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.
The Commission also approved a trial bay scallop season in state waters off Pasco County in 2018. On Tuesday, Citrus County Commission Chairman Ron Kitchen detailed the background for the scallop season process for 2018.
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