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Effort to strip specialty license plate funds from Harbor Branch fails

Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation will get to keep more than $1.4 million in annual ...

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Harbor Branch could lose $1.4 million if vanity license plate money redistributed

The legislature was expected to decide this week whether the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Foundation will lose $1.4 ...

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Annual microplastic pollution worse than 9 biggest oil spills

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute research professor Dr. Tracy Mincer doesn't want to scare you, but he says ocean ...

St. Lucie Voice

Improving management of Lagoon spoil islands becomes priority

The state of Florida is updating its nearly 30-year-old management plan for 137 spoil islands in the Indian ...

Melbourne Beachsider

If you should run into these creatures …

Signs of springtime along the Space and Treasure Coasts: amorous alligators, spinning shark and toxic toads. Warmer, wetter ...

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State of Florida seeks to improve management of lagoon spoil islands

The state of Florida is updating its nearly 30-year-old management plan for 137 spoil islands in the Indian ...

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Is snook caught in lagoon on six-pound test line a world record?

A 37-year-old local woman caught and released alive a potential world-record snook on April 6 in the Indian ...

St. Lucie Voice

What to do if you run into these creatures …

Signs of springtime on the Treasure Coast: amorous alligators, spinning sharks and toxic toads. Warmer, wetter weather increases ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Scientist sounds the alarm on scourge of microplastics

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute research professor Dr. Tracy Mincer doesn’t want to scare you, but he says ocean ...

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35 scientists conduct first survey of invasive fish in Indian River County waters

A posse of 35 scientists from nine federal and state agencies, universities and other research institutions fanned out ...

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Lagoon scientist gets grant to seek federal protection for endangered fish species

Vero Beach marine scientist Dr. Grant Gilmore says he is finally making significant progress in his long-term effort ...

Melbourne Beachsider

Harbor Branch project may boost farming of sought-after pompano

Florida pompano. They look like silver-and-yellow Frisbees skipping atop the Indian River Lagoon and near shore Atlantic Ocean. ...