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• Florida Friendly Angler course is now live!

  Wednesday, May 25, 2022 -  This free online course is for both new and experienced anglers looking to educate themselves on fisheries management and up their fishing game by learning skills and practices that help ensure fishing opportunities for the future.

• FWC statewide redfish workshops start next week

  Tuesday, May 24, 2022 -  The FWC is holding a series of public workshops to gather public input on proposed rules for redfish that include nine new management regions and modified recreational bag, vessel, and off-the-water transport limits.

• FWC: First pink-tagged bass caught! 9 more are swimming, worth big prizes!

  Tuesday, May 24, 2022 -  On May 22, Florida angler, Dale Dew, caught the first pink-tagged bass of the FWC's TrophyCatch 10-Tag Celebration.

• FWC hosts public meeting on research of striped bass on lower Ochlockonee River

  Monday, May 23, 2022 -  The in-person meeting will be held on Thursday, May 26 at 7 p.m. ET at the Joe Budd Wildlife Field Office.

• FWC announces winner of High School Fishing Conservation Project Competition

  Friday, May 20, 2022 -  The FWC's High School Fishing Program congratulates Punta Gorda Middle School fishing team as the Grand Prize winners of the FWC’s High School Fishing Conservation Project Competition.

• Atlantic snook to close in state and federal waters

  Friday, May 20, 2022 -  The recreational harvest of snook in Atlantic state and federal waters has a regular season closure that starts June 1.

• FWC announces 2022 Lionfish Challenge

  Thursday, May 19, 2022 -  The 2022 Lionfish Challenge tournament kicks off May 20 and ends Sept. 6.

• Commercial fishing captain pays $22,300 to settle federal fisheries case with NOAA

  Tuesday, May 17, 2022 -  Darrell York of the commercial fishing vessel, Watch Out, agreed to pay $22,300 restitution for resource-related crimes dating back to 2015.

• FWC reaches major milestone with release of genetically pure hatchery-raised shoal bass

  Monday, May 16, 2022 -  The FWC successfully released 3,300 hatchery-raised shoal bass fingerlings (young fish) into the Chipola River in May.

• Extension of snook, redfish and spotted seatrout regulations in SW Florida through August 31

  Friday, May 13, 2022 -  The catch-and-release measures for snook, redfish and spotted seatrout in all waters from Sarasota Bay through Gordon Pass in Collier County were put in place as part of the response to the prolonged 2017-2019 red tide event.