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AQUATIC-HABITAT

SARP CELEBRATES DECADE OF AQUATIC HABITAT CONSERVATION

Shafts of early morning sun filter through forest cover in the Appalachian Highlands. The sunlight catches a glint of swirling line as an angler casts for brook trout in a recently restored stream.
Phosphorus Waterways

$10M Prize Program for Removing Excess Phosphorus from Waterways

The Everglades Foundation has announced a global initiative offering a $10 million prize to anyone who can solve one of the world’s most daunting environmental problems. Applications are now being accepted.
bonefish

Ghost Stories- Grand Bahama, Grand Indeed!

Ghost Stories is a vital research project aiming to integrate local Bahamian knowledge into fisheries habitat mapping and conservation.

Fishbusters’ Bulletin: Easy-to-keep New Year’s fishing resolutions

By: Bob Wattendorf, with Brandon Thompson [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s time to implement your resolutions for 2015. I bet you considered some tried-and-true, …
Red Tide

Study Unlocks Mysteries Behind Red Tide

Last month, researchers at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) published new findings on Florida’s red tide organism, Karenia brevis, in a special issue of the scientific journal Harmful Algae.
Sea Turtle

You Are What You Eat- Research Sheds Light On Endangered Sea Turtles

With an eye toward understanding how to better protect the species, Florida researchers are shedding new light on the feeding ecology of the Kemp’s ridley turtle using the idea that, “You are what you eat.”

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Florida’s Chain Pickerel

In the northern parts of our great country, anglers enjoy chasing down enormous pike and elusive musky. We Floridians don’t usually give a second thought, but they are in Florida!

LABAN WINS 34TH BASTILLE DAY KINGFISH TOURNAMENT WITH 26.90-POUND KINGFISH

Stretching 500 miles across the northern side of the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Art of Kicking Fish

When the fish gets in the strike zone of the dolphins tail, you can see the dolphin looking at the fish and lining up the kick. It's a difficult technique to learn, and not all dolphins know how to do it. However, once learned, it provides an obvious advantage over simply chasing a fish and catching it with the mouth. A quick, precise flip of the tail and dinner is served, versus chasing a fish down and catching it with the mouth which can often take a few minutes and require a lot of energy.

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