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FWC, partners coordinate first statewide Nonnative Fish Catch, Click and Submit Contest

As part of National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 22-28, the Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be partnering with other agencies to coordinate the first statewide Nonnative Fish Catch, Click and Submit Contest.

Free hunter safety Internet-completion course offered in Stuart

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is offering a free hunter safety Internet-completion course in Martin County. The course will be held at the Stuart Shooting Center, 3091 SE Jay St., Stuart, on Feb. 18-19, from 5:30 – 8 p.m.

Snook reopens Feb. 1 in Atlantic state waters

The recreational harvest season for snook reopens on Feb. 1 in Florida’s Atlantic coastal and inland waters (from the Miami-Dade/Monroe …
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.

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