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Statewide Alligator Harvest Program

Report Your Harvest and Return Unused CITES Tags

For each alligator harvested, you must submit a completed alligator harvest report form to the FWC. The best way to do this, or to check on the status of your tags, is by using our online CITES Tag Reporting System. To access your records, you will need your FWC Customer ID number and date of birth. Your ID number is printed on the upper left side of your Alligator Trapping License and also is found on hunting and fishing licenses.

If you have unused CITES tags to return, they must be mailed to the address below. Please be sure to return unused CITES tags in a padded or cardboard envelope to prevent loss during shipping. In addition, please consider using a tracking mail service when returning unused CITES tags. We do not have online reporting for unused CITES tags – unused tags must be returned to the FWC.

FWC Alligator Management Program
1239 S.W. 10th Street
Ocala, FL 34471

Get Ready for Alligator Season

Alligator trapping license/harvest permit holders can get ready to take part in Florida's alligator harvest by checking out the Guide to Alligator Hunting in Florida and Alligator Harvest Training and Orientation video course.

If you're hunting a stormwater treatment area (STA), please review this important STA information before you go.

Plus, see the links below for alligator harvest unit maps and lists of guides and outfitters, meat processors and hide buyers, equipment vendors, public boat ramps and more.

Alligator Harvest Unit Maps

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Tools and Resources

Alligator Harvest Training and Orientation Video

NEW! Take the FREE Alligator Harvest Training and Orientation video course to learn about rules and regulations, equipment and methods, safety, processing tips, and more.

About the Program

Swimming alligator

Since 1988, Florida's statewide alligator harvest has been nationally and internationally recognized as a model program for the sustainable use of a natural resource. Each year, alligator management units are established with appropriate harvest quotas to provide recreational opportunities for Floridians and non-residents who are at least 18 years old to take up to 2 alligators per permit. Applicants who are awarded a permit must pay for two CITES tags and an Alligator Trapping License, or provide proof of possession of an Alligator Trapping License valid through the end of the alligator harvest season. A Florida hunting license is not required to participate in the statewide alligator hunt.

Program Information and Resources

Important update! The 2015 revision of Florida Statute 379.3751 provides for exemptions for Alligator Trapping Agent's licenses for persons under the age of 16 and fee exemptions for those with a valid FWC Resident Disability License; those with a disability license will still need to apply for a no-cost agent's license. These exemptions do not include senior citizens. Alligator Trapping Agent’s licenses ($52) may be purchased at any county tax collector's office, sub-agent location (authorized sporting goods store or other retailer selling hunting or fishing licenses), via GoOutdoorsFlorida.com, or by calling 1-888-347-4356. Upon purchase these licenses can be used immediately. Anyone with an Alligator Trapping Agent’s license can help any licensed and permitted alligator trapper. Agents may only take alligators in the presence of a permitted alligator trapper.

Florida Alligator Hunting Survey Reports

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Information for County-wide Alligator Harvest Permit holders

Information about specific Alligator Harvest Units

Alligator Management Program

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

FWC Alligator Research Publications