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• Celebrate TrophyCatch’s 10th season with 10 tags & thousands of dollars in prizes!

  Friday, March 4, 2022 -  FWC biologists tagged and released 10 largemouth bass with bright pink tags in 10 different locations across the state. If caught, one tag could be worth thousands of dollars in prizes!

• Commission approves FWC’s proposed rule changes for statewide alligator harvest program

  Thursday, March 3, 2022 -  The proposed improvements would allow program participants an additional 7 hours a day of hunting opportunity and add airbows with a tethered arrow as a legal method of take.

• FWC approves limited recreational harvest of goliath grouper in state waters

  Thursday, March 3, 2022 -  This unique recreational opportunity is possible through conservation efforts by state and federal agencies that aided in the goliath grouper population rebuilding over the course of three decades, following years of overfishing

• FWC approves dolphinfish rule changes for Atlantic state waters

  Thursday, March 3, 2022 -  For current recreational dolphinfish regulations, visit MyFWC.com/Marine and click on “Recreational Regulations” and “Dolphinfish.” This page will be updated with the new regulations when they take effect.

• FWC approves changes to shrimp regulations

  Wednesday, March 2, 2022 -  These changes are the final phase of a long-term effort to update shrimp regulations.

• Media Statement: FWC moving forward with proposed rules for nonnative fish and wildlife

  Wednesday, March 2, 2022 -  Staff will collect additional public feedback before bringing final rule language for consideration at a future Commission meeting.

• FWC Commission approves rules to allow the production and sale of largemouth bass

  Wednesday, March 2, 2022 -  Statutory changes made during the 2021 legislative session sanctioned the sale of Florida largemouth bass produced in aquaculture facilities for food.

• Expanded WMA system providing more hunting opportunity

  Wednesday, March 2, 2022 -  Florida’s WMA system has grown by nearly 100,000 acres in the past six years. Our WMA system – at over 6 million acres – is one of the largest in the country.

• Report horseshoe crab sightings to FWC for science

  Monday, February 28, 2022 -  Reporting horseshoe crab sightings provides valuable information about habitat use, population distribution and environmental conditions for nesting to the FWC.

• Help plan the future of the Guana River Wildlife Management Area

  Thursday, February 24, 2022 -  The public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on March 9 at the St. Johns County Commissioner Chambers at 500 San Sebastian View, in St. Augustine.