FWC, Coastal Conservation Association Florida and the Duke Energy Mariculture Center Released 50,000 Redfish in Biscayne Bay

‘FLORIDA MAN’ ANDREW HEISE TURNS FLORIDA HERO AFTER CROC BITE RESCUE

On March 10, 2024, headlines told tales of a South Florida man who found himself lucky to be alive after a rare animal attack in the Everglades. Bitten and dragged under the water by an American crocodile, 68-year-old Rodrigo Constain was flown to Jackson South Medical Center, where he ultimately survived the harrowing encounter. One crucial detail virtually every news report left out: If not for the quick thinking and action of Marathon-based F…

FWC, Coastal Conservation Association Florida and the Duke Energy Mariculture Center Released 50,000 Redfish in Biscayne Bay

Recently, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and the Coastal Conservation Association Florida (CCA Florida), the state’s leading organization dedicated to marine fisheries conservation, education and advocacy, joined the Duke Energy Mariculture Center to continue its redfish restocking initiative, “Release the East,” and released 50,000 in-phase, hatchery-reared, juvenile redfish (averaging 4 inches in