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Ed. Note: This story was updated with more information from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Updated 6:30 p.m. PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers are still investigating a boating accident that killed two people. A line of high wind swept in from the south a little after […]

Both Florida residents and visitors can take part in the license-free weekends, as long as they follow the normal size and bag limit restrictions.

As part of National Safe Boating Week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is making sure Panhandle boaters are prepared. 

The task force, made up of nearly a dozen federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from the Florida panhandle, Mississippi, and Alabama, are cracking down on illegal charters to keep the gulf safe.