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• Media Statement: FWC revises permitting guidelines for threatened gopher tortoise

  Thursday, July 23, 2020 -  The revisions include clarifications and updates to data, permitting and mitigation requirements.

• FWC approves Atlantic bluefish changes

  Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -  Changes approved include reducing recreational daily bag limit from 10 to three fish per person along the Atlantic coast from Nassau through Miami-Dade counties.

• FWC approves stone crab regulation changes; effective Oct. 1

  Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -  FWC staff worked with stakeholders on these changes that are intended to increase the stone crab population and build resiliency in the fishery.

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

  Wednesday, July 22, 2020 -  The draft rules discussed by the Commission today, if approved again in October, would temporarily suspend all harvest of wild oysters from the bay and prohibit on-the-water possession of wild oyster harvesting equipment (tongs) through Dec. 31, 2025, or until 300 bags per acre of adult oysters can be found on a significant number of reefs.

• FWC virtual meeting July 22-23 open to the public

  Tuesday, June 30, 2020 -  This meeting is being held using Adobe Connect with a telephone conference line for accepting public comments during the meeting.

• FWC approves State Reef Fish Survey, effective July 1, 2020

  Tuesday, May 26, 2020 -  This program expands the already successful Gulf Reef Fish Survey statewide to the Atlantic coast and Monroe County.

• FWC online meeting May 14 open to the public 

  Monday, April 20, 2020 -  The FWC will meet online May 14 beginning at 9 am using Adobe Connect with a telephone conference line for accepting public comment during the meeting.

• FWC approves 2021 and beyond Gulf County bay scallop season

  Wednesday, February 19, 2020 -  The long-term bay scallop season in Gulf County (including St. Joseph Bay) to open Aug. 16 through Sept. 24 each year beginning in 2021.

• Foundation Awards Exemplary FWC Employees

  Wednesday, February 19, 2020 -  FWC Avian Conservation Coordinator Craig Faulhaber was awarded the 2019 Rodney Barreto FWC Employee of the Year Award. The Foundation also honored recently retired FYCCN Director Rae Waddell with the 2019 Louise Ireland Humphrey Award.

• FWC honors landowner for restoring and conserving 600 acres of private land

  Wednesday, February 19, 2020 -  The FWC honored Bob Jenkins as the 2020 Florida Land Steward Landowner of the Year.