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• FWC approves draft language; directs staff to continue working on diamondback terrapin conservation proposal

  Thursday, December 17, 2020 -  Staff will continue looking into prohibiting the take and possession of diamondback terrapins as well as the use and utility of bycatch reduction devices (BRD) in blue crab traps as one way to minimize the potential of adult terrapins from entering crab traps.

• FWC approves regulation changes for flounder effective March 1

  Wednesday, December 16, 2020 -  A stock status update suggested that the flounder fishery statewide has been in a general declining trend in recent years and is likely overfished and undergoing overfishing on the Atlantic coast of Florida.

• FWC approves measures to support recovery and restoration of oysters in Apalachicola Bay

  Wednesday, December 16, 2020 -  These changes include the temporary suspension of all wild oyster harvest and the prohibition of on-the-water possession of wild oyster harvesting equipment (tongs) from Apalachicola Bay through Dec. 31, 2025.

• FWC virtual meeting Dec. 16-17 open to the public

  Monday, November 30, 2020 -  The meeting will be held virtually due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines using Adobe Connect with a telephone conference line for accepting public comments.

• Fishing for reef fish? FWC encourages best fishing practices; approves new hook regulations

  Thursday, October 8, 2020 -  Starting Jan. 1, 2021, anglers using hook-and-line with natural baits to target reef fish like snapper or grouper from a vessel in Atlantic state waters will be required to use non-stainless-steel, non-offset circle hooks north of 28 degrees north latitude (near Melbourne) and non-stainless-steel hooks south of 28 degrees north latitude.

• FWC approves draft proposal for flounder; final consideration slated for December

  Wednesday, October 7, 2020 -  A recent stock status update suggested that the flounder fishery statewide has been in a general declining trend in recent years and is likely overfished and undergoing overfishing on the Atlantic coast of Florida.

• FWC approves changes to blueline tilefish recreational harvest in Atlantic state waters

  Wednesday, October 7, 2020 -  These new regulations are consistent with those in Atlantic federal waters and could help prevent both recreational quota overages and overfishing.

• FWC virtual meeting Oct. 7-8 open to the public

  Wednesday, September 16, 2020 -  This meeting is being held by communications media technology, specifically using Adobe Connect with a telephone conference line for accepting public comments during the meeting.

• FWC approves draft changes to flounder regulations

  Thursday, July 23, 2020 -  These changes will be brought back to the Commission in October for final consideration.

• Media Statement: FWC approves new guidelines for 7 species

  Thursday, July 23, 2020 -  Staff created new guidelines for the Florida mouse, gopher frog, Suwannee cooter, mangrove rivulus, and Lower Keys populations of red rat snake, striped mud turtle and peninsula ribbonsnake.