Florida Scallop Season 2018
During this event, you will learn all you need to know about scallop season rules and regs, the scallop outlook report from FWC, primer on seagrass safe boating, and a little bit about Florida Sea Grants efforts to monitor scallop populations. Get ready for scallop season with these helpful tips. Bay scallops may only be harvested in state waters from the following zones: Direct transit of legally-harvested bay scallops is allowed through closed areas.
St. Joseph Bay and Gulf County: Aug. 16-Sept.
24. At its February meeting near Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved regionally-specific bay scallop open season dates for 2018, including a change to the season for Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties that was proposed in December. Florida & Georgia - 2018 Scallop season date changes - I hope I'm reading the FWC site wrong, but it looks like opening day in Citrus county will be changed to July 10th.
Scallop season starts as early as June in some areas and remains open late into September in others. There is nothing like spending a day on the water with family and friends scooping up your daily allotment of Florida Bay Scallops. Beginning July 1 st, Floridas state waters will be open for bay scallop harvest.
This scalloping season will be twelve times as long as 2017s, thanks to healthier scallops in the Gulf. Each summer, biologists assess bay scallop populations along the Gulf coast of Florida, located in open and closed recreational harvest areas (see map below). Surveys are usually initiated in June and completed in July.
The 2018 recreational bay scallop season for Dixie County and a portion of Taylor County opens June 16 and will remain open through Sept. 10. This includes all state waters from the Suwannee...
At its February meeting near Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved regionally-specific bay scallop open season dates for 2018, including a change to the season for Levy, Citrus and Hernando counties that was proposed in December. Scalloping is the Big Bends alternative to South Floridas lobster season. Its a combination of complete madness at boat ramps and marinas, motels filled to capacity, family fun, and some of the best eating around.
