Tag: Cortez

Cortez Kind: Celebrating Over 100 Years of Commercial Fishing

by Angela Collins
January 17, 2023

41st Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival: The Cortez Kind are Getting Ready to Party with a Purpose! Every February for the past four decades, people have gathered in one of Florida’s last true fishing villages to celebrate the cultural ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Community Volunteers, Events, Water, Work & Life
Tags: Commercial Fishing, Cortez, Fishing, Florida Sea Grant, Manatee County, Manatee County Extension, Sarasota Bay, Sarasota County, Seafood, Working Waterfronts

Changing Tides: The 37th Annual Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival

by Angela Collins
January 23, 2019

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 Heritage (FISH) to ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine
Tags: Cortez, Festivals, Fisheries, Florida Sea Grant

A party with a purpose! Mark your calendars for the 2018 Cortez Fishing Festival

by Angela Collins
December 13, 2017

Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival February 17th & 18th, 2018 This year marks the 36th anniversary of the Cortez Commercial Fishing Festival! Every February for almost four decades, people have gathered in one of Florida's last true fishing ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Events, Natural Resources
Tags: Cortez, Florida Sea Grant, Manatee County, Seafood

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