Blue crab trap area closure set to end
News Release
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Media contact: Lee Schlesinger, 850-487-0554
The harvest of blue crabs from traps in all waters
of the St. Johns River system will reopen on Jan. 26. The Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) prohibited the use
of traps to capture blue crabs for a 10-day period in this area so
that lost and abandoned traps that remained in these waters could
be identified and removed.
Three regional, 10-day blue crab trap closures take
place in designated areas in Florida in odd-numbered years, and
three other closures occur in even-numbered years.
More information regarding the FWC's trap-retrieval
program, blue crab trap closure dates, regulations, and how you can
participate in cleanup events is available online at
MyFWC.com/Rules (click on "Fishing - Saltwater"). You can also
contact FWC's trap-retrieval coordinator, Kyle Miller, at
850-487-0554.
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