Florida Freshwater Fisheries Offices--West Palm Beach, South Region

SOUTH REGIONAL FISHERIES OFFICE, WEST PALM BEACH

South Region Headquarters
8535 Northlake Blvd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33412

Phone: 561/625-5122
Fax: 561/625-5129
Manager: Mr. Jon Fury
Email: jon.fury@MyFWC.com

The Regional Office is responsible for general fisheries management in their designated counties (See map for counties, clicking on a region will display the list of Fish Management Areas). Personnel have a general knowledge of all fisheries in the region with more specific management responsibilities for Fish Management Areas in their region.

The site also houses the Miami-Dade Urban Fisheries Project and covers the Everglades and Water-Conservation-Area fisheries management efforts. Our freshwater fisheries conservation stewardship (education) program is lead by Steve Marshall from his home nearby.

OVERVIEW
The West Palm Beach regional fisheries office is responsible for managing all of the fisheries in the South Region of the state that are not specifically covered by a management team. Regional offices also have a primary role in serving as focal points for contact with the public, and as such provide advice on pond management, fish kills, fishing opportunities and so forth. The West Palm Beach office is responsible for numerous fish management areas They do most of the Commission's coordination work with the South Florida Water Management District, as it pertains to fisheries. A South Region Fishing Guide (2.2 mb PDF) is available that describes the regions major fisheries.

The nearby Wellington Fisheries Field Office (phone: 561-791-4730 ) houses personnel for the following three projects; Everglades Fisheries Investigations, Everglades Urban Ponds, and the Statewide Aquatic Education Project.

boat fishing in Everglades canal The South Fisheries Investigations Project is currently a two-man study responsible for evaluating the sport fishery in the Water Conservation Areas of the northern Everglades ecosystem. How fish population dynamics are influenced by water level changes, radio-telemetry studies of largemouth bass movement, and documenting recreational use of the areas are just some of the project's on-going activities. Project personnel also coordinate with the various federal and state agencies responsible for Everglades restoration activities.

The two-man South Florida Urban Pond Project manages four Fish Management Areas located in county parks of Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade counties. The carrying capacity of these lakes are increased via stocking, feeding, and aeration, in order to provide quality fishing opportunities to anglers living in urban settings. Project personnel also conduct fishing clinics, derbies, and other events, which are designed not only to instruct first time anglers, but to promote fishing activities and conservation ethics.

Practicing casting The Statewide Aquatic Education Project is responsible for developing, staffing, and operating aquatic education centers throughout the state. All materials used for education programs are developed through this project. The "City Fisher" is a newsletter for the south Florida canal and urban pond angler, which combines input from the South Florida Urban Pond Project and Non-Native Fish Research Laboratory. For an online copy choose the volume you wish to read below, the special inserts are listed separately.

NOTE:

Hooked on Fishing-Not on Drugs (HOFNOD) is a Sportfishing Education Program that utilizes environmental and aquatic resources education to teach fishing, life skills, and stewardship over our aquatic resources. The program can be easily implemented in the classroom or in conjunction with non-formal environmental education settings. Teachers, community youth leaders, environmental centers, youth outreach organizations, and others will benefit from attending. Participants receive a certificate that entitles them to member ship benefits, discounts in fishing and educational resources, program implementation support, and other benefits. Other programs such as the National 4H program and the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation's "Passport to Fishing and Boating" are also used as appropriate.

Contact Steve Marshall for more information.

THE CITY FISHER
John Cimbaro, Editor

Please Note PDF files are more complete and print better. To use them you need the free reader (Adobe Reader), details on using PDF files are available. To order back issues, use this form.

Volume Date Keywords Special Insert

Volume 1 (HTML) Oct-Dec 1999 Tropical Park, mayan cichlid, largemouth bass, NNFRL Intro Insert: Tri-City Bait and Tackle Shops

Volume 2 (HTML) Jan-Mar 2000 L67a, butterfly peacock, bigmouth sleeper fish, aging fish otoliths Insert: Family Fishing Tips (HTML)

Volume 3 (HTML) Apr-Jun 2000 Lake Osborne, jaguar guapote, channel catfish, fish kills Insert: World Record Peacock Bass (HTML)

Volume 4 Jul-Aug 2000 Loxahatchee, sailfin catfish, bluegill, mercury Insert: Dipnet fishes

Volume 5 Oct-Dec 2000 E-4 Canal, spotted tilapia, sunshine bass, electrofishing Insert: Gifts

Volume 6 Jan-Mar 2000 Blue Lagoon, oscar, bowfin, tagging Insert: Pond Management

Volume 7 Apr-Jun 2000 Blackcreek Canal, clown knifefish, black crappie, radiotelemetry Insert: Fish ID and anatomy

Volume 8 Jul-Sep 2000 Hillsboro Canal, blue tilapia, chain pickerel, lateral line Insert: Fly fishing basics

