WILDLIFE OFFICERS NAB RESOURCE VIOLATORS & IMPAIRED CAPTAIN DURING LOBSTER SEASON
State wildlife officers issued 37 warnings, 12 criminal citations and arrested multiple individuals for various criminal violations during the recent two-day lobster mini-season. The resource cases didn’t...
MEET THE FORMER MUSIC TEACHER BEHIND SCRUB HUB DIVING SERVICES
By Jen Alexander
It isn’t a secret that many teachers are switching careers as of late. Low pay, student behavior issues, stress and disrespect from students are all...
RECAPPING THE 2023 LOBSTER MINI-SEASON IN THE KEYS
While winds, rain, lightning, rough seas and limited visibility in milky water were less than ideal for bug hunters throughout both days of the Florida Keys’ 2023...
KEYS MARINE LAB & CORAL PRACTITIONERS COLLABORATE TO BEAT THE HEAT
When historic and harmful ocean temperatures began ravaging our reefs and coral nurseries, Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) and coral practitioners stepped up to the challenge. Together, they’re...
WHAT DOES THE UNPRECEDENTED MARINE HEAT WAVE MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF KEYS’ AQUATIC...
Are we witnessing the death of an entire ecosystem?
It’s too early to tell, but that’s the unbearable – and hopefully unfounded – fear in the back of...
VOLUNTEER MONITORS NEEDED AMID THE HEAT-DRIVEN CORAL BLEACHING
With unseasonably high ocean temperatures in the Florida Keys, local coral reefs are bleaching, a stress response which increases susceptibility to disease, predation and mortality. Mote Marine...
‘DESTINATION DIVE’ TV SHOW ON DISCOVERY FEATURES FLORIDA KEYS
Following the airing of a successful television pilot in 2022, a five-episode series of “Destination Dive” is slated for broadcast on Discovery each Sunday from Aug. 6...
WOMAN DIES IN BOAT FIRE AT A STOCK ISLAND MARINA; 2 MEN TREATED FOR...
A 70-foot Viking yacht from St. Petersburg, Florida caught fire just after midnight on July 26 while docked at The Oasis Marina, behind The Perry Hotel on...
THE MINI-SEASON ‘CHEAT SHEET’: WHAT TO KNOW WHEN BUG-HUNTING
The staff at the Keys Weekly welcome our visitors and residents alike to enjoy a safe and productive mini-season here in the islands. With that being said,...
TURTLE RESCUE: NEST OF MISDIRECTED HATCHLINGS UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF LIGHTING STANDARDS
On July 11, Turtle Hospital and Save-A-Turtle of the Florida Keys staff responded to a recently-hatched loggerhead turtle nest on Sombrero Beach. The sea turtles had hatched...
