Fresh Florida stone crab claws will soon be back in seafood markets and restaurants across the Sunshine State. Stone crab season runs through mid-May. The fishery is closed for five months each year to help protect and sustain Florida's valuable s
Read more…NOAA Reopens Nearly 3,000 Square Miles in the Gulf of Mexico to Fishing
WASHINGTON – NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 2,927 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, directly south and southwest of East Bay. This is
National Incident Command Explains Subsurface Oil: What Is It and What Is the Risk?
You’ve probably heard the term “subsurface oil” during the past several months of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response.
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89 percent of federal waters now open
NOAA today reopened to commercial and recreational fishing 5,628 square miles of Gulf waters off eastern Louisiana, just west of the Mississippi River delta. This is the seventh reopening in
If you aren’t feeling too creative, there are numerous spidery baking items at party and craft stores
that you can put to use for your Halloween menu.
You can purchase silicon spider baking pans (six for $6.99) in which you bake individual-size cak Read more…
It just wouldn’t be a Halloween party without a bowl of Venom Punch. Dress it up with a ring of ice
studded with black spiders.
To make the icy decoration, fill a metal bowl or ring mold half way with water.
Sprinkle with black plastic spiders (av
This sweet sorbet (or ice cream) spider dessert with pretzel legs is cute and sweet enough for adults and kids alike.
To make the bended legs, melt molding or dipping discs of chocolate (available at craft stores and supermarkets) according to packa
For a first course at your adult holiday party, make this lush soup garnished with an adorable spider
intent on catching flies.
Make the festive orange soup by sautéing chopped onions in a little oil in a large
pot over medium hea
Making a spider web on a plate, atop a cake or on cookies is a great way to garnish just
about any spider specialty. This web design also is used in our Spider Web
Soup, so we offer these basic instructions.
Put whatever you are using for your web
My jaw dropped to the floor after reading Town Commissioner Terry Brown of OceanRidge being quoted by Angie Francalancia in the September article, “Growth opponents delighted by court’s rejection of SB 360.” Mr. Brown’s quotes imp
Read more…Recipes
TALLAHASSEE -- Top producers in Florida expect this to be an above-average year for blue crab, thanks to plentiful rainfall.
"Our fishermen tell us that blue crabs are running larger than normal and are in excellent supply," Florida Agricultur
Try these delicious recipes using blue crab developed by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services:
Bedeviled Blues Blue Crab:
http://www.fl-seafood.com/recipes/seafood-4082.htm
Blue Crab and Broccoli Enchilada:
http://www.fl-seafood.co
Today NOAA reopened 3,114 square miles of Gulf waters offshore of the western Florida panhandle to commercial and recreational fishing. The reopening was announced after consultation with FDA and under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the FDA
This is light and refreshing dish in warm weather. It is best to use a mandoline or Asian box slicer to be sure vegetables are cut very thin so they can be
flavored softened by the marinade. In Vietnam, this would be made with the
larger, coarser p
This can be used to flavor chicken, pork, fish or beef. Brush it liberally on the meat or seafood, cover and refrigerate overnight. Then grill, broil, pan
fry, bake, steam or cook the food en papillote (a parchment pouch). This also
can be used as a
This is a delightfully spicy recipe. You can make it devilishly spicy by leaving the seeds in the peppers. We enjoyed the leftovers cold atop salad greens.
1/4 cup olive oil
1 Scotch bonnet pepper, seeded and thinly slicedServe over rice or pasta.
1 (4-pound) chicken, cut into pieces, or 4 pounds whole bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts
2 tablespoons pressed garlic1 teaspoon plus 1 sprig fresh thyme
1 tablespoon chopped cilantroSea salt, to taste
1/4 cup olive oil Read more…By Thomas R. Collins
When I visited my mom at the nursing home the other day, I talked with the wife of another resident there.
In the dining room, with a crime drama on the TV in the background, she said something that I’ve heard a lot: “You look
Read more…The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) reminds anglers that the harvest season for snook in Florida, which usually opens on Sept. 1, will remain closed through Sept. 16. The FWC issued an executive order in January that temporar
Read more…Sea turtle nests to remain on beaches of Northwest Florida, Alabama
After nearly two months of work to translocate sea turtle nests on Florida’s northwest coast and Alabama’s coast, the unprecedented operation was suspended last week as
