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$1.7m Peroxide Algal Bloom Treatment Underway at Lake Minneola (1) · A new inlet will not save the lagoon (1) · Brevard Coalition Hosts ''Lagoon Straight Talk'' at Satellite High School (1) · Brevard County Beaches Closed Mid-Day This Weekend (1) · Brevard County Closes All Beachside Parking (1) · Brevard County Reverses Beach Closure Decision (1) · Canaveral National Seashore is Closing Due to COVID19 (1) · Cocoa Beach Limits Beach Activities (1) · December 2020 Indian River Lagoon Water Quality Update by Chuck Jacoby (1) · DEP Secretary Valenstein and Chief Science Officer Dr. Frazer Issue Statements on the State of the State 2020 (1) · Fall Lawn Watering Restrictions in Effect (1) · Florida DEP Proposes New Nitrogen and Phosphorus Allocations for IRL (1) · Florida lawmakers advance fight against blue-green algae (1) · FWC Fishing in the Know December 2020 (1) · Governor DeSantis Appoints SJRWMD Board Members (1) · Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Preparation for Algal Bloom Mitigation (1) · Harbor Branch Institute to Host 2020 Ferrara Ocean Science Lecture Series (1) · Indian River County to build nutrient removal facility to protect lagoon (1) · Indian River Lagoon 2020 Health Update (1) · Indian River Lagoon 2020 Water Quality Update (1) · Indian River Lagoon Board of Directors Meeting 2020-11-06 (1) · Indian River lagoon is pea-soup green, raising fears of another 'bloom of doom' (1) · Indian River Lagoon News (1) · Indian River Lagoon Repository (1) · Israeli Firm Aims to Keep Lake Okeechobee Algae Out of St Lucie River (1) · Keep Brevard's Boat Ramps Open (1) · Lagoon Faces Weather Conditions That Could Lead to Potential Fish Kills (1) · Lake Okeechobee Discharge to St Lucie Estuary Timeline (1) · Mangroves Cut in Volusia's Wilbur-By-The-Sea (1) · Marine Resources Council IRL Report Card Webinar (1) · Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Trash Bash Clean Up (1) · Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Update (1) · Snook slated to reopen in Atlantic state waters Feb. 1 (1) · SOIRL-Citizen Oversight Committee-2020-01-17 (1) · Spotted seatrout: new zones, regulations, and Western Panhandle seasonal closure effective Feb. 1 (1) · St Johns River Water Management District Governing Board Meeting December 2020 (1) · St Lucie County Beaches Closed (1)

''"Fishing in the Know"'' is the FWC's monthly fishing newsletter. This issue includes the December Commission meeting agenda where changes to the Atlantic Coast flounder fishery will be discussed. Atlantic Snook fishery closes Dec 15, 2020. (1) · $10 million was appropriated in 2019-20 specifically for innovative technologies to combat and clean up Florida's harmful algal blooms. (1) · A vote on the approval of $25 million in Indian River Lagoon project funds was dropped during the St Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) Governing Board meeting held on December 8, 2020. (1) · All beaches in the City of Cocoa Beach are closed to all activities except walking, jogging, biking, fishing, surfing and swimming. Activities such as sunbathing, sitting in chairs, organized sports or laying on blankets is not allowed. (1) · An Israeli company has been given a $945,000 state contract to keep blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee from getting into the St. Lucie River estuary. (1) · Around 500 mangroves in Volusia County's Wilbur-By-The-Sea were cut well below the height mandated by Florida's guidelines, forcing the state to investigate how it happened. (1) · Beachside public parking along the 72-mile Brevard County shoreline will be closed beginning on Thursday March 18, 2020 in an attempt to contain the spread of COVID-19. (1) · Brevard Coalition presents "Lagoon Straight Talk" on January 22, 2020 at Satellite High School. (1) · Brevard County Beaches will be closed 11am - 4pm March 27 - 29, 2020. (1) · Brevard Fisherman and IRL Advocate Kurt Boyken asks boaters to contact their representatives to support keeping Brevard's boat ramps open. (1) · Canaveral National Seashore (CANA) is closed due to novel coronavirus (COVID19) guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (1) · Dr. Chuck Jacoby, Chief Environmental Scientist, St. Johns River Water Management District, presented an Indian River Lagoon Water Quality Update to the Department of Environmental Protection IRL Basin Management Action Plan meeting