Beach Archive

Saturday marks the close of the recreational harvest of greater amberjack and snook in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters.

Last year, the Navarre Beach lifeguards visited several area elementary schools, teaching water safety to the students. The visits were so successful that several area schools requested a visit from the lifeguards for career day.

The Navarre Beach Marine Science Station has been chosen to host the Guy Harvey Saltwater Fishing Camp, making it one of only five facilities in Florida to offer the prestigious camp.

Crabbing enthusiasts should take notice that the final week of the stone crab season is upon us. The commercial and recreational harvest of stone crab claws in Florida closes on May 16, with the last day of harvest on May 15.

DAYTONA BEACH (AP) — Staff members at Volusia County’s Marine Science Center have treated almost as many sick sea turtles this year as they did all of last year.

For Navarre Beach Surf Warriors, the fight doesn’t end at the end of a tour.

PENSACOLA (AP) — Some anglers in Pensacola aren’t happy over some new rules designed to curb rowdiness at the Fort Pickens fishing pier.

May is known for bringing flowers but it also brings sea turtle nesting season which officially began May 1 and continues through October on the Gulf Coast.

Florida lawmakers came together Friday to say their battle continues to protect the Gulf of Mexico three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.

Gulf Islands National Seashore Superintendent Dan Brown updated Navarre Beach Leaseholders and Residents Association members on April 20 about the effects of federal budget cuts on the park, shorebird nesting, the possibility of a ferry serving Fort Pickens and lingering effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.