Researchers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute are asking for help from anglers, spearfishers, and charter captains to capture information about the Atlantic red snapper fishery. Read More …
The recreational harvest of greater amberjack and gray triggerfish will reopen in Gulf state and federal waters Aug. 1. Read More …
Five new Florida Saltwater Fishing Records were approved in the past year, including an 826-pound, 8-ounce bluefin tuna caught by Rick Whitley off Destin, along with Capt. Joey Birbeck and mates, Dennis Bennett and Josh Goodson, of the vessel “You Never Know.” Read More …
Twenty federally threatened eastern indigo snakes have just been released in northern Florida at The Nature Conservancy’s Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve (ABRP) as part of a collaborative endeavor to return the native, nonvenomous apex predator to the region. Read More …
A 10-year plan for the L. Kirk Edwards Wildlife and Environmental Area will be presented at a public hearing in Leon County on Thursday, July 26. Read More …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is hosting a Women’s Saltwater Fishing Clinic on July 28 and an Adult Saltwater Fishing Clinic on July 29, both in Panama City Beach. Read More …
If you haven’t made it out yet, the red snapper season for recreational anglers fishing from private vessels and for charter captains who do not have a federal reef fish permit is open through July 20, closing July 21. Read More …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering free hunter safety internet-completion courses in three counties in July. Read More …
Florida’s waters and beaches are not only popular with people, but are also key habitats for manatees and sea turtles. Read More …
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) 2017 Landowner of the Year Award winner, Cal Cooksey, annually plants dove fields on his family’s Gadsden County property, and for the past few years has hosted youth dove hunts through the Youth Hunting Program of Florida. Read More …