Monthly Archives: December 2016

Environmentalists resume fight against Long Bar mitigation

http://www.islander.org/2016/12/environmentalists-resume-fight-against-long-bar-mitigation/ by Kathy Prucnell for islander.org | December 27, 2016 In a 260-acre mitigation plan from developers Carlos Beruff and Larry Lieberman, about 45 of 120 acres of mangroves can be trimmed to a 12-foot height. The Florida Department of … Continue reading

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Area shipwrecks uncovered

http://www.amisun.com/feature.htm BY CINDY LANE | SUN STAFF WRITER | CLANE CORTEZ – Many shipwrecks lie in the waters around Tampa Bay, and Florida Maritime Museum visitors learned about three of them dating from the Civil War last week from Jeff … Continue reading

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Folk School Class Schedule

Florida Maritime Museum: History * Education * Community [http://gallery.mailchimp.com/25143d5c70f841bbc34d3416a/images/FMM_logo_2Color_GradFTRANS_copy.jpg] [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png] Share [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-forwardtofriend-48.png] Forward to Friend The Folk School at FMM Opens January 2017! [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25143d5c70f841bbc34d3416a/images/4757433a-4d89-48b3-b442-3c869839e738.jpg] We are excited to announce that the Folk School at Florida Maritime Museum will officially launch … Continue reading

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Crab trap signs in place

JOE HENDRICKS | SUN Signs like this one have been erected in hopes of preventing the harassment of commercial stone crab traps. BY JOE HENDRICKS | SUN CORRESPONDENT | JHENDRICKS ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Four reminder signs about the penalties … Continue reading

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Red tide slows start of mullet season

http://www.amisun.com JOE HENDRICKS | SUN BY CINDY LANE | SUN STAFF WRITER | CLANE CORTEZ – Commercial fishermen are having little luck finding mullet so far this season, and red tide is to blame, they’re saying at the two fish … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays from FMM

Florida Maritime Museum: History * Education * Community [http://gallery.mailchimp.com/25143d5c70f841bbc34d3416a/images/FMM_logo_2Color_GradFTRANS_copy.jpg] [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png] Share [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-forwardtofriend-48.png] Forward to Friend News from FMM [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/25143d5c70f841bbc34d3416a/images/d09fc9ea-7b10-492a-b859-2c179a37ffc6.jpg] This time of year is a period of transition. We experience it in the change of season, preparing for the holidays, … Continue reading

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