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Governor Ron DeSantis Highlights Success of Everglades Python Removal Program
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - Today, PATRIC has already delivered on its Year 2 objectives, a full year and a half ahead of schedule. -
Flounder recreational harvest season closes Oct. 15
Monday, October 13, 2025 - This closed season provides protection to flounder during the time when pre-spawning aggregations form, which ensures more fish can reproduce each year. -
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FWC’s Catch a Florida Memory Announces Season 3’s Triple Threat Throwdown Winner
Thursday, October 9, 2025 - Season 3 culminated in a thrilling grand prize drawing, awarding Catch a Florida Memory angler, Eric Peterson, with a premier Kayak Fishing Bundle valued at over $4,500! -
Reminder: Applications for the limited recreational harvest of goliath grouper in state waters close Oct. 15
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - Permits to participate in this limited-entry harvest will be awarded by a random draw lottery. -
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Stone crab season starts Oct. 15
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - The minimum claw size limit is 2 7/8 inches. -
FWC conducts aquatic plant control on Lake Okeechobee
Thursday, October 2, 2025 - The FWC will treat invasive Luziola subintegra (neotropical water grass) in areas where it exists in dense monocultures to limit ecological damage to the lake’s beneficial native plant communities and to preserve native habitat. -
Applications for limited recreational harvest of goliath grouper in state waters open Oct. 1
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 - Those interested can apply anytime from Oct. 1-15, for the upcoming 2026 season. -
FWC to host an additional in-person workshop for proposed rules on commercial and recreational oyster harvest
Monday, September 29, 2025 - For more information on these workshops, visit our FWC Marine Fisheries Workshops page. -
Gulf recreational greater amberjack season closed Sept. 27
Friday, September 26, 2025 - Harvest will remain closed through Aug. 31, 2026. -
FWC to host in-person workshops on commercial and recreational oyster harvest for proposed rule
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - Topics for the proposed rules include commercial and recreational licensing requirements; setting annual harvest levels and bag limits; harvest seasons; reporting requirements; and authorized landing locations.

