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Media contact: Wendy Dial, 850-519-4301 FWC implements special-events license exemptionfor disabled vets, military personnel      The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Thursday, Sept. 5, implemented a new recreational hunting and fishing license exemption for disabled veterans, active and reserve duty military personnel, immediate family members of these veterans and military personnel and assistants during […]

Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943   FWC takes action on snapper, grouper The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) today approved an Oct. 1-21 supplemental recreational red snapper season in Gulf state waters for 2013 and eliminated a Feb. 1 – March 31 closure affecting several species of grouper in Gulf of Mexico state waters […]

Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Tarpon statewide snagging definition, gear rules in Boca Grande Pass to change The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), at its Sept. 5 meeting in Pensacola, approved a two-part proposal that adds language to the current statewide snagging definition for tarpon and modifies what types of gear can be […]

For immediate release: September 5, 2013 It’s not too late to hunt Nassau WMA Hunters looking for a place to hunt this fall still have a chance to get a recreational use permit (RUP) for the Nassau Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in Nassau County during the upcoming hunting season. Nassau WMA is 8,155 acres near […]