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FWC to improve aids to navigation at Suwannee River entrance channels
FWC to improve aids to navigation at Suwannee River entrance channels The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has scheduled improvements to the aids to navigation that mark the Suwannee River entrance channels at Alligator Pass, McGriff Channel/Wadley Pass and Salt Creek. The work includes replacing and relocating several red and green dayboard marine […]
Snook reopens in Gulf state waters March 1
The recreational harvest season for one of Florida’s premier fish ̶ snook ̶ reopens on March 1 in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico state and adjacent federal waters, including Everglades National Park and Monroe County. The season will remain open through April 30. In the Gulf, anglers may keep one snook per day that is not […]
FWC considers modifying red snapper season
For immediate release: Feb. 10, 2016 FWC considers modifying 2016 Gulf recreational red snapper season At its Feb. 10 meeting at the Florida Public Safety Institute near Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a draft rule to modify the 2016 Gulf of Mexico recreational red snapper season. This newly proposed season […]
FWC approves grouper changes
Feb. 10, 2016 FWC approves gag, black grouper size limit; gag season changes At its Feb. 10 meeting at the Florida Public Safety Institute near Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to the gag and black grouper minimum size limit and the gag grouper recreational season in Gulf state waters. […]
Shark Attacks Hit Record High in 2015
*(via the Fishing Wire) International Shark Attack File notes 98 unprovoked shark attacks – including six fatalities – with US, Australia and South Africa witnessing highest numbers Sharks attacked people 98 times in 2015, a spike in unprovoked attacks that set a new record as human populations rise, researchers found in an annual global tally […]