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Fish Busters’ Bulletin: License-Free Freshwater Fishing Days – April 5-6
Florida Fish Busters’ Bulletin By Bob Wattendorf Bream destinations great for kids; license-free fishing weekend, photo contest coming soon …
Free Women’s Fishing Clinic scheduled for Fort Pierce, Vero Beach
Learn the skills to successfully cast your line into the sea by attending the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission …
New Study: BP Oil is Affecting the Hearts of Fish
During the spring and summer of 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster released over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This was an unprecedented amount of toxic material discharged into the Gulf, and oil spill scientists have been researching its impacts on marine and coastal wildlife ever since. One of the species of concern is the imperiled Atlantic bluefin tuna, which was spawning at the time and location of the BP disaster.
Sargassum, a most valuable weed
We see it most every time we go out on the water, and unless we’re trolling for wahoo or dolphinfish, we probably just take Sargassum weed for granted and don’t give it a second thought.
Sharks and Empty Trophic Levels
We all know nature hates a vacuum, and she’s almost as picky about trophic levels in ecosystems. Which brings up an interesting situation in the Gulf of Mexico. During the late nineteen eighties and nineties, the commercial shark fishery hit the Gulf shark stocks pretty hard.
