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At its recent meeting, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved a rule amendment allowing local governments to apply for and use grant fun

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission agreed recently to move forward on programs and funding designed to combat vessels from becoming derelict and left on the water to sink.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently approved rules creating a no-cost livery permit and adding new topics and requirements for boating safety education.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission temporarily closed the recreational lane snapper harvest in Gulf of Mexico state waters starting Dec. 2 for the remainder of the year and

View the Key West Citizen for Friday, December 9, 2022

The changes align FWC rules with recent legislative changes, will improve public safety and increase accountability related to liveries.

Hurricane Ian displaced more than 4,000 vessels, vehicles, and trailers. Now that they've been assessed, more than 500 of them are marked as "abandoned."

In response FWC has deployed 17 additional officers dedicated to responding to displaced vessels on state waters.

Public lands managed by the South Florida Water Management District in Lee and Collier counties remain so dangerous more than two weeks after Hurricane Ian that, above or below water, the areas will be closed for the foreseeable future.

Public lands managed by the South Florida Water Management District in Lee and Collier counties remain so dangerous more than two weeks after the wrath of Category 4 Hurricane Ian that, above or below water, the areas will be closed for the foreseeable future.