Category: Coasts & Marine

Recreational Scalloping Season 2019

by Savanna Barry
June 4, 2019

Recreational bay scallop season is quickly approaching! Thousands of residents and visitors will flock to the shallow coastal areas of Florida's Big Bend to go scalloping and seek out their limit of the sweet and tasty meat. Recreational boating ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Extension, Water
Tags: Boating, Coastal Habitat, Coastal Systems, Fisheries, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, FWC, InsideNatureCoast, Pledge, Scalloping, Seagrass, Seagrass Scarring

Recreational Scalloping Season 2019

by Savanna Barry
June 4, 2019

Volunteers needed for horseshoe crab project

by Armando Ubeda
May 24, 2019

Often, when I meet people, they ask me. "What do you do?" When I tell them I’m a marine biologist, I get replies like, “Cool, I always wanted to be a marine biologist" or "I wish I could do that." Here’s your chance. We are looking ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Conservation, Natural Resources, Professional Development, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Citizen Scientist, Florida Sea Grant, Horseshoe Crabs, Marine Education, Pgm_Marine, Volunteer

Featured Student Friday: Larissa Menke

by Kim Scotto
May 17, 2019

Each week, SFRC highlights a fantastic student or alumnus for #FeaturedStudentFriday. Today's alum is Larissa Menke, DVM. Larissa graduated from SFRC in 2014 with a BS in Marine Sciences and minor in Zoology. She completed her doctorate of veterinary ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching, Water
Tags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, FSF, Students

Another Mystery in the Marsh – The Gulf Salt Marsh Snake

by Rick O'Connor
May 9, 2019

I am writing about this animal because, though it is rare to see them, our terrapin volunteers saw two this past week; and maybe you will too. The Gulf salt marsh snake is one of those, like the eastern coral snake, that is actually common ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Gulf Coast Salt Marsh Snake, Snakes

Featured Student Friday: Jennifer Glass, Marine Sciences ’16

by Kim Scotto
April 26, 2019

Each week, SFRC highlights a fantastic student or alumnus for #FeaturedStudentFriday. Today's alum is Jennifer Glass. Jennifer graduated in 2016 with her bachelors in Marine Sciences. She is now in her third year of veterinary school at Auburn ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences, FSF, Students

ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECREATIONAL BAY SCALLOP SEASON IN HERNANDO COUNTY,FLORIDA B.J. Hall-Scharf, UF/IFAS Extension, Hernando County, Brooksville, FL,

by nladd
April 15, 2019

C. Adams, UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, Gainesville, FL, A. Hodges, UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics Department, Gainesville, FL, and S.P. Geiger, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St Petersburg, FL. Situation: ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: 2019, 2019 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Hall-Scharf, Hernando County, Natural Resources, Scharf, UF/IFAS Extension

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