Florida weighs allowing limited harvest of goliath grouper
• Florida may lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing goliath grouper. Wildlife officials are proposing a limited harvest of the giant coastal fish.
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• Florida may lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing goliath grouper. Wildlife officials are proposing a limited harvest of the giant coastal fish.
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• Central Floridians are experiencing more Black Bear encounters as temperatures rise and mating season begins.
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• Lake County’s rolling out a new batch of bear-resistant trash cans. Lake is one of the top five counties for bear-human interaction in the state, according to complaint call data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
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• The Florida Legislature appropriated $500,000 for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s “BearWise” program. It provides bear-proof trash cans to local governments that apply.
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• Orlando topped the number of nuisance alligator complaints last year. That’s according to data from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program.
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• A bear hunt this fall would be broken into three, four-day periods, with hunters applying on a first-come, first-served basis. Those are some staff recommendations that are before the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission today.
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• “Seasonal manatee zones” for boaters go into effect Friday. Florida wildlife officials are warning boaters to slow down for the sea cows to avoid injuring them.
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