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• ICYMI: Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Record 126-Day Gulf Red Snapper Recreational Season for 2025

  Monday, April 28, 2025 -  The expanded season includes additional summer and fall fishing days from 2024, offering anglers more opportunities to fish over major holidays such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving.  

• FWC to host in-person and virtual public workshops on commercial and recreational oyster harvest 

  Friday, April 11, 2025 -  Topics for discussion include changes to licensing requirements for fishery participants, bag limits, seasons, tolerances for undersize attached and unattached oysters, enforcement of undersize oysters in a certified oyster house, and modifying how harvest units are measured. 

• FWC announces winners of 2025 Florida State Fish Art Contest

  Monday, April 7, 2025 - 

• Fourth application period for FWC’s Atlantic Red Snapper Exempted Fishing Permits Project opens April 4

  Friday, April 4, 2025 -  To learn more about the EFP Project, visit MyFWC.com/AtlanticEFP.

• Permit spawning season closure inside the Special Permit Zone starts April 1 

  Friday, March 28, 2025 -  Permit will reopen inside the Special Permit Zone on Aug. 1.

• Spiny lobster season closes April 1 

  Thursday, March 27, 2025 -  Will reopen Aug. 6.

• Recreational harvest of Atlantic greater amberjack closes April 1 

  Wednesday, March 26, 2025 -  This is an annual spawning season closure to protect greater amberjack during spawning activities.

• FWC: Splash into license-free freshwater fishing weekend!

  Wednesday, March 12, 2025 -  This spring's license-free fishing weekend is on April 5 and 6 and invites residents and visitors to explore the many recreational freshwater fishing opportunities Florida has to offer.

• FWC invites public to attend 30th Annual Tenoroc Youth Fishing Derby

  Thursday, March 6, 2025 -  There will be a casting contest, exhibitors and other outdoor activities for youth participants.

• ICYMI: Coastal Conservation Association Florida and The Duke Energy Mariculture Center Release 50,000 Redfish In Biscayne Bay

  Thursday, March 6, 2025 -  CCA Florida and its partners have taken a proactive approach to habitat restoration, water quality initiatives, fisheries management and restocking efforts for one of Florida’s most sought-after inshore fish, the redfish.