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FLORIDA BASS CONSERVATION CENTER
Dedicated to Propagation and Conservation of Florida Largemouth Bass
- Freshwater sportfishing in Florida provides recreational opportunities for over 1.14 million people and generated $1.4 billion in 1996. Bass fishing trips accounted for 69% of the angling trips, which numbered 663,000 and was second only to Texas.
- Modernize Richloam Hatchery by creating a new Florida Bass Conservation Center (FBCC) to facilitate effective statewide management of our aquatic resources, including all aspects of bass management, and to serve as a research center for black bass investigations.
- The FBCC will be equipped to provide modern climate-controlled rearing facilities that allow bass and other freshwater species to be spawned at the most opportune time to provide effective stocking of appropriately-sized fish.
- A research library and publicly accessible Internet-based data center for black bass research, including creel, fish population and water quality information for individual lakes, will be developed.
- The FBCC will host researchers from universities, other government agencies and the private sector to conduct state-of-the-art research, either on-site or through grants.
- A public education facility will be developed to give our citizens information about bass, freshwater fishing and aquatic habitat issues, as well as to provide a sense of public ownership.
This is an ongoing project so please check back soon for more completed pictures.
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