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Tips and Tricks to Choose Sustainably Sourced Seafood

By integrating sustainable fishing and seafood practices into our daily lives, we can ensure that local ecosystems thrive for generations to come.

Dolphins Act As The Ocean’s Sentinels, What Can They Tell Us About Algae Blooms?

Over the past 50 years, a great number of previously unknown human diseases emerged, while other well-known maladies, including cholera and tuberculosis, have seen a significant resurgence. Not surprisingly, dolphins and other marine mammals experience a similar trend. Algal-bloom bio-intoxication is one of the better-understood disease agents.

The Paradise Reef of Collier County

By Capt. Jim Kalvin: There’s been a lot of gloom and doom lately regarding the cumulative effect of creeping regulations …

Paying Gulf Longliners Not To Fish

It can be tough to keep up with all the acronyms involved in and created by the aftermath of the …
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St. Lucie County deploys Tug Kathleen

On September 26, 2016, the St. Lucie County Artificial Reef Program deployed the 70-foot tug Kathleen. The new reef is expected to become an additional fishing and diving destination.

Shark and Stingray Smiles

I find that photography can have a powerful impact on the way people see the world around them and perceive things. It can even help us determine how we should feel about something. I love sharing images of shark and stingray smiles because they are actually quite comical, especially the rays. I hope they make people themselves smile, but also encourage them to think differently about these often demonized creatures.

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Bonefish 101

The bonefish, considered one of the most often sought after saltwater game fish, is elusive, spooky, and fast, a ghost like fish that poses a real challenge to fly fisherman. It makes its home in some of the most beautiful tropic locations worldwide.

Hot Action on Eight-Day Trip Aboard the American Angler

The anglers who headed out in mid-October aboard the 90-foot American Angler, out of Point Loma Sportfishing in San Diego, with Captain Ray Lopez at the helm, experienced multi-species Nirvana on an eight-day Penn Fishing University excursion. This October eight-day trip is known as the Fall Variety Special, and it more than lived up to its billing, with 27 different species of game fish caught.

Adventures South Of the Border: In Search of Monster Roosterfish

My son Charles and I are always looking for giant roosterfish— one of my favorite fish of all. It has a dorsal fin that kind of looks like the tail feathers of a rooster, thus giving it the name roosterfish. It is a member of the jack family and fights as hard as any jack does.

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