Showing posts with label Regulatiions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Regulatiions. Show all posts

Friday, September 03, 2010

Snook Season To Open On Atlantic Coast

September 2, 2010

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has ruled to reopen Florida's fall snook season in Atlantic waters and keep it closed in Gulf of Mexico waters. The FWC will reopen the recreational harvest of snook in Florida's Atlantic waters as of September 17th, 2010. The season will remain open along the Atlantic coast untill December 15th, 2010. At that time the season will close and remain closed untill September 1, 2011. The daily bag limit, (1 snook per angler per day), and slot limit (28"-32") will remain in effect. Recreational harvest of snook will remain closed along Florida's Gulf coast, Everglades National Park and Monroe County untill September 1st, 2011.

Read the FWC news release.

Saturday, November 01, 2008

Red Snapper Season Closed In Gulf

Red Snapper season is now closed in Florida's state waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It will remain closed in state waters until April 15, 2009. Red Snapper season also remains closed in Federal waters of the Gulf until June 1, 2009.

Seatrout Season Closed South Region

Spotted Seatrout season is now closed in the south region of the state of Florida. The south region is all state waters south of Fred Howard Park on the Gulf Coast and the Flagler- Volusia County line on the Atlantic coast. The closed season for the harvest of Spotted Seatrout will remain in effect untill the end of the year.

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Snook Season Opens At Midnight

Snook season opens tonight at midnight (September 1st) for all Florida waters. It will remain open until December 1st in the Gulf of Mexico, Monroe County (Florida Keys), and Everglades National Park. Atlantic waters remain open until December 15th.

Size and Bag Limits
Atlantic- You may not keep any snook less then 28" long, or more then 32" long.

Gulf, Monroe Co., Everglades Nat. Park- You may not keep any snook less then 28" long, or more then 33" long.

You may only keep 1 snook, per day, in any of Florida's waters.

Snook permit required when saltwater license required.
State regulations apply in federal waters. Illegal to buy or sell snook.
Snatch hooks and spearing prohibited