Apr 02
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has formed a team to study and make recommendations on rules concerning freshwater turtle harvest.
There are restrictions on the harvest of several freshwater turtle species, but softshell turtles have no restrictions on their harvest, except during the closed season, May through July. Also during this closed season, their eggs may not be taken from the wild. Recent reports of increases in the harvest of these turtles have raised concern among turtle experts, environmentalists and the FWC.
Original post by FWC Fishing and Boating News
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