Volume 9 Oct-Dec 2000 Cypress Creek, swamp eel, redear sunfish, triploid grass carp, creel survey Insert: Aquatic reptiles, turtles

Volume 10 Jan-Mar 2002 Cutler Drain, midas cichlid, snook, parasites, scales Insert: Light fishing tackle

Volume 11 Apr-Jun 2002 South New River, warmouth, longevity, osmoregulation Insert: Beating the Crowd

Volume 12 Jul-Sep 2002 North E-4 Canal, tarpon, exotic fish Insert: Exotic fish id and summary

Volume 13 Oct-Dec 2002 North New River (G-15), yellow bullhead, live release Insert: Gifts

Volume 14 Jan-Mar 2003 Snake Creek, Florida gar, fish spawning Insert: Tackle care

Volume 15 Apr-Jun 2003 Aerojet Canal (C-111), walking catfish, spotted sunfish, fish respiration/gills Insert Aquatic Bird Identifier

Volume 16 Jul-Aug 2003 Earman Canal (C-17), golden shiner, fish anatomy Insert Aquatic Bird Identifier(2)

Volume 17 Sep-Dec 2003 South E-4, threadfin shad, swimming mechanics Staying Safe Outdoors (incorporated in main file)

Volume 18 Jan-Mar 2004 Grass carp, striped mullet, smell and taste in fish Exotic Fish identifier (incorporated in main file)

Volume 19 Apr-Jun 2004 Brown hoplo, mosquitofish, schooling behavior Floating Plants (incorporated in main file)

Volume 20 Jul-Sep 2004 African jewelfish, brown bullhead, fish vision part 1 Submerged plants (incorporated in main file)

Volume 21 Oct-Dec 2004 Pike killifish, longnose gar, fish vision part 2 Emergent plants (incorporated in main file)

Volume 22 Jan-Mar 2005 Black acara, sailfin molly, limnology Knot basics (incorporated in main file)

Volume 23 Apr-Jun 2005 Redstriped eartheater, redfin pickerel, water quality Spinner baits (incorporated in main file)

Volume 24 Jul-Sep 2005 Exotic philosophy, benthics Trolling (incorporated in main file)

Volume 25 Oct-Dec 2005 Bluefin killifish, zooplankton, Florida Wildlife Legacy Holiday gift guide (incorporated in main file)

Volume 26 Jul-Sep 2006 Gizzard Shad, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), Volunteer Officers Bait and Tackle Shops (incorporated in main file)

Volume 27 Oct-Dec 2006 Brook Silverside, Solunar Theory, Jon Fury How to Shoot Fish (Photographic tips, incorporated in main file)

Volume 28 Jan-Mar 2007 Lake Chubsucker, Fish 'Coloration,' How to Build a Pond (incorporated in main file)

Volume 29 Apr-Jun 2007 Seminole Killifish, Photo Tournament Results, Fishing Regulations, Caloosa FMA History of FWC main file)

Volume 30 Jul-Aug 2007 Mayan Cichlids, Florida Bass Conservation Center, Build Your Own Lures, Palm Lake FMA History of FWC main file)

Volume 31 Oct-Dec 2007 Pacu, Topeekeegee-Yugnee Park, Brett Norton A look at hooks main file)

Volume 32 Jul-Aug 2007 American Eels, Length-Weight in Fishes Triploid Grass Carp main file)

Volume 33 Oct-Dec 2007 Blackwater Hatchery, Sunshine Bass Google Earth main file)

Volume 34 Jul-Sep 2008 Photo Contest, Fish Weights, New Rules City Fisher Index main file)

A brochure on fishing in the Everglades Water Conservation Areas and the Lake Osborne-Ida Chain are also available in our publications area as an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file. Specific Fish Management Area brochures include: Caloosa, Okeeheelee, Plantation and Tropical.

Also by John Cimbaro, the City Fisher editor, are:

