Five special-opportunity dove fields will be open to the public this season through the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s special-opportunity Dove Club Program.
Beginning 10 a.m. (EDT) July 1, sportsmen can purchase Dove Club permits by submitting a completed Special-Opportunity Dove Club Permit Worksheet to any county tax collector’s office or authorized license agent. [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has announced the successful launch of the new gopher tortoise permitting system. The new system went online in late April, and by the end of May, the FWC had issued more than 100 permits using the paperless system.
“We made several permit types available online in March,†said [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has scheduled six public meetings throughout the state to receive input from Florida hunters on possible changes to the state’s hunting zones and corresponding deer hunting season dates.
The FWC wants to solicit as much public comment as possible, and everyone is invited. If changes are approved [...]
A Florida couple has dedicated their lives to conservation of Florida’s wildlife. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recognized Daphne and Martin Wood of Monticello at Thursday’s Commission meeting in Tallahassee.
Daphne is the chairman of the Wildlife Foundation of Florida, and Martin serves on various committees of the foundation.
“Marty and Daphne epitomize [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved a rule on Thursday that will establish administrative penalties for violations of provisions of the Blue Crab Effort Management Program. This program was developed by the FWC to manage the use of traps in Florida’s commercial blue crab fishery.
These administrative penalties are authorized [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) proposed on Thursday to change the recreational harvest season for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico state waters. This action is in response to new data that indicates the Gulf red snapper fishing season needs to be shortened to compensate for overharvests in 2008.
The National Marine [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Thursday proposed new rules for the recreational and commercial harvest of grouper in Gulf of Mexico state waters. The proposed rules follow up on interim measures taken earlier this year and will generally match state grouper rules with pending federal regulations. The goal of [...]
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds anglers that the recreational harvest season for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico waters has changed. The open season now takes place from June 1 through Sept. 30.
Previously, the recreational red snapper harvest season opened on April 15 in Gulf state waters, and the season [...]
Wildlife managers often tolerate a few wild hogs, but there are so many on the 11,200-acre Box-R Wildlife Management Area in Franklin and Gulf counties they are destroying agricultural fields, native plants and habitat.
As a result, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will allow nighttime hog hunts May 8-10, June 12-14, July 10-12, Aug. [...]
“This one will cost $20,000 to remove,†Lt. David Dipre, state derelict vessel coordinator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) estimated. “Maybe more.â€
Dipre scanned the large, half-sunken, fishing boat, lying halfway on its side in a small inlet of the St. Marks River in Franklin County. He and Officer John Allen attached [...]
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