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• FWC approves guidelines revisions to support burrowing owl conservation

  Wednesday, August 13, 2025 -  The goal of the update is to maximize conservation value of permitting actions, improve regulatory certainty, and streamline the permit review process for stakeholders and FWC staff.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Blue crab trap closure for Broward through Pasco counties starts July 10

  Wednesday, July 9, 2025 -  These closures will allow groups authorized by the FWC to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water.

• Bay scallop season opens July 10 in the Pasco Zone 

  Monday, July 7, 2025 -  Recreational harvesters need a Florida saltwater fishing license to harvest bay scallops unless they are exempt from needing a license or have a no-cost shoreline fishing license and are wading from shore to collect scallops.