FWC approves 2013 license-free fishing days

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation commission has approved the license free saltwater fishing days for 2013.

The FWC selected Saturday, June 1st and Sunday, September 1st as days when the requirement to have a recreational fishing license is waived for Florida’s residents and visitors while they are saltwater fishing.

The FWC offers four license-free fishing days a year: two saltwater and two freshwater.

While the Commission selects new saltwater license-free fishing days on an annual basis, freshwater license-free fishing days are set to the first Saturday in April and the second Saturday in June.

This year’s freshwater license-free fishing days are Saturday, April 6 and Saturday, June 8.

To make these events accessible to as many people as possible, the FWC plans these dates around holiday weekends and national events.

This year’s June 1 saltwater and the June 8 freshwater license-free days are during National Fishing and Boating Week.

The Sept. 1 saltwater license-free day falls on Labor Day weekend, when many families will be out on the water.

The bay scallop season is also open to harvest on this date.

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