Category: FWC

Starting this hunting season, youth may take part in a Youth Waterfowl Hunting Day occurring the Saturday before the start of the first phase of the regular waterfowl season, which is Nov. 16, and another one held the second Saturday after the second phase of the season closes, Feb. 8. Read More …

November is Manatee Awareness Month, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is reminding the public to slow down and look out for these large aquatic mammals. Read More …

Florida’s Zone C general gun deer season begins Saturday, Nov. 2, providing hunters the opportunity to get back to nature. Read More …

To reduce the risk of chronic wasting disease spreading into Florida, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has issued an executive order establishing special regulations related to importing deer carcasses, as directed by the Commission at their October meeting in Cape Canaveral. Read More …

Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced two additional recreational red snapper fishing days for Gulf waters, due to the timing of Tropical Storm Nestor’s impacts to the state. Read More …

The recreational harvest of greater amberjack in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters closes Nov. 1 and will remain closed through April 30, 2020. Read More …

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has charged two suspects for poaching thousands of Florida’s native turtles from the wild and selling them illegally in Florida, with final destinations in international markets. Read More …

Florida’s recreational and commercial stone crab claw harvest season opens Oct. 15 in state and federal waters. Read More …