Citrus County Government offices will be closed Monday, November 11, 2019 in observance of Veterans Day.
Florida’s recreational and commercial stone crab claw harvest season opens Oct. 15 in state and federal waters.
New Recreational Trap Requirements
Recreational harvesters who are age 16 and older and fish with traps are now required to complete an online, no-cost recreational stone crab trap registration and place their registration number on their traps before using them.
Rainer Jakob, Inverness Sertoma Club Ambassador poses with one of the club’s Used Hearing Aid Drop-Off Canisters, as part of the SHARP (Sertoma Hearing Aid Recycling Program).
The Inverness Sertoma Club would like to remind community members that the club has Drop Off Canisters at local establishments in the area.
Beginning Oct, 15, 2019 the Citrus County Animal Shelter will be closing from 1pm-2pm for staff lunches.
The Shelter will be extending public hours for the kennels, which will now remain open along with the front office until 5pm Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 7pm on Thursdays and, 5pm Fridays and Saturdays.
At its October meeting in Cape Canaveral, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved regulation changes to create a recreational limit for blackfin tuna of two fish per person or 10 fish per vessel, whichever is greater, and to extend these regulations into federal waters.
These changes will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020.
Blackfin tuna can be found throughout Florida, the Atlantic, Gulf and Caribbean.
Join UF/IFAS Extension Citrus County and SHINE at this free event on Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 6pm located at the Extension office at 3650 S Sovereign Path, Lecanto 34461 to learn about Medicare and your options.
Get answers to your Medicare questions, concerns, and options from a knowledgeable unbiased source.