June 9, 2015 — If you recall, last season FWC decided rather than have the Governor make an annual pronouncement that scallop season will start early, they would just change the opening date to “the Saturday before July 1st unless July 1st falls on a Saturday, then the opening date would be July 1st.”
Got it?
Well, that Saturday this year is June 27th when the Scallop Fleet will work the Nature Coast and Panhandle for bay scallops. FWC usually releases a preview of scallop numbers in late-June. If they do, I’ll share that later.
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