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The changes take effect Feb. 1, 2012, and include the following: Create three management areas for red drum (the northwest, the northeast and the south) instead of one statewide management area; Increase the number of red drum that a recreational fisherman can take per day in the northeast and northwest regions of the state from one to two red drum; Establish a statewide vessel limit of eight red drum; Limit the number of red drum that can be transported on land to six red drum per person. These rule changes are the result of a successful management strategy that began in 1989, when the species was considered severely overfished