A reminder that the FWC’s new rules regarding redfish are now in effect (as of Sept 1). Most notably, the Indian River Lagoon is now catch-and-release only. The rules also include the following provisions:

Establish nine redfish management regions.
Prohibit captain and crew from retaining a bag limit of redfish when on a for-hire trip.
Reduce the off-the-water transport limit from six to four fish per person.
Reduce the vessel limit in each of the management regions to be:
Panhandle, Big Bend, Northeast: four fish.
Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Southwest, Southeast: two fish.
Set the bag limit to one fish in the Panhandle, Big Bend, Tampa Bay, Sarasota Bay, Charlotte Harbor, Southwest, Southeast and Northeast regions.
This is a reduction to the bag limit in the Northeast region.