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is …
The recreational harvest season for snook starts Sept. 1 in all east coast (Southeast, Indian River Lagoon and Northeast) and most west coast (Panhandle, Big Bend, Tampa Bay and Sarasota Bay) management regions. This includes all Florida state and inland …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting a seatrout symposium on Aug. 27. The all-day event will bring together stakeholders, scientists and fisheries managers for an in-depth look at the spotted seatrout fishery in Florida. …
Photos available The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will present the draft materials for the Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area 10-year Land Management Plan at a public hearing in Brevard County on Thursday, Sept. 25. The public …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking the public to report sightings of the elusive rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma), a nonvenomous species whose population has declined in recent decades. Rainbow snakes are semi- …
In November of 2023, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Captive Wildlife Investigations received a report of numerous abandoned reptiles found in an Osceola County storage unit. The storage company locked the unit after nonpayment and …
Photos available The 2025 recreational bay scallop season for the Gulf County Zone (including all of St. Joseph Bay) opens Aug. 16 and will remain open through Sept. 24. This region includes all state waters from the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the …
At its August meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved establishing a Bonefish Seasonal Closed Area in Biscayne National Park to help protect bonefish at a recently identified pre-spawning aggregation site. Approved …
At its August meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) proposed a new management framework for commercial and recreational oyster harvest in Apalachicola Bay and updates for rules that will apply statewide. Staff recommend …
At its August meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved proposed rule changes for lane snapper in Florida’s Gulf state waters to be more consistent with current and pending federal regulations. The proposed …
At this week’s Commission meeting in Havana, Commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted to approve amendments to bear hunting rules, which will take effect during the 2025 hunting season. The new rules establish Bear …
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Officer Jacob Wild received the 2025 Shikar-Safari Officer of the Year award at the FWC’s Commission meeting in Havana today. Shikar-Safari Club International is a conservation-based organization that …
At its August meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to expand youth turkey hunts from two consecutive days (Saturday and Sunday) to four (Friday through Monday) on 104 wildlife management areas. This change …
At its August meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to the boundary coordinates for seven Coral Formation Protection Zones within John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo. The revised coordinates …
Today, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced a temporary closure of recreational bay scallop harvest in the Pasco Zone. This area includes all state waters south of the Hernando-Pasco county line and north of the Anclote Key …
Photos available Video available Florida Keys Lobster Info: KeysLobsterSeason.com The 2025 spiny lobster season opens with the 2-day recreational sport season July 30 and 31, followed by the regular commercial and recreational lobster season, which starts …
Recreational and commercial blue crab traps may be placed back in the coastal waters of Hernando through Wakulla counties starting July 26. The blue crab trap closure included state waters within 3 nautical miles from shore within Wakulla, Jefferson, …
The 2025 recreational gag grouper season for Gulf state waters will be open Sept. 1-14 and will close at 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 15. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) issued an executive order to modify the recreational season of gag …
Recreational and commercial blue crab traps must be removed from the coastal waters of Hernando through Wakulla counties, including all waters of the Ochlockonee River and Ochlockonee Bay, before July 20, the first day of a 10-day trap closure. These …
