The Emerald Coast Open is quickly approaching, and excitement is building for this year’s lionfish tournament. But before the world’s largest lionfish tournament begins, the public is invited to attend the
On January 15, 2023, the Okaloosa Coastal Resource Team successfully deployed the vessel MANTA off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach in Okaloosa County, Florida. The artificial reef was deployed
On January 15, 2023, the Okaloosa Coastal Resource Team successfully deployed the vessel MANTA off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach. Back in March 2022, the Okaloosa Board of County
On Wednesday, January 11 at 10am, two sea turtles, Squash and Bermuda, are set to be released back into the Gulf of Mexico at Topsail Hill State Park. According to the
On Tuesday, January 3, 2022, the Okaloosa Board of County Commissioners approved the NRDA Artificial Reef Construction grant in the amount of $1,260,000. The funds will be used to create offshore
The Coast Guard and Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) are continuing to monitor periodic discharges of oil from the Liberty Ship Thomas Heyward. The World War II-era vessel was sunk
On Sunday, October 9, 2022, Charter Boat Special K landed a 349.6-pound Warsaw grouper during the Destin Fishing Rodeo. According to Capt. Kyle Lowe, while it was one angler who fought
The buoys are back in town…well, the Gulf of Mexico.
On Thursday, September 22, 2022, Okaloosa County’s Coastal Resource Team deployed nearly 500,000-pounds of donated material as a new artificial reef off Destin-Fort Walton Beach coast. On Monday, they deployed additional material that
Grasses in Classes is a hands-on science program that Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) provides for local elementary schools in Okaloosa and Walton counties. What began nearly 15 years ago as
On Thursday, September 8, 2022, the Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners held the grand opening of the Okaloosa Island Boat Basin and ADA accessible kayak launch. The Okaloosa Island
It’s time for another artificial reef off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach. This time, it is a 67-foot steel hulled sailboat. The vessel is called the CORDONAZO and it,
