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Spiny lobster, grouper, vermilion snapper recreational openings, closures start April 1
For immediate release: March 29, 2012 Contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Spiny lobster, grouper, vermilion snapper recreational openings, closures start April 1 Atlantic vermilion snapper and several species of Gulf of Mexico grouper will be back on the list of fish recreational anglers in state waters can take home for dinner starting April 1. The first […]
Ticks and Lyme Risk on the Rise – How to Protect Your Family and Pets
It’s Spring – Time to Prevent Lyme Disease More cases of Lyme disease are reported than any other vector-borne disease in the United States. There were 29,959 confirmed cases and 8509 probable cases of Lyme disease in the United States in 2009; most of these cases are reported from the Northeast and upper Midwest. See […]
4 Florida counties open April 1 to gag grouper recreational harvest
News Release Monday, March 26, 2012 Media contact: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Fishermen targeting gag grouper in state waters off the coast of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson and Taylor counties will be able to take some of their catch home for dinner starting April 1. This regional season will end June 30 and is for 2012 only. […]
New Gander Mountain Store Coming To Valdosta, Ga.
New Gander Mountain Store Coming To Valdosta, Ga. Popular outdoors retailer adds first Georgia store and 115th nationwide Gander Mountain, the nation’s largest retail network of outdoors specialty stores, announced today that outdoors enthusiasts in Georgia have one more thing to look forward to, along with spring fishing and boating, summertime camping and hiking, and […]
Four license-free fishing days start April 7
Media contacts: Freshwater: Bob Wattendorf, 850-488-0520 Saltwater: Amanda Nalley, 850-410-4943 Four license-free fishing days start April 7 Grab your fishing rods and tackle box. It’s almost time – April 7 – to take advantage of the first of four license-free fishing days scheduled for this summer in Florida, according to Gov. Rick Scott, who highlighted […]