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Marine law enforcement agencies push life jackets

A number of law enforcement agencies in Bay County are joining together to encourage boaters to wear their life jackets this summer.The group is the Bay County Marine Law Enforcement Alliance and includes the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission... Full story

FWC marks 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, Florida created a new conservation agency to take a 21st-century approach to managing the state’s wildlife and freshwater and marine resources. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) took on that challenge July... Full story

Dove Club permits go on sale July 1

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... Full story

FWC to boaters, divers: ‘Be dive-flag aware’

Rob Murphy, 26, surfaced from the depths of the Atlantic five miles offshore of Stuart, enjoying what he loved best – scuba diving. Although he had been diving for just over a year, he dove three days a week, accumulating about 400 dives under his... Full story

4 million fry produced at Blackwater this spring

The staff at the Blackwater Fisheries Research and Development Center has been busy this spring producing more than 4 million fish for Florida waters.Dave Yeager, one of the senior fisheries biologists at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission... Full story

Bay scallop season opens July 1

The recreational harvest season for bay scallops begins July 1 and continues through Sept. 10.  Open scalloping areas on Florida’s Gulf coast extend from the west bank of the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County to the Pasco-Hernando county line... Full story

Reductions in Apalachicola River flow could hurt fishing

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Reductions in the flow of the Apalachicola River have far-reaching effects that could prove detrimental to grouper and other reef fish populations in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, according to a new Florida State University study... Full story

FWC chairman: Wiley can bring new wisdom and leadership to executive director’s office

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Chairman Rodney Barreto said Thursday the agency expects great wisdom and bold leadership from its new executive director nominee.           ... Full story

FWC wraps up meeting in Crystal River

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ended a two-day meeting in Crystal River on Thursday. The Commission heard an update on Florida's management of imperiled species and directed staff to draft a rule to rewrite the imperiled species... Full story

FWC adds protection for Gulf grouper

After carefully considering testimony from several fishery organizations and conservation groups at its public meeting in Crystal River, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) decided to make its grouper rules in state waters compatible... Full story

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