News, Licenses, Regulations
Recent News from the Gulf States
Media Advisory: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Hosts Special Hunting for Conservation Workshop
Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025 Read more
Record Breaking Participation During 29th Great Birding Classic
Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025 Read more
Media Advisory: Texas Tortoise Surrender Day at Laredo College on Aug. 16
Posted on Tuesday August 12, 2025 Read more
TFFC Temporarily Closed for Public Visitation
Posted on Friday August 08, 2025 Read more
Texas Drawn Hunt Program Opens Applications for 2025 - 26 Season
Posted on Wednesday July 16, 2025 Read more
Licenses and Fees
Regulations
Fall Women’s Fishing 101 Workshop Application Period is Open
Posted on Tuesday August 12, 2025 Read more
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to Hold Joint Public Information Meeting on the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area Master Plan
Posted on Tuesday August 12, 2025 Read more
LDWF Individual Commercial Licenses Now on LA Wallet
Posted on Tuesday August 12, 2025 Read more
Agents Cite Two Subjects for Commercial Shrimping Violations in Terrebonne Parish
Posted on Monday August 11, 2025 Read more
LDWF Agents Cite Commercial Fisherman for Shrimping During a Closed Season in St. Bernard Parish
Posted on Monday August 11, 2025 Read more
Licenses and Fees
Regulations
Oyster spawning begins as MDMR-USM Hatchery Program enters production phase using mobile hatchery
Posted on Tuesday July 08, 2025 Read more
Deer Island Coastal Preserve trails, interior portions reopened after July 4 wildfire
Posted on Monday July 07, 2025 Read more
Mississippi recreational Red Snapper season closing Sunday, July 6, 2025
Posted on Tuesday July 01, 2025 Read more
MDMR offering free 2025 ServSafe course to seafood industry members
Posted on Thursday June 26, 2025 Read more
MDMR accepting proposals for GOMESA projects
Posted on Thursday June 26, 2025 Read more
Licenses and Fees
Regulations
Alabama Oyster Meeting to be Held September 3
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Bay Watch Public Boat Ramp Reopens With Improved Parking
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Saltwater Bag and Creel Limits Updated for 2025
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Alabama State Waters Open for Shrimping on June 1
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Alabama State Waters Temporarily Close for Shrimping
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Licenses and Fees
Regulations
FWC approves changes to boundaries of Coral Formation Protection Zones in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 Read more
Temporary closure of Pasco Zone for 2025 regional bay scallop season
Posted on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Read more
Applications for Year 2 of FWC’s Atlantic Red Snapper Exempted Fishing Permits Project opens Aug. 1!
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2025 Read more
Recreational harvest of Gulf gray triggerfish opens Aug. 1
Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Read more
Blue crab trap closure ending early for Wakulla through Hernando counties on July 26
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 Read more
