Seagrass Value Spotlighted During Seagrass Awareness Month
Florida Sea Grant agents around the state are educating Floridians about how seagrasses help provide clean water to swim in and homes for fish we love to eat.
Seafood Documentaries Tell Stories of Gulf Coast Shrimp and Mullet Fisheries
Through the past seven decades, fishing families in Southwest Florida have faced years of prosperity and years of adversity, and their fishery traditions have left an indelible stamp on Florida’s cultural heritage. Their remarkable stories and prospects for survival have been captured in two films documenting the saga of the seafood industry in Fort Myers…
Volunteer Boat Captains and Snorkelers Needed for the Sixth Annual Pine Island Sound Scallop Search
Up to 40 boats and 150 snorkelers are needed to help monitor and document the health and status of the bay scallop population.
Sea Grant training inspires man to rescue manatees
Update April 11, 2013: The tide has killed 241 of Florida’s roughly 5,000 manatees, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, and the toll appears certain to rise. A red tide bloom along the southwest Florida coast has claimed the lives of 174 manatees so far this year, and one Fort Myers man…