The
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will meet this week
in Crystal River and will discuss some issues that could be of
interest to our area including this year's red snapper season and the
2017 bay scallop season.
On
Wednesday, FWC Staff will present a proposed draft rule to set the
recreational harvest season for red snapper for 2017.
Under
the proposal the season would open on Saturdays and Sundays starting
the first Saturday in May and then open continuously starting
the Saturday before Memorial Day through the Sunday following
Independence Day.
After
Independence Day the season would then reopen for Fridays, Saturdays,
and Sundays in September and October, plus Labor Day.
The
FWC this week will also conisder a limited fall 2017 harvest season
for gray triggerfish in all state waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Currently
gray triggerfish are off-limits in state and federal waters in the
Gulf of Mexico through 2017.
The
FWC will also continue work on a draft rule for potential changes to
bay scallop regulations across the Big Bend and eastern Panhandle
regions of Florida, with a focus on the economic and business impacts
of this fishery.
Staff
will also present an update on the 2016 scallop season and scallop
restoration project in Gulf County, and will discuss potential
options for this year's bay scallop season in the St. Joe Bay.
The
FWC Meeting will be held Wednesday and Thursday at the Plantation on
Crystal River.
You
can see the full agenda on-line at myfwc.com
http://myfwc.com/about/commission/commission-meetings/2017/february/08/agenda/
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