December 15, 2009 – 8:12 am
New rules were approved to enhance the FWC’s policy to protect stressed shark populations in Florida Waters. New rules for sharks establish a 54-inch fork length minimum size limit for all sharks, except Atlantic sharpnose, blacknose, bonnethead, finetooth and blacktip sharks and smooth dogfish. The rules prohibit the removal of shark heads and tails at sea [...]
December 13, 2009 – 7:31 pm
A Longwood resident sustained minor injuries Thursday night when an animal struck his face and knocked him to the ground. Ernest D. Stamm, 49, a resident of The Springs, was apparently struck by a bear as Stamm was leaving his house at approximately 8 p.m., according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials. The [...]
November 20, 2009 – 5:33 pm
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is investigating the shooting of a female black bear in a Ft. Walton Beach neighborhood Thursday night.
       Capt. Leroy Alderson, who heads the FWC’s Investigation Section, said David Jonathan Jay, who lives at 910 Woodbriar Court, called the FWC and said he shot the bear. Responding officers [...]
October 2, 2009 – 6:25 am
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety course in Okaloosa County.
The course will be at the Okaloosa County Extension Office, 127 W. Hollywood Blvd. in Fort Walton Beach. Instruction will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 12, 13, 14 and 16; the range portion of the [...]
September 2, 2009 – 1:00 pm
For immediate release: September 1, 2009
Contact: Cory Morea, 850-410-0656, ext. 17256
North Florida deer hunters are encouraged to attend a public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 15 at the Antique Car Museum in Tallahassee to share their thoughts about possible changes to the state’s deer hunting zones and seasons. The museum is at 6800 [...]
September 2, 2009 – 8:05 am
As of Aug. 27, game farms in Florida can be as large as 2,000 acres. This increase, from 640 acres, and other changes to the rules regulating game-farm operation, received final approval from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in June. They are now part of Florida law.
Rule 68A-12.011 of the Florida Administrative [...]
A 17-foot-2-inch Burmese python was caught and destroyed on private property in Okeechobee County Thursday afternoon. The male snake weighed 207 pounds, and measured 26 inches in diameter. Its stomach contents were examined, but nothing identifiable was found inside.
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) scanned the python but did not find [...]
Armed with snake hooks and nets, a group of reptile experts
selected by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to participate in the state’s python permit program captured a 9-foot, 8-inch Burmese python. The volunteer permit holders spotted the python in water underneath a boardwalk leading to a camp on a tree island. It [...]
The 4th of July was awesome at the Destin Harbor. While eating at Harry “T”’s you could watch the boat traffic go by waiting for the fireworks. Crab island was packed with boats and the Destin Harbor was a constant stream of boats floating by. The Destin Weather was perfect that night and it made [...]
The harvest of blue crabs from traps will not be allowed from July 10 through July 19 in Broward through Pasco counties’ waters. This closure will give authorized groups the opportunity to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the coastal and inland waters in this area.
All commercial and recreational blue [...]
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