Permits will be awarded by lottery draw. A limit of one fish per person per season with a permit and tag using hook and line gear only. TAMPA - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is ...

What's over 8 feet long and can hit 800 pounds? Did we mention you can grab your fishing pole to catch one? There is a size limitation. Florida FWC accepts applications for limited-harvest of goliath ...

Florida fish and wildlife officials Wednesday proposed new regulations to ban all fishing within 1,000 feet of three known goliath grouper spawning sites in South Florida. The rules ban fishing from ...

Many Florida anglers know the Goliath grouper as the creature that rises from the depths and steals their catch off their line. But few know what it’s like to reel in this highly protected fish, let ...

The Goliath grouper, a fish that can grow to weigh nearly 800 pounds, might go back on the list of the things you can keep and eat, or stuff, or whatever it is you do with a fish the size of a Prius.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- A fish with a big name appears to be making a comeback in Florida's waters. Goliath grouper can weigh up to 800 pounds, and the "gee whiz" factor is huge. The giants were ...

For the first time since 1990, recreational anglers fishing in some parts of Florida will be allowed to take home a goliath grouper for dinner. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

The state is allowing for the harvest of a massive reef fish again this year. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing a limited take of Goliath grouper in March, and ...

Swimming in the ocean is an incredible experience, with astonishing surprises for even the most seasoned divers. Take the goliath grouper, for example — these enormous fish are both awe-inspiring and ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami/NSF) – A plan to lift a three-decades old ban on the catching and killing of goliath grouper in Florida continues to move forward as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

A college student in Florida was arrested this week for catching a goliath grouper and then posing for a picture with the large fish instead of immediately releasing it. The goliath grouper is ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida may lift its three-decade ban on catching and killing goliath grouper. Wildlife officials say the coastal fish’s numbers have recovered sufficiently from ...