Florida Sea Grant, DOH launch outreach to help dog owners protect pets from becoming a blue-green algae fatality statistic

By: Lourdes Rodriguez, 954-577-6363 office, 954-242-8439 mobile, [email protected] Some dogs love to swim in the water, and some may even take a bite from fish they locate floating on the water’s surface. The danger comes when dogs are exposed to waters with blue-green algae that are emitting toxins. That blue-green algae, also called cyanobacteria, can…

USDA Announces $530 Million Seafood Trade Relief Program for U.S. Commercial Fishers Affected by Tariffs

By: Andrew Ropicki, Florida Sea Grant Extension Specialist in Economics, [email protected] On September 9th the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the new Seafood Trade Relief Program (STRP). The program, to be administered by the Farm Service Agency, makes $530 million available as direct support to U.S. commercial fishers impacted by retaliatory tariffs. Payments…

UF/IFAS wants to hear from those impacted by the red tide of 2017-2019

  By: Brad Buck, UF/IFAS Public Relations Specialist, 813-757-2224, [email protected], 352-875-2641 (cell)    University of Florida researchers want to hear from marine businesses impacted by the 2018 red tide event that occurred between October of 2017 and January of 2019.   Respondents will have until September 25 to complete the appropriate online questionnaire.  “We will run the surveys statewide with an initial focus of our analyses in Southwest Florida and then a longer,…

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Florida Sea Grant seeks comments on federal site review

Florida Sea Grant will be reviewed on November 19-21, 2019, by a team convened by the National Sea Grant College Program. The review will be conducted at Florida Sea Grant’s administrative offices in Gainesville, Florida, and will consider all aspects of Florida Sea Grant’s programs including management and organization, performance, stakeholder engagement and collaborative activities,…

Join beach cleanups this Saturday during International Coastal Cleanup

  This Saturday, Sept. 21, is the 34th annual International Coastal Cleanup, an effort by coastal communities to remove trash from their beaches and coastal areas. Created and run by The Ocean Conservancy, a national nonprofit, the program relies on local partners to orchestrate and run the cleanups. To date, more than 1 million volunteers…