Reel Time: Cleanup celebrates World Ocean Day
Sarasota Bay Watch and ninety-one community volunteers from Sarasota and Manatee County conducted their annual New Pass underwater cleanup Saturday, June 8, at Ken...
Nesting News
Turtle nests laid: 145 (2018 record: 534)
False crawls: 233
Nests hatched: 0
Not hatched: 0
Nests remaining: 0
Hatchlings hatched: 0 (2018 record: 35,788)
Nest disorientations: 0
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Turtle season is here
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Fish house owner in Catch-22
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Reel Time: Sister Keys cleanup scheduled
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