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Stone crab season closes May 16
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - Stone crab season will reopen on Oct. 15. This five-month closure occurs each year during the peak spawning season to help conserve Florida’s valuable stone crab resource. -
It’s Lionfish time!!! Festivals, tournaments, tastings and challenges
Monday, May 13, 2019 - Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day (the first Saturday after Mother’s Day each year) raises awareness about lionfish; a nonnative, invasive species that has the potential to negatively impact native species and habitat. -
FWC’s High School Fishing Program congratulates St. Cloud High School as winner of Costa Kick Plastic Conservation Project Competition
Friday, May 10, 2019 - The student angler participants completed 10 conservation projects, including waterway clean-ups, created their own campaign to reduce the use of single-use water bottles on their school campus, and collected used soft plastic baits to melt down and create new baits. -
TrophyCatch celebrates second-heaviest bass in the program, caught on Orange Lake
Friday, May 10, 2019 - A 15 pound, 13 ounce Hall of Fame largemouth bass was caught and released in Orange Lake by Brian Hammett. -
Prescribed burn planned on Lake Okeechobee
Friday, May 3, 2019 - The FWC plans to conduct a prescribed burn on Lake Okeechobee near Lakeport on May 6. This is a follow-up to the Northwest Marsh burn conducted in early March. -
FWC extends red tide fisheries conservation measures in SW Florida
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - The extension for red drum, snook and spotted seatrout will go into effect May 11 and will apply from the Pasco-Hernando county line south (including all waters of Tampa Bay) through Gordon Pass in Collier County. -
FWC sets scallop seasons for 2020 and beyond; allows transit through closed areas beginning in 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - This season structure allows FWC to balance stakeholder desires and community needs with the sustainability of local scallop populations. -
FWC approves changes to commercial Spanish mackerel fishery in Atlantic waters
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - These changes will reduce confusion and concern about the fishery by aligning some regulations in state and federal waters while continuing to provide opportunities in state waters when federal waters are closed. -
FWC approves several changes to reef fish regulations
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - Starting July 1, 2019 these changes will take effect. -
Commissioners approve development of FWC R3 Fishing Grant Program
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - The FWC is striving to increase participation in freshwater and saltwater fishing through an effort known as R3 (Recruitment, Retention and Reactivation).