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A student catches a fish while fishing on a fishing boat.

Local anglers demonstrate best fishing practices

by Ana Zangroniz
May 24, 2024

Last month, a group of Florida Sea Grant Extension Agents and Research Scientists hosted a fishing trip for local fishers in Miami-Dade County. This trip was part of a multi-state reef fish extension project. The goal of the trip was to communicate ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Recreation, Water
Tags: Barotrauma, Catch And Release, Florida Sea Grant, Grouper, Reef Fish, Reward Fleet, Snapper
Sunrise and ocean tide at Washington Oaks State Park.

Xeniid soft corals: the latest news

by Ana Zangroniz
April 15, 2024

What has happened: There have been new developments with the Xeniid soft coral invasion in the Caribbean. The inspiration for my February 2023 original blog post was the confirmation of Unomia stolonifera in northern Cuba, which is quite ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Citizen Science, Coastal, Coral Reefs, Florida Sea Grant, Invasive Species, Marine, Natural Resources, Pulse Corals, Soft Coral, Unomia, Xeniids
Sea Grant agent Ana Zangroniz works with volunteer, Herman Watson, on a boat.

Cleaning Up on World Ocean Day 2023

by Ana Zangroniz
June 14, 2023

We Sea Grant Agents joke that every day is Earth Day, and similarly, that every day is World Ocean Day. On World Ocean Day 2023, I got to participate in water-based activities, which of course filled my soul as they always do. For the second ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Conservation, NATURAL RESOURCES, Water
Tags: Biscayne National Park, Coral Reef, Endangered Species, Florida Sea Grant, Florida's Coral Reef, Marine Debries, Scientific Diving, SCUBA Diving, WAVES Project
Coral reef and sponges in the Gulf of Mexico.

Be on the Lookout: a potential new invasive species-Xeniid soft corals

by Ana Zangroniz
February 28, 2023

What is it? Coral reef scientists in the Caribbean recently released a paper cataloging the spread of a new invader on Venezuelan coral reefs:  an Indo-Pacific soft coral or octocoral. This species, categorized as Unomia stolonifera, is ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, NATURAL RESOURCES
Tags: Aquatic Invasive Species, Florida Sea Grant, Marine Invaders, Natural Resources, Soft Corals

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