Gulf County bay scallop season opens Aug. 17
News Release Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 or Amanda.Nalley@MyFWC.com Starting Aug. …
Fisheries News
Blue crab trap closure ending early; Aug. 20-29 trap closure also cancelled
News Release Monday, August 13, 2018 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-544-4216 or Amanda.Nalley@MyFWC.com Recreational and …
Lake Piney Z named a Top Mom-Approved Place to Fish and Boat
After six weeks of nationwide voting, Tallahassee’s Lake Piney Z Fish Management Area was awarded …
Models may help reduce bycatch from longline fishing
Hundreds of thousands of sharks, sea birds and other marine species are accidentally killed each …
East coast blue crab trap closures start Aug. 10
Monday, August 06, 2018 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-544-4216 or Amanda.Nalley@MyFWC.com Recreational and commercial blue …
African killifish becomes fastest maturing vertebrate on record
Annual killifish are known to live their lives at one of two speeds: “pause” or …
Fish reproduction: Two times a lady
A DNA probing technique clarifies the mechanism behind clonal reproduction of female dojo loach fish, …
Pinpointing a molecule for sea lamprey control
A team of scientists has identified a single molecule that could be a key in …
Scientists draw new connections between climate change and warming oceans
It happened once before, and it could happen again. That’s the warning from ocean scientists …
Atlantic anglers and captains encouraged to assist FWC with red snapper research
Monday, July 30, 2018 Media contact: Kelly Richmond, 727-224-6720; Michelle Kerr, 727-224-3674 Researchers with the …
Adult fish ‘predict’ availability of food for their young
In seasonal environments, timing is everything: Ecosystem dynamics are controlled by how well predators can …
Zebrafish interactions offer help in studying social behavior disorders
University of Oregon scientists have identified brain cells vital to how zebrafish socialize. When the …
Previously overlooked ‘coral ticks’ weaken degraded reefs
A previously overlooked predator — a thumbnail-sized snail — could be increasing the pressure on …
NE Australian marine heatwave shakes up coral reef animal populations
Research published today in Nature describes upheaval among fish and invertebrate communities after a marine …
Sea pickles are adapting to the Pacific Northwest
Tubular colonial jellies known as pyrosomes that arrived in 2014 along North America’s Pacific Northwest …
Glowing bacteria on deep-sea fish shed light on evolution, ‘third type’ of symbiosis
You may recognize the anglerfish from its dramatic appearance in the hit animated film Finding …
Free Women’s and Adult Saltwater Fishing Clinics coming up in Panama City Beach
News Release Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 or Amanda.Nalley@MyFWC.com The Florida …
Lionfish Challenge 2018 Update – July 18
News Release Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 or Amanda.Nalley@MyFWC.com Lionfish Challenge …