would prohibit fishing for snapper and many other reef fishes along much of Florida’s Atlantic Coast for three months out of the year. NOAA Fisheries says the closure, which would run from December ...

TALLAHASSEE — A federal appeals court Thursday rejected a commercial fisherman’s constitutional challenge to Florida rules about pompano fishing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON D.C. — Last summer, fishermen in Florida and Georgia ... “Widespread bottom closures that threaten Northeast Florida’s fishing economy are not the answer.” ...

This bloom started last summer, when it seemed to follow the ... Levels are high in northern Lee County, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, the state ...