From FWC
This report represents some events the FWC handled Jan. 3 – Jan. 23 in the Northwest Region.
Santa Rosa County
- Officer Brown conducted a resource inspection after sunset on a vessel without the proper navigation lights. During the vessel stop, the subject admitted to catching striped bass. Officer Brown observed undersized striped bass in the subject’s cooler. The subject was cited appropriately.
Wakulla County - Officer M. Fernbach observed a group of subjects hunting ducks inside the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Officer M. Fernbach contacted the subjects and issued the appropriate citations.
Franklin County
Jan. 10 – Jan. 16, 2025
- Officer J. Stallings observed a subject culling clusters of oysters at a cleaning station near Carrabelle River and conducted a resource inspection. Officer Stallings discovered the subject was in possession of multiple unculled oysters and they had been harvested from a closed area within Apalachicola Bay. Officer Stallings issued the subject a notice to appear for the violation.
Santa Rosa County Jan. 17 – Jan. 23, 2025
Officer Lewis received a complaint about a subject who checked a deer that did not meet the antler point regulations at the Blackwater Wildlife Management Area – Hutton Unit check station. The officer arrived on scene and determined the deer did not meet antler point regulations and issued the subject a notice to appear citation for that violation and a warning for not completing a harvest log.