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By TIM CROFT / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted Nov 3, 2017 at 12:01 AMUpdated Nov 3, 2017 at 11:36 AM    There is a reason that so much work, so much passion, so much energy is expended by volunteers each turtle nesting season. There is a reason that so much work, so much passion, so much energy Read More

  By TIM CROFT / The Port St. Joe Star | 850-227-7827 / @PSJ_Star | tcroft@starfl.com Posted at 1:00 AMUpdated at 8:43 AM    The 21st annual Florida Scallop and Music Festival arrives at Port St. Joe’s George Core Park this weekend, with plenty of music, food and fun for kids of all ages. The 21st annual Florida Scallop Read More

GULF COUNTY, FL — (WTVY) The Gulf County bay scallop season will soon open. It will run from September 23rd until October 9th.  Thanks to a naturally occurring algae bloom, it seemed like this day would never arrive. After the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission received two clean tests of the bay they were prepared Read More

PORT ST. JOE, Fla. – It’s been nearly one month since this year’s scallop season was postponed in St. Joseph Bay in Gulf County. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has also issued a closure for the harvest of all clams, mussels and oysters in St. Joseph Bay. Locals in gulf county are Read More

PANAMA CITY BEACH — It’s time for Julia, a 165-pound loggerhead sea turtle, to leave the Gulf World Marine Institute and return to the Gulf. Julia was brought to Gulf World members after she was found bobbing in the surf in Franklin County. The vets determined that a case of pneumonia had wreaked havoc on Read More

GULF COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) – According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, those who want to go scalloping in St. Joseph Bay have to wait just a little longer. FWC officials say the season will be postponed until scallop samples test safe for people to eat after a naturally occurring algae bloom. Also, the Florida Department Read More

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NEWS RELEASE Gulf County scallop season postponed due to naturally occurring algae bloom | 7/26/2017 As a precautionary measure due to a naturally occurring algae bloom in St. Joseph Bay that affects shellfish, the bay scallop harvest originally scheduled to begin on July 25th in Gulf County waters will be temporarily postponed. This postponement includes all Read More

Let’s work together to protect Gulf County and our natural resources. Time to tidy up for the turtles! Each summer from May 1st to October 31st, seas turtles crawl ashore Gulf County beaches during the night, to lay their eggs. After laying a hundred or more ping-pong sized eggs, these 200-to 300-pound giants cover their Read More