Fish and Wildlife Commission to meet this week in Lakeland

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet this Tuesday through Thursday in Lakeland and there will be a few items that could be of local interest.

On Tuesday the commission will consider eliminating the requirement for a recreational fishing license when targeting the nonnative, invasive lionfish with certain gear, and not imposing recreational or commercial limits on harvesting.

The commission will also hold a final public hearing on whether to make tarpon and bonefish catch-and-release-only fisheries, and create a new general chapter that will include definitions and general regulations that would be applied to all saltwater fishing.

The Commission will also review and discuss Florida snook populations and whether to let an executive order, which made snook in the Gulf catch-and-release only, expire on Aug. 31. 

On Thursday the commission will examine a draft rule that would prohibit the importation of live deer into the state, to prevent chronic wasting disease from being introduced into Florida’s deer herd.

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