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After Shark Week; What Visitors Need to Know About Sharks

Posted: August 1, 2018

In recent weeks, the country has heard about shark attacks off the Carolina coast and great whites off the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico – then of course, we just completed “Shark Week”…. Read More

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources

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From Fear to Fascination: White Sharks in the Panhandle

by Rick O'Connor

Posted: February 12, 2016

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From Fear to Fascination: White Sharks in the Florida Panhandle UF/IFAS Extension – Florida Sea Grant By Rick O’Connor (Escambia County) and L. Scott Jackson (Bay County) Recently, I was walking on our local Gulf… Read More

Category: Natural Resources

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