Recent News
December 13, 2010
The FWC hosted an open house Dec. 10 at the Carrabelle City Marina for guests to see the newly renovated Gulf Sentry, an 85-foot, aluminum vessel.
December 10, 2010
From the beginning of the year through Dec. 5, biologists with the FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute documented 699 manatee carcasses in state waters.
December 09, 2010
The FWC wants to know what Floridians think about providing more daylight-hunting hours to alligator hunters.
December 09, 2010
As temperatures drop in Florida, the number of cold-related fish kills is likely to increase.
December 07, 2010
With the onset of colder weather, large numbers of manatees in Lee County are congregating in warm-water refuges to protect themselves from falling water temperatures.
December 07, 2010
Recent cold weather means high numbers of manatees may be concentrated in warm-water refuges near power plants, rivers and springs throughout the state.
December 06, 2010
Repairs to the dam at Edward Medard Reservoir in Plant City are complete, and the water level is rising.
December 06, 2010
Snook have been strictly regulated in Florida for more than 50 years.
December 03, 2010
In classic Greek mythology, the Hydra was a marsh serpent that had nine heads to start with, but each time one was cut off, two more grew back until Hercules slew it.
December 03, 2010
The fact that his fellow commissioners elected Rodney Barreto as chairman of the FWC for an unprecedented seventh time should not be considered a great surprise.
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