Licenses & Permits

If you have a major credit card, you can buy your hunting or fishing license without leaving your home.

License and Permit Information Search (LPIS)
Find information and applications for licenses, permits and certificates issued by FWC

Recreational Hunting and Fishing
Learn about the types of licenses and permits you'll need to hunt or fish in Florida - including prices and where to buy them.

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Limited Entry/Quota Hunts
Hunting on management areas and wildlife refuges, and other public hunting opportunities

Persons With Disabilities
The FWC seeks to ensure access to recreational opportunities for persons with disabilities. Find opportunities and permit applications to request the established accommodation(s).

Boating & Navigation
Operating vessels and installing moorings and waterway markers

Commercial Saltwater License & Permit Information
The FWC issues licenses to commercial saltwater fishermen and saltwater seafood dealers.

Captive Wildlife
Keeping wildlife as pets or for exhibition or sale; possessing, rehabilitating, transporting wildlife; game farms, hunting preserves, falconry and other activities that impact wildlife.

Public Land Use
Recreational, scientific or educational activities in addition to hunting and fishing on public lands managed by FWC

Wildlife
Keeping wildlife as pets or for exhibition or sale, collecting, possesssing, relocating, removing wildlife and other activities that impact wildlife

Freshwater
Harvesting or selling freshwater fish and frogs, auquaculture, tournaments, scientific collecting and other special activities

Saltwater
Harvesting or selling saltwater species including crabs and lobster, tournaments, scientific collecting and other special activities

Aquaculture
Fish farming, aquaponics, culturing native and nonnative species

Aquatic Plants
Obtaining grass carp, aquatic-plant control or removal, collecting

Application Forms
Print or download application forms

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