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Free Women’s Saltwater Fishing Clinic coming up in St. Augustine! The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting a Women’s Saltwater Fishing Clinic in St. Augustine on Dec. 3. The free, day-long clinic is from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Anastasia State Park, 1340-A A1A South, St. Augustine. Advance registration is […]

Photos available on FWC’s Flickr site: Go to: flickr.com/photos/myfwcmedia/albums/72157639560266805 Learn about landowner-led prescribed burn associations at FWC workshops The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Landowner Assistance Program is holding two December workshops in north Florida on how private landowners can work together on conducting prescribed burns on their properties. Starting a landowner-led “prescribed […]

Gulf gray triggerfish 2017 recreational season conservation measure approved The gray triggerfish recreational season will remain closed Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2017, in Gulf state waters in response to an announcement that the 2016 federal gray triggerfish quota was exceeded and that federal waters will be closed through Dec. 31, 2017. The Florida Fish […]

FWC crowns Lionfish King; celebrates removal of more than 111,000 lionfish Shortly after announcing the removal of more than 100,000 lionfish from Florida waters, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), at the Nov. 17 meeting in St. Petersburg, presented a custom-made, mounted metal lionfish trophy to the FWC’s first-ever Lionfish King, David Garrett. […]

FWC sets new barracuda size limits for south Florida At its November meeting in St. Petersburg, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) set new barracuda size limits. These changes will apply in state and federal waters off Collier, Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties only and include: Creating a recreational and […]