FWC approves changes to state’s grouper rules

Posted on February 12, 2016

At its Feb. 10 meeting at the Florida Public Safety Institute near Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved changes to the gag and black grouper minimum size limit and the gag grouper recreational season in Gulf state waters.

The approvals include:
• Setting a 24-inch total length minimum size limit for recreational harvest of gag and black grouper in Gulf state waters.

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