Two environmental groups are asking the Interior Department to declare loggerhead sea turtles that inhabit the Atlantic coast officially endangered, maintaining that tens of thousands of them are killed annually by commercial fishing and because of coastal development. ...more

November 15, 2007

It's been more than a decade since Florida voters overwhelmingly adopted a ban on fishing nets in coastal waters, but poachers are still flouting the law. ...more

November 14, 2007

WASHINGTON - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and his Alabama and Georgia counterparts have reached an interim plan to address a tri-state water dispute. ...more

November 1, 2007

Gene Turner of St. Petersburg is a legend in the lore of kingfish, mostly because without his booming voice during the 1970s, there would be few kings today. ...more

October 28, 2007

Georgia has no one but itself to blame for its water crisis and Gov. Sonny Perdue's efforts to cut water flow to Florida and Alabama should be summarily rejected by federal regulators. ...more

October 27, 2007

Allowing Georgia to fight drought by slowing water flow into Florida would imperil commercial fishing along the Florida Panhandle, Gov. Charlie Crist argues in a letter to President Bush. ...more

October 26, 2007

Another slow hurricane season in Florida has commercial fishermen enthusiastic about the potential for a productive stone crab season when the annual harvest opens today. ...more

October 15, 2007