Fish of the Florida Panhandle – Sharks

This is not a word that most visitors to the beach want to hear. However, shark attacks are actually not that common and the risk is very low. People hear this every year on shark… Read More
Posted: November 13, 2020
This is not a word that most visitors to the beach want to hear. However, shark attacks are actually not that common and the risk is very low. People hear this every year on shark… Read More
Posted: June 28, 2019
The recent attacks on swimmers in North Carolina have once again brought up the topic of sharks. And of course, “Shark Week” is coming up. It is understandable why people are concerned about swimming in… Read More
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
Posted: July 12, 2017
I am calling this “Summer of Sharks” as if this summer is more of a problem than others are. In fact, it is not… no more, so than any other summer –so we could call… Read More
Posted: July 1, 2016
Yep, each year cable TV broadcast their classic summer series SHARK WEEK. Actually there are several shark series running now. It all began with Jaws in the early ‘70’s and ever since Americans have been… Read More
Posted: July 1, 2016
Yep, each year cable TV broadcast their classic summer series SHARK WEEK. Actually there are several shark series running now. It all began with Jaws in the early ‘70’s and ever since Americans have been… Read More
Posted: February 12, 2016
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
Tags: barrier islands, Beach safety, bull shark, Curiosities, Florida Master Naturalist, Florida Museum of Natural History, Florida panhandle, George Burgess, Great White Shark, Gulf of Mexico, International Shark Attack File, northwest Florida, panhandle, Panhandle Outdoors, Recreation, Sea Life, shark, shark attack, shark safety, Sharks, Turtles, Urban Wildlife, white shark
Posted: September 19, 2015
Most of us remember the string of shark attacks that occurred this past summer in North Carolina; as a matter of fact, according to the International Shark Attack File, it was a record year for… Read More
Posted: August 8, 2014
Since the beginning of the summer, panhandle residents and visitors have been reporting numerous sharks hanging out along the sandbars near the passes. , cruising between the 2nd sandbar and the beach. One visitor was… Read More
Category: Natural Resources
Tags: fisheries, fishing, Panhandle Outdoors, Sea Life, Sharks, swimming
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