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Statewide Alligator Hunt

Since 1988, Florida's statewide alligator harvest has been  internationally recognized as a model program for the sustainable use of a natural resource. Each year, alligator management units are established with appropriate harvest quotas to provide recreational opportunities for Floridians and non-residents to take up to 2 alligators per permit. Applicants who are awarded a permit must submit payment for two CITES tags and an Alligator Trapping License, or provide proof of possession of an Alligator Trapping License valid through the end of the alligator harvest season. A Florida hunting license is not required to participate in the statewide alligator hunt.

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New! Because of recent additional failures in the Total Licensing System (TLS) regarding other limited entry hunts, FWC staff have concluded that the risk of future failures has increased to unacceptable levels. As a result, FWC staff will be recommending a change at the February Commission meeting. The recommendation will be to change all of the hunts where permits are currently issued first-come, first-served (FCFS) to a random drawing (this will not apply to the Phase II or Phase III FCFS processes for alligator hunt permits). If approved by the Commission, this change would be implemented for all of the 2010 FCFS limited entry hunt types other than Recreational Use Permits. For additional information about this recommendation, you can preview the material that will be presented to the FWC Commissioners.

• 2010 Statewide Alligator Hunting Permit Information
• New! Summary Report of Online Statewide Alligator Hunt Permit Issuance Process Survey
• Online Alligator Harvest Report Form.
  If you transfer your alligator carcass to a commercial alligator processor, you must also complete a hard copy of the alligator harvest report form and a copy of this form must be transferred with the carcass.
• Updated! Alligator Meat Processors listing
• 2009 Statewide Alligator Harvest Application Worksheet
• 2009 Statewide Alligator Harvest Unit descriptions
• 2009 Statewide Alligator Hunt News Release
• New Alligator Hunting Permit Issuance Process
• Questions & Answers about the permit issuance process
• 2009 Statewide Alligator Harvest Training & Orientation Manual
• Information on STA alligator harvest units
• 2008 Florida Alligator Hunting Survey Report
• Statewide Alligator Harvest Training Video
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• Float Plan Form
• Boating Regulations
• Internet Mapping Resources
• Lake Okeechobee Boat Ramps
• Statewide alligator harvest data (up to 2008)
• Statewide Alligator Harvest Data Summary (2000 - 2008)