Final hearing set for FWC’s proposed Gulf fish reporting system

Posted on April 23, 2014

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) at its April 16 meeting in Tallahassee moved forward with a proposal to create a Gulf Reef Fish Data Reporting System which officials say will help improve recreational reef fish data collection in Florida Gulf waters.

This new system would help determine how many anglers are targeting reef fish in the Gulf, FWC officials said. A sample of these anglers would be surveyed to provide more accurate catch and effort data for reef fish trips.

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