Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission

It would set a limit on the number that can be caught in a four-year period.

State wildlife officials are considering whether to allow people to catch and keep goliath grouper for the first time in more than 30 years.

There were 836 boating accidents in 2020, along with 79 deaths.

Fish kills were reported in Sarasota and Charlotte counties, and respiratory irritations were also recorded there, along with Manatee County.

Florida’s Prohibited Species List now has 16 new high-risk nonnative reptiles added. They include Argentine black and white tegus, green iguanas, Nile monitor lizards, Burmese pythons, reticulated pythons, and green anacondas.

The findings disappointed scientists who documented flamingos' historic nesting in the state and made the case to reclassify the birds from vagrants to native birds.

On this week’s Florida Matters, WUSF reporter Steve Newborn has a conversation with two Floridians profiled in the piece.

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission expert told state senators Monday the immediate crisis could be winding down.

Florida has had 432 manatees deaths in 2021, a rate that is alarming experts who say human development and contaminated waterways have caused sea grass feeding areas in South Florida to die off.

More than 200 people called into the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s virtual meeting to share their thoughts on the banning of nonnative reptiles.

The third death of a Florida panther this year was reported last week. Twenty-two such deaths were reported in 2020.

A preliminary state tally for 2020 found 619 manatees were killed, up from last year and the second highest number in the last five years.