Florida Keys permit get greater protection

A new Florida Keys fishing zone to protect permit becomes reality Aug. 31.

Despite the good news the zone is smaller than originally proposed.

The Special Permit Zone is smaller than approved in draft form in April. The Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, a Key Largo-based organization, unsuccessfully urged the FWC to move the northern boundary in the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles north, to the originally proposed line off Cape Romano.

"Shrinking the size of the [special permit zone] will expose the spawning aggregations in Florida Bay to harvest," said Aaron Adams, the trust's operations director.

LINK (Via: Keys Net)

Permit art by Mike Savlen