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CLEARWATER — Sea turtle nests increased this year along a stretch of Florida’s Gulf Coast before a trio of hurricanes washed many of them away, aquarium officials said Friday. There were 271 ...

Gulf County, Florida ... Organizations like the Forgotten Coast Sea Turtle Center (1001 10th Street, Port St Joe, Florida 32456) – along with most every business in town – are eager to ...

"These nurdles are primary plastics, the raw materials used to make almost every plastic product we use," said Steinhaus, Ocean Program director for Turtle ... time for the Gulf Coast region ...

The money comes from an $8.8 billion settlement that BP entered into with the federal government and Gulf Coast states in 2016 ... education and distribution of turtle-excluder devices, or TEDs.

Dramatic video has captured the moment a fisherman was miraculously rescued after he was found clinging to an ice box ... Gulf of Mexico, officials said. The fisherman was saved by a US Coast ...