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Snook Season to Reopen After Three-Year Ban
A hard freeze in January 2010 and unusually cold winter killed many snook in Gulf waters and led to the moratorium.
Snook season will re-open on Sept. 1, 2013.
The Ledger reports that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted on Wednesday to re-open the season on Sept. 1, 2013.
Snook were limited to catch-and-release, after an unusually cold winter in 2010 killed 15 percent of the population in Florida.
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Now scientists are saying that Gulf snook have replenished to sufficient levels to allow for anglers to keep their catch.
The commission also decided that bonefish and tarpon will be limited to catch-and-release. That rule takes effect on Sept. 1.
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