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FWC: Blue crab traps in NWFL need to be out of water by Jan. 5
Recreational and commercial blue crab traps in all waters from Franklin County to the Florida/Alabama state line must be removed from the water before Jan. 5, the first day of a 10-day trap closure. This closure will give groups authorized by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) the opportunity to identify and retrieve lost and abandoned blue crab traps from the water.
a regulation size crab trap. All recreational and commercial blue crab traps must be out of northwest Florida waters (as far east as Franklin County) by Jan. 5.
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