A new online Boating and Angling Guide to Tampa Bay, designed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, is now available on the Internet. The FWRI created the new guide in response to requests from the public to provide boating and angling information in an interactive, user-friendly format.
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The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released the boating accident statistics for 2008, and fortunately, there were fewer boating fatalities last year. The reported 54 fatalities represent a 30-percent reduction from the 2007 statistics. While this is a step in the right direction, boaters shouldn’t let their guard down, according to the [...]
FWC- It is not too late to give Mom the best boat ride ever – a safe one. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says the perfect Mother’s Day gift is one of the new styles of life jackets, which are so comfortable people actually wear them all the time when they are [...]
ST MARKS - In business since 1952, Shields Marina celebrated the grand opening of a brand new ship’s shore and marina complex along the St. Marks River earlier this month. “Our original store flooded during Hurricane Dennis,” said John Shields, owner and mayor of St. Marks. “We were able to get an SBA disaster loan [...]