Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 9, 2024
4min0
The FWC at its February meeting approved a change to its annual scalloping season, extending the season from 37 days last year to 40 this year.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 9, 2024
Danny McAuliffeSeptember 25, 2023
4min0
He's got the state's attention now.
Peter SchorschJuly 21, 2023
4min0
Be safe, protect corals and get your lobster on.
Kelly HayesSeptember 3, 2022
5min0
This time of year, sea turtle hatchlings are still emerging from nests on many beaches around the state, trying to make their way to the ocean.
Haley BrownJuly 30, 2021
8min1736
But scientists have a plan to rehab the social bottom-dwellers.
Wire ServicesMay 13, 2021
6min1110
The incidents haven’t made the waters deadlier, but there could be an economic impact.
Renzo DowneyMarch 28, 2020
4min1083
The Commission has observed people violating social distancing practices.
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 1, 2018
3min445
Gov. Rick Scott directed another $3 million to Pinellas County for red tide relief Thursday, bringing the total so far for Pinellas to $6.3 million. The funding comes from the Florida Department of Environment Protection’s red tide emergency fund. Scott is infusing another $3 million into that fund to make sure other Florida counties can access […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 8, 2018
6min408
Florida Governor Rick Scott’s U.S. Senate bid got some good news this week, thanks to a University of South Florida College of Marine Science report. A three-week red tide mission found abnormally cooler temperatures and increased salt content might have caused this year’s red tide outbreak. Scott is running against incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson. Scott […]
Adam WeinsteinJuly 9, 20145min164
Perhaps we’re so jaded today that we just assume all politicians are brazen opportunists. But Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign turned the opportunism up to 11 this week, all for a cheap “tough on crime” photo shoot. At a re-election campaign appearance in Tampa Monday, Scott burnished his law enforcement record, complete with a cadre of […]