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Lionfish Challenge 2021

Lionfish Challenge

Goal

  • To encourage and reward recreational and commercial divers to remove lionfish from Florida waters.

Timeline 

  • May 21, 2021 through Labor Day, Sept. 6, 2021

Overview

  • Statewide program
  • Recreational and commercial participant categories
  • Checkpoints located statewide for harvest submission
  • Tiered prize system to encourage continued harvest
  • Monthly Mini-Challenges

How to Qualify

  • All participants required to register at ReefRangers.com
  • Harvest 25 or more lionfish

Recreational Category

  • Harvest 25 or more lionfish
  • Submit tails to checkpoint (listed online)
    • Place tails in a plastic sandwich bag(s): include harvester name, phone number, date of harvest, and number of tails.
    • Complete the 2021 FWC Lionfish Challenge Submission Form and have Checkpoints stamp for verification. Checkpoints will retain bags for verification by FWC staff.
    • Participant will send a copy of the 2021 FWC Lionfish Challenge Tail Submission Form to ReefRangers.com.

Commercial Category

  • Participants with active Saltwater Products License and lionfish sales within the last year will automatically be included in this category.
  • Submit photo of trip tickets at ReefRangers.com
  • Trip ticket requirement: Harvester name, date of harvest, amount harvested (lbs.), and signature

 Rewards

  • All participants with submissions of 25 lionfish/lbs. receive:
    • Commemorative coin
      • Resource-based incentive: 2021 coin is valid for 1 spiny lobster per person per day in addition to the daily bag limit during the 2021 sport season (July 28-29)
    • 2021 Lionfish Challenge long-sleeved performance fishing shirt
    • Entry Monthly raffle
    • Feature in FWC Lionfish Hall of Fame at ReefRangers.com
  • Tiers
    • 25 lionfish (25 lbs)
    • 100 lionfish (200 lbs)
    • 300 lionfish (600 lbs)
    • 600 lionfish (1,200 lbs)
  • Prizes TBD
  • Raffle Drawings
    • Harvesters in the Recreational and Commercial Category are eligible.
      • Recreational harvesters that submit 25 lionfish and commercial harvesters that submit 25 lbs. of lionfish will receive one entry into the raffle. Additional submissions do not increase raffle entries.
      • Harvesters can only win one raffle prize during the 2021 Lionfish Challenge.
    • Raffle drawing dates:
      • June 2nd- 2 winners
      • July 7th – 4 winners
      • August 4th – 4 winners
      • September 1st – 2 winners

 

Registration Form

All participants must register for the 2021 Lionfish Challenge prior to submitting lionfish to the program. The 2021 registration form is now available at FWCReefRangers.com.

And please remember to Stash the Trash!

 

 

 

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