FWC Report
During the week of June 7 through 13, Officer Butts conducted a resource inspection in Gulf County on two individuals fishing at a local bridge and discovered an undersized red drum, spotted seatrout, and flounder. He also conducted a resource inspection on two individuals fishing at a local bridge and discovered two undersized red drum. The officer took the appropriate action for these violations.
Master Officers M. and H. Webb conducted a resource inspection on a vessel in St. Joe Bay returning from fishing. The inspection revealed the captain was in possession of over the limit of red snapper. A citation was issued addressing the violation.
While conducting offshore patrol south of Gulf County, Officers Forbes, Hartzog and Nelson conducted a resource inspection of a recreational fishing vessel, during which they located several undersized black sea bass in the vessel’s bait well. The officers addressed the violation accordingly.
While conducting offshore patrol in the Gulf of Mexico south of Gulf County, Forbes, Hartzog and Nelson conducted a resource inspection of a recreational fishing vessel, during which they located a triggerfish on board. Currently the recreational harvest of gray triggerfish in the Gulf of Mexico is closed. The occupants of the vessel were also in possession of several undersized flounder. The officers addressed the violations accordingly.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.