Want to know more about Florida’s Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)? Florida’s FWC is more than just some fancy park ...

Until the new law takes effect on July 1, FWC and local law enforcement are within their legal right to pull over and board a boat without probable cause of suspected violation. Gov.

FWC investigating boating accident in Lynn Haven The API failed to deliver the resource. Law enforcement officials are on the scene of a boat accident in Lynn Haven.

Florida leads the nation in the number of annual boating fatalities, according to the FWC's 2024 Boating Accident Statistical Report.

For boaters like Garrett League and Dylan Batsch, the occasional unprovoked encounter with FWC or other law enforcement officials while out on the water is a familiar occurrence.

Florida's new Boater Freedom Act (SB 1388) restricts law enforcement from stopping vessels solely for safety or sanitation inspections, requiring probable cause. The law establishes a "Florida ...

Florida FWC stops uncovered this many BUI, boat safety, fishing regulations violations Gov. Ron DeSantis' Florida Boater Freedom Initiative bans FWC vessel safety inspections that uncover BUI ...

Florida's new Boater Freedom Act (SB 1388) restricts law enforcement from stopping vessels solely for safety or sanitation inspections, requiring probable cause. The law establishes a "Florida Freedom ...

Right now, across Florida, conservation officers and other law enforcement can stop boats for no other reason than what they would deem a safety inspection.