The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission advises anglers that new rules to help manage gag and red grouper, greater amberjack and gray triggerfish in Gulf of Mexico waters take effect on Jan. 1.
The recreational daily bag limit for gag grouper is now two fish per person within the five-grouper aggregate limit in all Gulf [...]
December 30, 2008 | Posted in
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AUSTIN, Texas — As an ecosystem, the Gulf of Mexico functions on a global scale. At more than 579,000 square miles, it’s the ninth largest body of water in the world. The July issue of Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine offers an in-depth exploration of the gulf from a number of angles.
With floodwaters from the [...]
June 24, 2008 | Posted in
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The recreational harvest season for red snapper in Gulf of Mexico federal waters opens on June 1 and will close on Aug. 5. Gulf federal waters extend beyond nine nautical miles from shore off of Florida.
The red snapper sport harvest season opened on April 15 in Gulf state waters and will close on Nov. 1. [...]
May 28, 2008 | Posted in
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AUSTIN — The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will close 30 minutes after sunset on Thursday, May 15 until an unspecified time in July.
The closing date is based on samples collected by the Coastal Fisheries Division of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) using trawl, bag seine [...]