START is pleased to announce its continued help to fund the Sarasota Bay Watch’s expanding clam seeding program in Sarasota Bay. Clams are of great importance in our marine ecosystem because they are excellent filter feeders that improve water quality, they can live for over thirty years and they are very resistant to red tide. [...]
The Ocean Conservancy recently released a report laying out what it will take to bring Florida’s coasts back from the brink. Ocean Conservancy is a nonprofit environmental advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.. The organization helps formulate ocean policy at the federal and state government levels based on peer reviewed science. Through several program areas, [...]
EVENT TITLE: Sarasota County Seagrass Survey and Nature Festival DATE: Saturday, April 27, 2019 TIME: Seagrass Survey: 8am – 1pm (registered volunteers can sign-in/pick up their packets & equipment from 7:30 – 8 am) Nature Festival: 11 am – 2 pm LOCATION: Sarasota Sailing Squadron, 1717 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota FL 34236 DESCRIPTION: Hosted by [...]
Serves 4 We call for Arctic char in these simple oven-cooked fish cakes, but they’re also excellent made with salmon. Roast some carrot coins or broccoli florets tossed with olive oil on the pan with your cakes and you’ll have an easy sheet-pan meal. If you prefer smaller fish cakes, form the mixture into 12 [...]
Current Conditions The red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was not observed in samples collected over the past week. In Southwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed. In Northwest Florida over the past week, K. brevis was not observed. Along the Florida East Coast over the past week, K. brevis was not [...]
