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• Fishing for reef fish? FWC encourages best fishing practices; approves new hook regulations

  Thursday, October 8, 2020 -  Starting Jan. 1, 2021, anglers using hook-and-line with natural baits to target reef fish like snapper or grouper from a vessel in Atlantic state waters will be required to use non-stainless-steel, non-offset circle hooks north of 28 degrees north latitude (near Melbourne) and non-stainless-steel hooks south of 28 degrees north latitude.

• FWC approves draft proposal for flounder; final consideration slated for December

  Wednesday, October 7, 2020 -  A recent stock status update suggested that the flounder fishery statewide has been in a general declining trend in recent years and is likely overfished and undergoing overfishing on the Atlantic coast of Florida.

• FWC approves changes to blueline tilefish recreational harvest in Atlantic state waters

  Wednesday, October 7, 2020 -  These new regulations are consistent with those in Atlantic federal waters and could help prevent both recreational quota overages and overfishing.

• Stone crab season starts Oct. 15 with regulation changes in place

  Monday, October 5, 2020 -  Stone crab regulations are the same in state and federal waters.

• FWC announces fall recreational red snapper season in Gulf

  Wednesday, September 30, 2020 -  Fall red snapper season for private recreational anglers and state for-hire operations in the Gulf of Mexico to open on the following Saturdays and Sundays: Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25, 31 and Nov. 1.

• Bay scallop season to close Sept. 25 in several areas

  Tuesday, September 15, 2020 -  Once these areas close, scallop harvest will not reopen until the 2021 season, the dates of which are noted below.

• Labor Day last day to harvest bay scallops in Dixie County and a portion of Taylor County

  Friday, September 4, 2020 -  This includes all state waters from the Suwannee River to the Fenholloway River and includes the towns of Keaton Beach and Steinhatchee.

• Fish Rules App now expanded to include freshwater regulations

  Wednesday, September 2, 2020 -  The FWC encourages anglers to use the app whenever they are fishing to stay up to date on fishing regulations as well as help them identify their catch.

• Gray triggerfish reopens Sept. 1 in Gulf state and federal waters

  Friday, August 28, 2020 -  The recreational gray triggerfish season reopens to harvest in Gulf state and federal waters Sept. 1 and will remain open through Oct. 25, closing to harvest Oct. 26, 2020.

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

  Wednesday, August 19, 2020 -  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.