The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has deferred a final decision on changes to Florida’s redfish rules until Next November.
The commission is considering a number of changes including upping the daily bag limit for redfish from one fish a day to two, and setting an 8 fish vessel limit.
The proposed rules also create three management regions around the state to make it easier to manage the species.
Commissioners say they want to wait till the Fall to finalize the rule changes to give them time to review the results of an FWC red drum stock assessment, which will be finalized this summer.
Redfish used to be an extremely popular fish in local waters, but their population was decimated by unregulated commercial and recreational fishing.
Since 1988 the state has banned all commercial fishing for redfish and has only allowed recreational fishermen to keep one fish a day.
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