THE CITY FISHER John Cimbaro, Editor
Please Note PDF files are more complete and print better. To use them you need the free reader (Adobe Reader), details on using PDF files are available. To order back issues, use this form.
Volume	Date	Keywords	Special Insert
Volume 1 (HTML)	Oct-Dec 1999	Tropical Park, mayan cichlid, largemouth bass, NNFRL Intro	Insert: Tri-City Bait and Tackle Shops
Volume 2 (HTML)	Jan-Mar 2000	L67a, butterfly peacock, bigmouth sleeper fish, aging fish otoliths	Insert: Family Fishing Tips (HTML)
Volume 3 (HTML)	Apr-Jun 2000	Lake Osborne, jaguar guapote, channel catfish, fish kills	Insert: World Record Peacock Bass (HTML)
Volume 4	Jul-Aug 2000	Loxahatchee, sailfin catfish, bluegill, mercury	Insert: Dipnet fishes
Volume 5	Oct-Dec 2000	E-4 Canal, spotted tilapia, sunshine bass, electrofishing	Insert: Gifts
Volume 6	Jan-Mar 2000	Blue Lagoon, oscar, bowfin, tagging	Insert: Pond Management
Volume 7	Apr-Jun 2000	Blackcreek Canal, clown knifefish, black crappie, radiotelemetry	Insert: Fish ID and anatomy
Volume 8	Jul-Sep 2000	Hillsboro Canal, blue tilapia, chain pickerel, lateral line	Insert: Fly fishing basics
Volume 9	Oct-Dec 2000	Cypress Creek, swamp eel, redear sunfish, triploid grass carp, creel survey	Insert: Aquatic reptiles, turtles
Volume 10	Jan-Mar 2002	Cutler Drain, midas cichlid, snook, parasites, scales	Insert: Light fishing tackle
Volume 11	Apr-Jun 2002	South New River, warmouth, longevity, osmoregulation	Insert: Beating the Crowd
Volume 12	Jul-Sep 2002	North E-4 Canal, tarpon, exotic fish	Insert: Exotic fish id and summary
Volume 13	Oct-Dec 2002	North New River (G-15), yellow bullhead, live release	Insert: Gifts
Volume 14	Jan-Mar 2003	Snake Creek, Florida gar, fish spawning	Insert: Tackle care
Volume 15	Apr-Jun 2003	Aerojet Canal (C-111), walking catfish, spotted sunfish, fish respiration/gills	Insert Aquatic Bird Identifier
Volume 16	Jul-Aug 2003	Earman Canal (C-17), golden shiner, fish anatomy	Insert Aquatic Bird Identifier(2)
Volume 17	Sep-Dec 2003	South E-4, threadfin shad, swimming mechanics	Staying Safe Outdoors (incorporated in main file)
Volume 18	Jan-Mar 2004	Grass carp, striped mullet, smell and taste in fish	Exotic Fish identifier (incorporated in main file)
Volume 19	Apr-Jun 2004	Brown hoplo, mosquitofish, schooling behavior	Floating Plants (incorporated in main file)
Volume 20	Jul-Sep 2004	African jewelfish, brown bullhead, fish vision part 1	Submerged plants (incorporated in main file)
Volume 21	Oct-Dec 2004	Pike killifish, longnose gar, fish vision part 2	Emergent plants (incorporated in main file)
Volume 22	Jan-Mar 2005	Black acara, sailfin molly, limnology	Knot basics (incorporated in main file)
Volume 23	Apr-Jun 2005	Redstriped eartheater, redfin pickerel, water quality	Spinner baits (incorporated in main file)
Volume 24	Jul-Sep 2005	Exotic philosophy, benthics	Trolling (incorporated in main file)
Volume 25	Oct-Dec 2005	Bluefin killifish, zooplankton, Florida Wildlife Legacy	Holiday gift guide (incorporated in main file)
Volume 26	Jul-Sep 2006	Gizzard Shad, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), Volunteer Officers	Bait and Tackle Shops (incorporated in main file)
Volume 27	Oct-Dec 2006	Brook Silverside, Solunar Theory, Jon Fury	How to Shoot Fish (Photographic tips, incorporated in main file)
Volume 28	Jan-Mar 2007	Lake Chubsucker, Fish 'Coloration,'	How to Build a Pond (incorporated in main file)
Volume 29	Apr-Jun 2007	Seminole Killifish, Photo Tournament Results, Fishing Regulations, Caloosa FMA	History of FWC main file)
Volume 30	Jul-Aug 2007	Mayan Cichlids, Florida Bass Conservation Center, Build Your Own Lures, Palm Lake FMA	History of FWC main file)
Volume 31	Oct-Dec 2007	Pacu, Topeekeegee-Yugnee Park, Brett Norton	A look at hooks main file)
Volume 32	Jul-Aug 2007	American Eels, Length-Weight in Fishes	Triploid Grass Carp main file)
Volume 33	Oct-Dec 2007	Blackwater Hatchery, Sunshine Bass	Google Earth main file)
Volume 34	Jul-Sep 2008	Photo Contest, Fish Weights, New Rules	City Fisher Index main file)

"Exotic Fish Identifier" Provides details about some of the most commonly found exotic fish in Florida. This file is 546 kilobytes long and prints in portrait on two letter-size sheets of paper.

"Aquatic Plant Identifier" Provides details about some of the most commonly found aquatic plants in Florida. This file is 1.6 mb long and prints in portrait on six letter-size sheets of paper.

"Family Fishing Tips--Handout" This file is 72 kilobytes long.

"Bait-and-Tackle Shops" for the South Region.

"Fish Kills in South Florida. This file is 276 kilobytes long.

"Lake Osborne-Ida Chain Brochure. This file is 267 kilobytes long.

Take Me Fishing.org is a great general information site for recreational anglers and boaters.

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