PAGE 12 - June 27, 2012
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
TS Debby lashes the Yankeetown Ramp Sun Morning as she wanders aimlessly in the Gulf.
Photographer Lee Paulet reported a stranded pontoon boat to the Coast Guard at Yankeetown.
Three men were later picked up by a marine service from a nearby island. See pg. 8
Photo by Lee Paulet
BayIt scallop season opens July 1 flags ready.
This week's featured fishing photo is a picture of Tony and Lynn Ladner of Inglis with two nice
Redfish caught on gold spoons at Rocky Cove. Captain's Photo
s time, bay scallop harvesters! Get your snorkels, masks and dive
The recreational bay scallop harvest season starts July 1.
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The season is regularly open through Sept. 10, but at its June 28 meeting in Palm
Beach Gardens, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will dis-
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cuss extending the season by two weeks.
Bay scallops can be recreationally harvested in Gulf of Mexico state waters (shore
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to nine nautical miles) from the Pasco-Hernando County line to the west bank of the Mexico
Beach Canal in Bay County.
Even though we have a great bait selection!
The recreational bag limit is two gallons of whole bay scallops or one pint of meat
per person, per day, with a vessel limit of 10 gallons of whole bay scallops or one-half gal-
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lon of meat. There is no commercial harvest for bay scallops in Florida state waters.
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