Sea Grant Notes – Feb 1, 2019
Feb 1, 2019 Sea Grant Notes Water Quality Health Advisories 2 stations were sampled on Jan 28 (FDOH) Both Bayou Texar and Sanders Beach were GOOD 2019 data at end of these notes 2018… Read More
Category: Coasts & Marine
Significant Barrier Dune Losses from Hurricane Michael
The devastation delivered to people in the mid-Florida Panhandle by Michael is still very evident if you look around our area. Cleanup in Franklin County has been amazingly rapid as citizens and local governments work to restore a… Read More
A Speedy Serpent – the Southern Black Racer
As we begin our wildlife series for 2019, we will start with a snake that almost everyone has encountered but knows little about – the southern black racer. This snake is common for many reasons. It is found… Read More
Sea Grant Notes – Jan 25, 2019
Jan 25, 2019 Sea Grant Notes Water Quality Health Advisories 2 stations were sampled on Jan 22 (FDOH) Bayou Texar was MODERATE Sanders Beach was POOR – HEALTH ADVISORY ISSUED 2019 data at end… Read More
2018 Diamondback Terrapin Panhandle Survey Report
Objective: Diamondback terrapins (Malaclemys terrapin) are the only resident brackish water turtle in the United States. Found from Massachusetts to Texas, the terrapin frequents salt marsh creeks where the bottom is muddy, and a high-dry beach is… Read More
Changing Tides: The 37th Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival
Another year has come and gone…and still the party carries on… Music, art and seafood galore will be served to thousands along the shore. This is the refrain that has been used by the Florida Institute for Saltwater… Read More
Health Advisories in the Pensacola Bay Area; 2018 Report
Since 2012, the Florida Sea Grant program in Escambia County has been monitoring the number of health advisories issued in the Pensacola Bay area. The Florida Department of Health issues such advisories for brackish waterways when the concentration… Read More
Sea Grant Notes – Jan 18, 2019
Water Quality Health Advisories 2 stations were sampled on Jan 14 (FDOH) Bayou Texar was GOOD Sanders Beach was MODERATE We will be posting the 2018 health advisory report soon; stay tuned Rainfall Rainfall collected weekly… Read More
Starting the Year Off Right with Seafood
One of the key recommendations from the 2015 dietary guidelines is to include a variety of protein foods in your diet. Seafood is a healthy protein choice. It is a low calorie, high quality source of protein. It… Read More
Jellies on the beach!
Recently, beachgoers may have noticed fairly large (eight to ten-inch diameter), brownish, rubbery jellyfish washed up on the shore. This is not a rare occurrence. However, somewhat like the sea butterflies that I wrote about last summer, the… Read More