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• Snook season starts Sept. 1

  Friday, August 27, 2021 -  Unique to the region, snook are one of the many reasons Florida is the Fishing Capital of the World.

• Blueline tilefish recreational season closes Sept. 1 in Atlantic state waters 

  Thursday, August 26, 2021 -  This season will reopen May 1, 2022.

• Gag grouper fall season opens Sept. 1 in Gulf 4-county region

  Thursday, August 26, 2021 -  The gag grouper recreational season in Gulf state waters off Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties will open for harvest Sept. 1 through Dec. 31.

• FWC seeking feedback on proposed changes to diamondback terrapin rules

  Tuesday, August 17, 2021 -  FWC staff will hold two public webinars during the public comment period that runs Aug. 16 through Sept. 13, 2021.

• FWC video outlines new rules to keep chronic wasting disease from spreading into Florida

  Thursday, August 12, 2021 -  CWD, which has not been detected in Florida, is a contagious disease of the brain and central nervous system that is always fatal to members of the deer family.

• Bay scallop season opens Aug. 16 in St. Joseph Bay/Gulf County

  Wednesday, August 11, 2021 -  This region includes all state waters from the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the westernmost point of St. Vincent Island in Franklin County.

• Tampa Bay snook, redfish and spotted seatrout catch-and-release measures extended

  Tuesday, August 10, 2021 -  The FWC has extended measures making snook, redfish and spotted seatrout catch-and-release only in Tampa Bay through Oct. 11.

• Recreational and commercial spiny lobster season opens Aug. 6

  Monday, August 2, 2021 -  The 2021 recreational and commercial spiny lobster season starts Aug. 6 and runs through March 31, 2022.

• Last day of recreational red snapper season in Gulf state and federal waters is July 28

  Monday, July 26, 2021 -  If you plan to fish for red snapper in state or federal waters from a private recreational vessel, even if you are exempt from fishing license requirements, you must sign up as a State Reef Fish Angler (annual renewal required).

• Greater amberjack and gray triggerfish reopen to recreational harvest in Gulf waters Aug. 1

  Friday, July 23, 2021 -  Greater amberjack is scheduled to remain open through Oct. 31 in Gulf state and federal waters. Gray triggerfish is scheduled to remain open through Dec. 31 in Gulf state and federal waters but an early quota closure is possible for either species.