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New Florida redfish regulations go into effect September 1

Niceville.comJuly 14, 20222 Mins Read
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Jeremiah Mayville of Flat Attack Charters with a redfish caught in Boggy Bayou. (Flat Attack Charters)

FLORIDA — New regulations and management regions for redfish in Florida waters have been approved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

The regulation changes go into effect on September 1, 2022, the FWC has announced.

According to the FWC, the approved regulation changes will:

  • Establish nine redfish management regions.
  • Prohibit captain and crew from retaining a bag limit of redfish when on a for-hire trip.
  • Reduce the off-the-water transport limit from six to four fish per person.
  • Reduce the vessel limit in each of the management regions to be:
    • Panhandle, Big Bend, Northeast: four fish.
    • Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Southwest, Southeast: two fish.
  • Allow only catch-and-release fishing for redfish in the Indian River Lagoon region.
  • Set the bag limit to one fish in the Panhandle, Big Bend, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Southwest, Southeast, and Northeast regions.
    • This is a reduction to the bag limit in the Northeast region.

“With this new forward-thinking management approach, we’re trying to do what’s best for this fishery. This agency is committed to working proactively to conserve the redfish fishery in Florida for future generations while balancing stakeholder interests,” said FWC Commissioner Steven Hudson.

The changes to redfish management regions and regulations, as part of FWC’s new management approach, will better capture regional differences and improve angler satisfaction, the FWC said.

The new management approach includes annual reviews of the redfish fishery and redfish regulations may be changed each year in response to the reviews.

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For more information, including the July 2022 Commission meeting presentation, visit MyFWC.com/Commission and click on “Commission Meetings.”

For current recreational redfish regulations, visit MyFWC.com/Marine and click on “Recreational Regulations” and “Redfish.” This page will be updated with the new regulations when they take effect.

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