Lobster Season Opens This Week

July 25th, 2009 |

Divers and snorkelers from all over the United States are heading to the Florida Keys for the special, two-day spiny lobster “sport” season.
This “bug” catching frenzy, which occurs every year on the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday in July, is designed to give recreational lobster hunters a chance to gather some of these tasty crustaceans before the commercial traps go in the water.
The regular lobster season begin August 6th and runs through the end of March. …

Free Kid’s Fishing Clinic

July 25th, 2009 |

Want to do something to help save the planet? Take a kid fishing. That may seem like a stretch to some of you, but studies have shown that children who are brought up to respect and enjoy the outdoors will most likely carry those ethics into adulthood.
If you don’t know how to get started, have no fear. …

Research ship, Lady Lisa, collecting specimens in Florida waters

July 25th, 2009 |

Back in 1994, Floridians voted overwhelming in favor of a constitutional amendment outlawing most types of commercial net fishing in state waters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has done a good job stopping poachers, thanks in part to alert anglers and boaters who raise the alarm when illegal activity is taking place in local waters.
So it is now wonder that boaters, fishermen and even some beach goers seemed a bit perplexed in recent weeks when they spotted what appeared to be a 75-foot commercial fishing boat netting fish between Jacksonville Beach and Cape Canaveral. …

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