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• Temporary closure of Pasco Zone for 2025 regional bay scallop season

  Wednesday, August 6, 2025 -  This area includes all state waters south of the Hernando-Pasco county line and north of the Anclote Key Lighthouse in northern Pinellas County, encompassing the Anclote River.

• Applications for Year 2 of FWC’s Atlantic Red Snapper Exempted Fishing Permits Project opens Aug. 1!

  Friday, August 1, 2025 -  EFPs are permits that allow harvesting for specific purposes that are otherwise prohibited under current federal regulations.

• Recreational harvest of Gulf gray triggerfish opens Aug. 1

  Wednesday, July 30, 2025 -  If you plan to fish for gray triggerfish or other specific reef fish species in Gulf state or federal waters from a private recreational vessel, you must sign up for the State Reef Fish Angler Designation

• FWC to meet Aug. 13-14 in Havana

  Wednesday, July 30, 2025 -  The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. EDT each day and is open to the public.

• Florida spiny lobster seasons start soon! 

  Friday, July 25, 2025 -  The 2025 spiny lobster season opens with the 2-day recreational sport season July 30 and 31, followed by the regular commercial and recreational lobster season, Aug. 6-March 31. 

• FWC conducts Lake Okeechobee invasive plant management starting July 28 

  Friday, July 25, 2025 -  A total of 2,500 acres of torpedograss, a Category 1 invasive species, will be managed.

• Blue crab trap closure ending early for Wakulla through Hernando counties on July 26 

  Wednesday, July 23, 2025 -  The blue crab trap closure included state waters within 3 nautical miles from shore within Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties, including all waters of the Ochlockonee River and Ochlockonee Bay.

• FWC to host Bowhunting Wildlife Workshop on Aug. 17

  Monday, July 21, 2025 -  The FWC is partnering with the Easton-Newberry Archery Center to host a Bowhunting Wildlife Workshop in Alachua County.

• 2025 recreational gag grouper season open Sept 1-14 in Gulf state waters

  Monday, July 21, 2025 -  The FWC issued an executive order to modify the recreational season of gag grouper in Gulf state waters, excluding all state waters off Monroe County.

• Blue crab trap closure for Hernando through Wakulla counties starts July 20

  Wednesday, July 16, 2025 -  This closure will allow groups authorized by the FWC to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water.