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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has approved the funding to remove numerous derelict vessels from Florida Keys waters.

July 3, 2021 FWC’s Operation Dry Water promotes education, enforcement for boating under the influence this weekend The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s (FWC) Division of Law Enforcement will be promoting awareness and conducting heightened enforcement targeting boating under the influence as part of the national Operation Dry Water campaign this weekend. FWC officers will be enforcing Florida’s boating under the influence laws and educating boaters about safe boating practices, which includes boating sober. The Fourth of July holiday is one of the busiest boating hol...

Boating accidents increase statewide; Lee ranked fifth By NATHAN MAYBERG / nmayberg@breezenewspapers.com - | May 14, 2021 The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released its 2020 boating accident statistical report which showed a 16 percent increase statewide in accidents and a 21.5 percent increase in the number of people who lost their lives in boating accidents. There were 836 boating accidents across the state last year, up by 113 over 2019. There were 79 people who lost their lives due to a boating accident in 2020. There were three fatal incidents involving boats for peo...

Monroe, 99 accidents, nine deaths Miami-Dade, 95 accidents, five deaths Palm Beach, 56 accidents, seven deaths Pinellas, 56 accidents, four deaths Lee, 48 accidents, three deaths Collier, Manatee and Sarasota counties rounded out the top 10.   The state recorded 79 boating deaths in 2020, also the highest total since at least 2011. The deaths were up 21% from 2019. People falling overboard and drowning was the leading cause of death, according to the report. The commission noted that 88% of the drowning victims were not wearing life jackets. Almost half of the accidents last year...

Boating accidents spiked in Florida in 2020, report says By ABC7 Staff | May 10, 2021 at 7:19 AM EDT - Updated May 10 at 7:40 PM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida waters last year were the deadliest for boaters in at least a decade, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Manatee and Sarasota counties were mentioned in the report, reporting the 9th and 10th highest number of accidents, respectively. Art Conforti, an avid boater from Sarasota says a big part of the problem is that there are many more boaters out there because of the pandemic and a lot of them ...