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• 4 Florida counties open April 1 to gag grouper recreational harvest

  Wednesday, March 30, 2022 -  State waters off the coast of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties will open to recreational harvest of gag grouper starting April 1.

• Permit spawning season closure inside the Special Permit Zone starts April 1

  Wednesday, March 30, 2022 -  This closure includes all state and federal waters south of Cape Sable on the Gulf coast, and south of Cape Florida on the Atlantic coast including all of the Florida Keys and Biscayne Bay south of Rickenbacker Causeway.

• Suspect cited for 2,611 pompano over the allowable limit

  Monday, March 14, 2022 -  The FWC has charged a vessel captain with the unlawful use of a monofilament entanglement net (gill net) to take pompano outside of the Pompano Endorsement Zone in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

• FWC officers intercept commercial vessel with more than 11,000 pounds of illegally harvested shrimp

  Friday, March 11, 2022 -  During their inspection, officers discovered more than 11,000 pounds of shrimp, valued at more than $30,000, and several pounds of cobia fillets in the vessel’s freezer. Upon further inspection, officers also discovered turtle-excluder device (TED) violations.

• Coral reef restoration seawater system to aid coral rescue efforts in south Florida

  Friday, March 4, 2022 -  This state-of-the-art seawater system will provide the means to preserve and restore coral colonies to Florida’s coral reef that have been impacted by stony coral tissue loss disease.

• FWC approves limited recreational harvest of goliath grouper in state waters

  Thursday, March 3, 2022 -  This unique recreational opportunity is possible through conservation efforts by state and federal agencies that aided in the goliath grouper population rebuilding over the course of three decades, following years of overfishing

• FWC approves dolphinfish rule changes for Atlantic state waters

  Thursday, March 3, 2022 -  For current recreational dolphinfish regulations, visit MyFWC.com/Marine and click on “Recreational Regulations” and “Dolphinfish.” This page will be updated with the new regulations when they take effect.

• FWC approves changes to shrimp regulations

  Wednesday, March 2, 2022 -  These changes are the final phase of a long-term effort to update shrimp regulations.

• Report horseshoe crab sightings to FWC for science

  Monday, February 28, 2022 -  Reporting horseshoe crab sightings provides valuable information about habitat use, population distribution and environmental conditions for nesting to the FWC.

• March saltwater fishing reopenings in the Gulf

  Wednesday, February 23, 2022 -  Learn more about recreational fishing regulations at MyFWC.com/Marine by clicking on “Recreational Regulations.”