The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is holding several public meetings to gather community input about the agency’s aquatic plant herbicide treatment program. These meetings will provide the public with an opportunity to provide feedback about management activities on…

Well, it doesn’t do much for us on the Gulf Coast, but it’s good to know someone can enjoy them. For now, we wait, and let our fishery recover from the summer. Snook is slated to reopen for recreational harvest…

At its July meeting in Orlando, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved lengthening the Gulf of Mexico gag grouper recreational season in state waters off Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties by opening the season Sept. 1…

The recreational harvest season for one of Florida’s premier fish, snook, reopens March 1 in Florida’s Gulf of Mexico state and adjacent federal waters, including Everglades National Park and Monroe County. The season will remain open through April 30. In…

    The recreational harvest season for snook closes Dec. 1 in Gulf state and federal waters, including Monroe County and Everglades National Park, and will remain closed through Feb. 28, 2017, reopening to harvest March 1, 2017. Anglers may…

A wonderful article about our friend, Chef, and restaurant owner, Kevin Stockdale and the Temptatio Restaurant on Boca Grande.   Reprinted from: http://theculinarytravelguide.com/2016/11/03/the-temptation-restaurant-a-florida-fish-story/ A Florida Fish Story, Part 1: The Temptation Restaurant By Catherine Shannon Ballman On a quiet street…

The recreational harvest season for snook starts Sept. 1 statewide. Unique to the region, snook are one of the many reasons Florida is the Fishing Capital of the World.   The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) encourages anglers…

  The 2016 recreational red snapper season in Gulf of Mexico state waters closes July 11, with the last day of harvest being July 10. The season will reopen Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays in September and October, and on Labor…

A cobia tagging project is underway along Florida’s east coast. Scientists with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute are tagging cobia in order to track movement of the fish to learn more about the…