Resources about Alligators for the Media

Alligator management staff are under the FWC Division of Hunting and Game Management and are located in 3 offices.  Overall coordination and public hunting are administered in Tallahassee; the Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program is administered in Okeechobee; and alligator farming and private lands programs are administered from Ocala.  Alligator research staff under the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute are located in Gainesville and Eustis.

News Releases

• Alligator surveys on Newnans, Orange, Lochloosa lakes (5/9/2011)
• FWC investigating reported human-crocodile encounter (5/5/2011)
• Apply for alligator-hunting permits beginning May 4 (5/4/2011)
• Warm weather means active alligators and crocodiles (4/8/2011)
• FWC considers extending alligator hunting hours (2/24/2011)
• FWC charges Collier airboat captains with feeding alligators... (2/22/2011)
• New State-record alligator taken on last day of hunt! (11/8/2010)
• 35 poached alligators found on truck; 2 men arrested (9/17/2010)
• Alligator bites man; man cited (7/15/2010)
• Alligator DNA leads FWC to accused poacher (5/28/2010)
• Alligator hunters must resubmit applications (5/27/2010)
• FWC cites Port St. Lucie man for feeding alligators (5/27/2010)
• Warm weather means active alligators (4/21/2010)
• Apply for alligator hunting permits on May 5 (4/16/2010)
• Random drawing recommended  for hunt permits (2/18/2010)

Alligator Incidents

• Alligator Bite Information
• Alligator Bite Statistics

Resources and Information

• FWC Alligator Contacts
• History of American Alligator Regulations
• Combined Harvest Summary
• Farm Alligator Harvests
• Wild Alligator Harvests By Harvest Program
• Nuisance Alligator Harvest Summary
• Statewide Alligator Harvest Data Summary (2000 - 2011)

Wild Alligator Harvest Summaries By Year

2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011