on December 16, 2020. (1) · Effective Monday March 23, 2020 all St. Lucie County Beaches are Closed. (1) · Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce is hosting the 2020 John & Barbara Ferrara Ocean Science Lecture Series. (1) · Florida Department of Environmental Protection responds to the Governor's 2020 State of the State Address. (1) · Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission asks anglers to help researchers when the Florida Atlantic Coast Snook season reopens February 1, 2020. (1) · Florida Gov. DeSantis employs innovative peroxide algicide technology to treat Harmful Algae Blooms that may occur from the Army Corps' continued Lake Okeechobee discharge into the St. Lucie River estuary. (1) · Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed three additional members to the St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board. (1) · Florida's once a week lawn watering restrictions for the fall season started on November 1st. Do your part to improve the Indian River Lagoon and conserve Florida's water by setting your sprinkler systems to once a week operation now. (1) · In Tallahassee, a package of proposals is wending its way through legislative committees that attempts to better control pollutant-laden runoff that nourish the blue-green algae, risking environmental havoc on ponds, lakes and the state's prized Everglades (1) · In this Florida Today editorial, geologist Randall Parkinson speaks against new Indian River Lagoon inlets. (1) · Indian River County has received a $650,000 grant from the Florida DEP for construction of an Aquatic Plant System to remove nutrients from farm waters before discharge into the Indian River Lagoon. (1) · Indian River Lagoon Project has added a News Headlines section that compiles the latest Indian River Lagoon News Headlines, Stories and Events for Florida East Coast communities. (1) · Indian River Lagoon Project has added an IRL Document Repository to archive Indian River Lagoon documents for safekeeping and easy retrieval. (1) · IRL Water Quality Update by Dr. Chuck Jacoby, SJRWMD (1) · Israeli company BlueWater Technologies completed it's $940,000 Lake O. contract last week with no application of their hydrogen peroxide algicide. This week they move to Lake Minneola to begin a $1.7m contract to apply the controversial product. (1) · Marine Resources Council (MRC) celebrated National Estuary Day with a webinar featuring presentations on the Indian River Lagoon Observatory Network (IRLON) by Dr. M. Dennis Hanisak, Ph.D., and MRC's new IRL Report Card by Dr. Leesa Souto. (1) · Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge has closed Biolab Road. Blackpoint Wildlife Drive and other refuge areas are open. (1) · Save Our Indian River Lagoon Citizen Oversight Committee Meeting Friday, January 17, 2020 at 8:30 a,m. in the Commission Chambers of the Brevard County Government Center in Viera. (1) · The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has proposed new Nitrogen and Phosphorus Load Allocations in order to reduce the impact of human-introduced nutrient pollution on the Indian River Lagoon estuary. (1) · The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) made changes to Spotted seatrout regulations after reviewing stock assessments and gathering input from anglers. (1) · The Indian River Lagoon Council Board of Directors met on November 6, 2020 in Sebastian, Florida. Presentations included water quality reports, Lagoon Saltwater Inflow Modeling, and the IRLNEP Executive Director's Year End Presentation from Dr. Duane De Freese. (1) · The Marine Resources Council studied 25 years of state water quality data collected in 10 Indian River Lagoon regions in order to present their 3rd IRL Health Update Report Card. (1) · There currently are several types of algae blooming in the lagoon, which is evident in areas of the lagoon that have turned the color of pea soup. (1) · This weekends Brevard Beach closures will now be determined by each municipality. (1) · Tiny single-celled algae have begun to cast a huge pea-soup green shadow over the Indian River Lagoon, setting the stage for a repeat of the massive fish kill four years ago, when dead sea life fouled canals and choked the lagoon during a smelly summer of environmental chaos. (1) · Volunteers needed to help clean up the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. (1)

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