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Save Sea Turtles With One Inch To take action to help save these vulnerable animals, add your name to Oceana’s petition.

Hogfish New Rules and Boundaries Set – 10 Year Rebuilding Plan The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved several conservation measures that are consistent with federal rules and set a new state management boundary for hogfish at the November meeting in St. Petersburg. “Hogfish is an economically important species that is...

We are designating September as Microplastic Awareness Month--look for posts on this page and SHARE, SHARE, SHARE! You can participate in a "brown bag lunch" webinar (Friday Sept 16 from 12:15-1 pm eastern time) by registering at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whats-the-big-deal-with-microplastics-webinar-tickets-27070847634

Thumb down: Lake O discharges resume after storm Releases of polluted lake water restarted almost as soon as the storm had passed.

What are those reflectivities on the KBYX radar? Is it a plane? Is it Superman? No, it is actually migrating birds heading south. The area circled in orange are the migrating birds moving southward while showers and thunderstorms are evident over the far southeastern Gulf of Mexico. You can see the birds moving on our radar loop: http://radar.weather.gov/radar_lite.php?rid=byx&product=NCR&loop=yes

Our radar is showing the velocities of the migrating birds moving at a fast clip of around 25 knots.

http://futurism.com/engineers-are-3d-printing-coral-reefs-to-help-save-our-oceans/

Engineers Are 3D Printing Coral Reefs to Help Save Our Oceans One island is turning to 3D printing to help preserve the region's fragile coral reefs. The island's Harbour Village Beach Club has teamed up with ocean preservationist Fabien Cousteau to bring the 3D printing technology to our waters.