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Reel Time: The Great Egmont Key Cleanup
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Reel Time: The Great Egmont Key Cleanup

Sep 1, 2025 – Rusty Chinnis
August 12, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis

Join the Great Scallop Search

Sarasota Bay Watch (SBW) is seeking volunteers for a citizen science event to collect data on shellfish, animals and seagrass in Sarasota Bay. The Great Scallop Search will be on Saturday, August 23…
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August 4, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Reel Time on The Road: The Center for Coastal Studies

Reel Time on The Road: The Center for Coastal Studies

On a trip to Cape Cod for a fam­ily wedding in July, my wife, Christine, and I were invited by Jeanne Leszczynski to tour the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. Leszczynski, a friend from Lo…
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August 4, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Flesh-eating bacteria reported in Manatee County

Flesh-eating bacteria reported in Manatee County

MANATEE COUNTY – The Florida Department of Health (DOH)-Manatee County is report­ing one confirmed case of vibrio vulnificus, commonly known as flesh-eating bacteria, in Manatee County this year. Tw…
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July 29, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Mangrove Rangers celebrate

Mangrove Rangers celebrate

In 2024, Suncoast Waterkeeper (SCWK) launched its Mangrove Rangers program to train local volunteers as community scientists using drones to survey and map the health of these essential coastal “fore…
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July 29, 2025
By Leslie Lake
Green turtles break 2023 AMI nesting record

Green turtles break 2023 AMI nesting record

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Anna Maria Island Turtle Watch and Shorebird Monitoring is celebrat­ing green turtles breaking their 2023 record of 12 nests on Anna Maria Island. “We now have 13 green turtle ne…
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July 21, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
In fishing, as in life, just be nice

In fishing, as in life, just be nice

When was the last time you got upset when you were on the water? Was it when someone cut you off while you were poling a shoreline, or maybe when they motored up to that school of tarpon you had been…
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July 15, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis

Reel Time: Waterkeepers guide hurricane recovery grants

The waters on Florida’s Gulf Coast are more than the scenery, wildlife and beaches, they are also a lifeline for fishing guides. Following the 2024 hurricane season, which brought widespread damage f…
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July 7, 2025
By Leslie Lake
First turtle nests hatch on AMI

First turtle nests hatch on AMI

ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Sea turtle hatchling season has officially begun with two nests laid on the Island that hatched on July 3. “Both were good hatches that appeared to go directly to the water,” Ann…
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July 6, 2025
By Rusty Chinnis
Who will protect our children’s future?

Who will protect our children’s future?

Every time I hear a new angler say, “Wow, this place is paradise,” it takes me back to the early 80s when I met Capt. Scott Moore and began fishing Suncoast waters. I had much the same response so ma…
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July 1, 2025
By Leslie Lake
New law in effect to reduce derelict vessels

New law in effect to reduce derelict vessels

TALLAHASSEE – New legislation effective statewide on July 1 is designed to help reduce the number of at-risk and derelict vessels across the state and improve enforcement tools for Florida Fish and W…
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April 9, 2025
11:45 am

The Off-Stage Ladies of the Island Players, April luncheon meeting