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• Recreational harvest of red porgy closes in Atlantic state and federal waters on July 1

  Friday, June 30, 2023 -  Will remain closed through April 30, 2024.

• Bay scallop season opens July 1 in Franklin-Jefferson, NW Taylor and Levy-Hernando counties

  Wednesday, June 28, 2023 -  The 2023 recreational bay scallop season for Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, a portion of northwest Taylor, Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties opens July 1 and will remain open through Sept. 24.

• FWC announces winner of the School Fishing Club Conservation Project Competition

  Wednesday, June 14, 2023 -  The FWC School Fishing Club Program congratulates the Chambers High School fishing team as the Grand Prize winners of FWC’s School Fishing Conservation Project Competition.

• Bay scallop season opens June 15 in the Fenholloway and Suwannee River Zone

  Monday, June 12, 2023 -  This zone will remain open through Labor Day (Sept. 4) and includes all state waters in Dixie County, a portion of Taylor County, the towns of Keaton Beach and Steinhatchee and a small portion of Levy County.

• Reel in some Florida fun on license-free fishing weekends in June

  Thursday, June 1, 2023 -  The FWC invites Florida residents and visitors to go fishing during two license-free weekends: June 3-4 for saltwater and June 10-11 for freshwater.

• Recreational harvest of gray triggerfish closes in Gulf state waters on June 1

  Friday, May 26, 2023 -  Seasonal harvest closures help conserve Florida’s valuable gray triggerfish populations and improve these fisheries for the future.

• Recreational harvest of snook in Atlantic state and federal waters closes June 1

  Friday, May 26, 2023 -  This seasonal harvest closure occurs during peak snook spawning in the Atlantic and is a management tool that helps to conserve Florida’s prized snook populations for anglers today and for generations to come.

• Shoal bass conservation update: Another successful release of hatchery-raised stock

  Monday, May 22, 2023 -  Freshwater fisheries biologists and managers from the FWC successfully released 7,800 hatchery-raised shoal bass fingerlings (young fish) into the Chipola River on May 12.

• FWC seeks public input on Skyway Pier fishing regulations at May 25 virtual workshop

  Monday, May 22, 2023 -  The virtual workshop will start at 5:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 25.

• FWC announces 2023 Lionfish Challenge presented by Zookeeper

  Thursday, May 18, 2023 -  The Lionfish Challenge is a free summer-long lionfish tournament open to recreational and commercial competitors of all ages around the state of Florida.