Florida Freshwater Fisheries Management Offices

The Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management (DFFM) was created on 1 July 2004 from what was previously the Division of Freshwater Fisheries. The 2004 restructure separated management from research and specific habitat or species conservation efforts. The DFFM is headquartered in the Bryant Building at 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, Florida. Staff is located in Tallahassee, in five regional offices and two hatcheries and several field offices.

This site provides contact information for each office, along with a summary of the office personnel's areas of responsibility. There is also an interactive map to help you get to any of these facilities, and in many cases the office has its own newsletter, brochures or announcements of local activities linked from these pages. Although still interacting routinely with DFFM, several of these offices and projects have been reassigned to other organizational units the parentheses after the title represents the unit.

Our Agency Organizational Chart (PDF) shows you where the Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management fits within the agency's overall mission, and our Division of Freshwater Fisheries Organizational Chart provides more details about the internal DFFM structure.

Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management Headquarters (DFFM) 620 South Meridian Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1600 Phone: 850/488-0331 Fax: 850/413-0381 Manager: Mr. Darrell Scovell Director Email: fisherieswebmaster@MyFWC.com	The Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management's headquarters office consists of the director and his staff. The Division has two section--Fisheries Management (chiefly regional fisheries and community based fishing) and hatcheries, plus a special projects team. Click for more details about the Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management Headquarters
SouthWest Region Headquarters (DFFM) 3900 Drane Field Road Lakeland, FL 33811-1207 Phone: 863/648-3200 Fax: 863/701-1248 Manager: Mr. Tom Champeau Email: tom.champeau@MyFWC.com	The Regional Office is responsible for general fisheries management in their designated counties (See map for counties, clicking on a region will display the list of Fish Management Areas). Personnel have a general knowledge of all fisheries in the region with more specific management responsibilities for Fish Management Areas in their region. In addition, the Tampa Urban Pond Program, an Aquatic Plant Team and Aquatic Education Project leader are housed here. The Lake Restoration Project leader works out of his home but can be accessed through this site. Click for more details about the SouthWest Region Freshwater Fisheries Programs
Tenoroc Fisheries Office (DFFM) 3829 Tenoroc Mine Road Lakeland, FL 33805 Phone: 863-648-3200 Fax: 863/499-2692 Manager: Mr. Danon Moxley Email: danon.moxley@MyFWC.com	Tenoroc is a 7,300-acre Fisheries Management Area and special aquatic education facility. Click for more details about the Tenoroc Fisheries Office To see Tenoroc's own home page, click here.
NorthCentral Region Headquarters (DFFM) 3377 E. US Highway 90, Lake City, FL 32055 Phone: 386/758-0525 Fax: 386/758-0533 Manager: Mr. Allen Martin Email: allen.martin @MyFWC.com	The Regional Office is responsible for general fisheries management in their designated counties (See map for counties, clicking on a region will display the list of Fish Management Areas). Personnel have a general knowledge of all fisheries in the region with more specific management responsibilities for Fish Management Areas in their region. The Jacksonville Urban Pond Project can also be accessed through this page. Click for more details about the North Central Region Headquarters
Gainesville Field Office (FWRI) 7922 NW 71st Street Gainesville, FL 32606 Phone: 352/392-9617 Fax: 352/392-3462 Manager: Gary Warren Email: gary.warren@MyFWC.com	The Gainesville Office is collocated with the IFAS Aquatic Plant Facility, the University of Florida, School of Aquaculture and Fisheries field office, and the US Fish and Wildlife Service Caribbean Research Station. It is now affiliated with the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute rather than the Division of Freshwater Fisheries Management Click for more details about the Gainesville Field Office
Northwest Region Headquarters (DFFM) 3911 Highway 2321 Panama City, FL 32409-1676 Phone: 850/265-3676 Fax: 850/747-5690 Manager: Mr. Fred Cross Email: fred.cross@MyFWC.com	The Regional Office is responsible for general fisheries management in their designated counties (See map for counties, clicking on a region will display the list of Fish Management Areas). Personnel have a general knowledge of all fisheries in the region with more specific management responsibilities for Fish Management Areas in their region. Click for more details about the Northwest Region Headquarters
Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center (DFFM) 8384 Fish Hatchery Road Holt, FL 32564 Phone: 850/265-3676 Fax: 850/957-6176 Manager: Dave Yeager Email: David.Yeager@MyFWC.com	Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center includes both a fish production facility which stocks sport fish into public waters, such as rivers and lakes, and a research staff which evaluates the success of fish stockings and conducts ecological and fisheries studies in rivers. Click for more details about the Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center
Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center (DFFM) 5300 High Bridge Road Quincy, FL 32351 Phone: (850) 265-3676 Fax: 850/875-4897 Manager: Rae Waddell Email: rae.waddell@MyFWC.com	The Joe Budd Field office located at the old Little River Ranch houses the management team for Ochlockonee River, and lakes Talquin, Miccosukee, Iammonia, Jackson and others. Click for more details about the Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center
Midway Field Office (FWRI/H&S) PO Box 59 Midway, FL 32343 Phone: (850) 265-3676 Fax: 850/488-6127 Manager: Charlie Mesing Email: charles.mesing@MyFWC.com	Midway is the site of our Apalachicola Research team that also is the focal point for striped bass and sunshine bass research and management statewide. The Joe Budd Aquatic Education Center is also housed here and has a managed pond and trails to provide aquatic education and fishing programs for school children and other special groups. Click for more details about the Midway Field Office
South Region Headquarters (DFFM) 8535 Northlake Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33412 Phone: 561/625-5122 Fax: 561/625-5129 Manager: Mr. Barron Moody Email: Barron.Moody @MyFWC.com	The Regional Office is responsible for general fisheries management in their designated counties (See map for counties, clicking on a region will display the list of Fish Management Areas). Personnel have a general knowledge of all fisheries in the region with more specific management responsibilities for Fish Management Areas in their region. The site also houses the Miami-Dade Urban Fisheries Project and covers the Everglades and Water-Conservation-Area fisheries management efforts. Our freshwater fisheries education program is also in this region. Click for more details about the South Region Headquarters
Okeechobee Field Station (H&S) 3991 SE 27th Court Okeechobee, FL 34974 Phone: 863/462-5190 Fax: 863/462-5194 Manager: Mr. Don Fox Email: Donald.Fox@MyFWC.com	The Okeechobee Field Office has responsibility for Florida's premier fishery--the 448,000 acres (700 square miles), including tournaments and commercial aspects. Click for more details about the Okeechobee Field Station
Non-Native Fisheries Laboratory (H&S) 801 NW 40th Street Boca Raton, FL 33431 Phone: 561/391-6409 Fax: 561/391-6619 Manager: Mr. Paul Shafland Email: paul.shafland@MyFWC.com	The Non-Native Fish Research Lab is responsible for the peacock bass fishery in south Florida and conducts research on the impacts of non-native fishes such as tilapia, Mayan cichlids, walking catfish and rice eels on Florida's ecosystems. Click for more details about the Non-Native Fisheries Laboratory
NorthEast Region Headquarters (DFFM) 1239 S.W. 10th Street Ocala, FL 34474-2797 Phone: 352/732-1225 Fax: 352/732-1391 Manager: Mr. Marty Hale Email: Marty.Hale @MyFWC.com	The Regional Office is responsible for general fisheries management in their designated counties (See map for counties, clicking on a region will display the list of Fish Management Areas). Personnel have a general knowledge of all fisheries in the region with more specific management responsibilities for Fish Management Areas in their region. Click for more details about the NorthEast Region Headquarters
East Coast Freshwater Fisheries Office (FWRI) 2595 McGraw Ave. Melbourne, FL 32934 Phone: 321/752-3115 Fax: 321/752-3119 Manager: Mr. Bob Eisenhauer Email: bob.eisenhauer@MyFWC.com	This field office is responsible for management of the Upper St. Johns River, and development and management of the fisheries in the SJRWMD-owned reservoirs, such as Farm 13/Stick Marsh, Ansin-Garcia, Kenansville Lake and Three Forks Marsh, and liaison with SJRWMD. Click for more details about the East Coast Freshwater Fisheries Office
Florida Bass Conservation Center (at Richloam) (DFFM) 3583 CR 788 Webster, FL 33597 Phone: 352/732-1225 Fax: 352/583-4854 Manager: Mr. Rick Stout Email: rick.stout@MyFWC.com	The Florida Bass Conservation Center at the site of the old Richloam Hatchery is the major freshwater fish production hatchery in the state supplying fish such as largemouth bass, crappie, catfish, bream, triploid grass carp, striped bass and sunshine bass. Research on aquaculture methods is also carried out here. Click for more details about the FBCC
St. Johns River Fisheries Office (FWRI) 5450 U.S. Highway 17 DeLeon Springs, FL 32130 Phone: 352-732-1225 Fax: 386/985-7884 Manager: Mr. Jay Holder Email: jay.holder@MyFWC.com	The Lower St. Johns River is managed from this office. Click for more details about the St. Johns River Fisheries Office
Eustis Fisheries Lab (DFFM/FWRI/H&S) 601 West Woodward Ave. Eustis, FL 32726 Phone: 352/742-6438 Fax: 352/742-6461 Manager: Mr. Bill Coleman Email: william.coleman@MyFWC.com	The Eustis Fisheries Research Laboratory is our largest field complex. It includes individuals working specifically on Bass, Bream and Catfish management, aquatic plant management, the lakes of the Ocklawaha River basin, fisheries data base management, aquatic chemistry, mercury analysis and commercial fisheries. Click for more details about the Eustis Fisheries Lab
Kissimmee Fisheries Field Office (H&S) 1601 Scottys Road Kissimmee, FL 34744 Phone: 407/846-5300 Fax: 407/846-5310 Manager: Mr. Tim Coughlin Email: Tim.Coughlin@MyFWC.com	The Kissimmee Field office covers the entire Kissimmee chain-of-lakes, including Tohopekaliga, East Toho and Lake Jackson. Click for more details about the Kissimmee Fisheries Field Office
Fish Orlando! Office (DFFM) 1601 Scottys Road Kissimmee, FL 34744 Phone: 407/846-5300 Fax: 407/846-5310 Manager: Mr. Jim Sweatman Email: FishOrlando@MyFWC.com	Click for more details about the Orlando Fisheries Office FISH ORLANDO! Home Page

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