At its meeting Feb. 5 in Jacksonville, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) directed staff to host several workshops prior to the April Commission meeting in an effort to gathe…
The recreational harvest of gray triggerfish will close in Gulf state waters Saturday, Feb. 7. The season will remain closed through Dec. 31 and will apply in 2015 only. The Florida Fish and Wildlife…
Joey Martin, sport pilot of a weight-shift trike said he’s taken 607 people up in his completely open aircraft. I’m his 608th first-timer. Flying in a plane compared to a WST was like the difference…
University of Florida researchers have discovered that a tick common to the southeastern United States may harbor an unusual virus that belongs to the family Arenaviridae. Some arenaviruses are assoc…
Recreational and commercial blue crab traps may be placed back in state waters (shore to 9 nautical miles) from the Florida/Alabama state line through the Franklin/Wakulla county line.
Traps had t…
Using DNA test results, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has identified the bear that bit a teenager on Dec. 21 in an Eastpoint neighborhood.
Genetic samples…
