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Old 11-01-2017, 09:05 AM   #17
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Re: Spearing Lionfish in the Keys?

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Originally Posted by SEATUX View Post
"Invasive species. No minimum size and unlimited recreational bag limit. A permit is required to harvest lionfish in the no-take zones of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Permits are issued by the Sanctuary following training given by the Sanctuary and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation."
What you wrote there doesn't say that they will issue *spearfishing* permits for lionfish take, though. It just says that there exists a possibility of getting a "harvest" permit to allow you to keep them in a no-take zone.
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