Thursday, December 4, 2008

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meets in Key West today and Friday.

Three major issues that affect the Florida Keys are on the agenda.

One would impose a seasonal ban on recreational grouper fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. A second would restart a program to reduce the number of traps commercial fishermen are allowed to have by reducing it by 10 percent whenever fishermen sell their licenses to someone outside the immediate family. A third would impose more restrictions on tropical fish collectors.