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Florida Today Outdoors Section 12C - Sept. 5, 2010
"FWC decided Thursday to re-open the recreational harvest of snook on Sept. 17 in Florida Atlantic Ocean waters. Those fishing on Florida's Gulf coast were not so lucky. The season will remain closed and will be a strictly catch-and-release fishery until Sept. 1, 2011......"
"......At its meeting in Pensacola Beach, the FWC recieved a staff report regarding the lastest snook information on the status of the snook population, which suggests that snook on Florida's Atlantic coast were less severely impacted by the cold weather than were Gulf Coast snook......."
"........The commission determined that allowing harvest of snook in Florida's Atlantic coastal and inland waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River from Sept. 17 until the regular winter season closure begins on Dec. 15 will have little effect on snook populations in this area. Further it will allow the FWC to collect valuable informatoin on the adult snook population through normal harvest sampling while providing a limited harvest opportunity for anglers."
"The regular daily bag limit of snook a person will apply, as the slot limit of 28 to 32 inches total length."
For full article: http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100905/SPORTS05/9050329/1002/SPORTS/Snook+season+almost+here
"FWC decided Thursday to re-open the recreational harvest of snook on Sept. 17 in Florida Atlantic Ocean waters. Those fishing on Florida's Gulf coast were not so lucky. The season will remain closed and will be a strictly catch-and-release fishery until Sept. 1, 2011......"
"......At its meeting in Pensacola Beach, the FWC recieved a staff report regarding the lastest snook information on the status of the snook population, which suggests that snook on Florida's Atlantic coast were less severely impacted by the cold weather than were Gulf Coast snook......."
"........The commission determined that allowing harvest of snook in Florida's Atlantic coastal and inland waters, including Lake Okeechobee and the Kissimmee River from Sept. 17 until the regular winter season closure begins on Dec. 15 will have little effect on snook populations in this area. Further it will allow the FWC to collect valuable informatoin on the adult snook population through normal harvest sampling while providing a limited harvest opportunity for anglers."
"The regular daily bag limit of snook a person will apply, as the slot limit of 28 to 32 inches total length."
For full article: http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100905/SPORTS05/9050329/1002/SPORTS/Snook+season+almost+here
