Category: Coasts & Marine

Gulf Coast Catch and Cook February: Hogfish

by Dr. Megan Moore
February 4, 2025

The featured Gulf coast catch and cook species for February 2025 is the Hogfish! Hogfish are fun to catch and delicious to eat! Hogfish can be caught in the Gulf year-round! Read on to learn how to catch Hogfish and make a delicious and ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Catch, Cook, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Gulf, Hogfish, Pasco County, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office

Weekly “What is it?”: Salt pruning

by Carrie Stevenson
January 30, 2025

Walking along the beach, my eyes are naturally drawn to the waves. That mesmerizing, repetitive motion of water is both calming and endlessly fascinating. But have you ever looked back at the dunes and noted the shape of the vegetation growing ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Barrier Islands, Gulf Of Mexico, Native Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Weekly What Is It

Marine Creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico – Meroplankton

by Rick O'Connor
January 21, 2025

What are meroplankton? How do they differ from regular plankton? In the plankton world there are those that are plankton (drifters) their whole lives – holoplankton – and those who are plankton for only part of their lives – ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Se Grant, Gulf Of Mexico, Meroplankton

Marine Creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico – Copepods

by Rick O'Connor
January 14, 2025

So far in this series we have been discussing microscopic creatures in the northern Gulf of Mexico that are single celled – though many may be linked together in chains. In this article we will begin discussing microscopic creatures that ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Copepods, Florida Sea Grant, Gulf Of Mexico

Dr. Donald Behringer Receives Fulbright Award to Teach Aquatic Disease Ecology in Croatia

by Stephanie Castellano
January 9, 2025

FFGS is pleased to announce that Dr. Donald Behringer, Professor of Marine and Disease Ecology, was named a 2025 Fulbright Specialist. The Fulbright Specialist Program promotes biology education around the world by establishing relationships ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Aquatic Disease Ecology, Awards, Emerging Pathogens Institute, Florida Sea Grant, Freshwater Ecology, Marine Ecology

Gulf Coast Catch and Cook January: Red Grouper

by Dr. Megan Moore
January 9, 2025

The featured Gulf Coast Catch and cook species for January 2025 is the Red Grouper! Red Grouper are exciting to catch and delicious to eat! January serves as the perfect time to target Red Grouper with cold water bringing the fish into shallower ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Health & Nutrition, Natural Resources, Recreation, UF/IFAS Extension, Water, Wildlife
Tags: Catch, Cooking, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Grouper, Healthy, Pasco County, Red Grouper, UF/IFAS Pasco Extension Office

2024 Horseshoe Crab Search Annual Report

by Rick O'Connor
January 8, 2025

Situation The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) has existed in its present form for about 450 million years. It has survived several catastrophes that faced the planet including those that wiped out the dinosaurs. Today there are four ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Horsehoe Crabs, Pensacola Bay

Marine Creatures of the Northern Gulf of Mexico – Ciliate Protozoans

by Rick O'Connor
January 8, 2025

After two articles on protozoans, we now know what these animal-like creatures are. We have discussed some that move by flagella, and others than move by pseudopodia. The last group by short flagella called cilia. Ciliates are ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Gulf Of Mexico, Protozoans

2024 Water Quality Annual Report

by Rick O'Connor
January 3, 2025

Every year since I joined Florida Sea Grant in 2012, water quality has been selected as one of the top priority issues by both my advisory committee and by the public. Clean water is important to everyone. Though there are several water ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Florida Sea Grant, Pensacola Bay, Water Quality

Floridians prefer natural shorelines over armored ones, according to UF/IFAS study

by Megan Winslow
December 18, 2024

When it comes to waterfront property, coastal Floridians are significantly more satisfied with natural shoreline solutions compared to artificial ones, according to a new study helmed by UF/IFAS researchers. (more…) READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Armored, Beach, Bulkhead, Cedar Key, Coast, Florida Sea Grant, IFAS, Indian River, Institute Of Food And Agricultural Sciences, Living Shorelines, Megan Winslow, Natural, Nature, Nature Coast Biological Station, Nature-based, NCBS, Panhandle, Research, Savanna Barry, Seawall, Study, Tampa Bay, UF, UF-IFAS, University Of Florida, Weather, Wetland

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