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• FWC finalizes investigation into fatal Cutter Bank boating accident; operator charged

  Monday, August 14, 2023 -  On Sept. 4, 2022, a 29-foot Robalo boat with 14 occupants aboard, all from Miami, struck a channel marker while traveling in the intracoastal waterway, bayside of Broad Creek at the south end of Cutter Bank in Miami-Dade County

• 14th Circuit Assistant State Attorney Josh James named 2023 FWC Division of Law Enforcement Prosecutor of the Year

  Wednesday, July 19, 2023 -  The selection of the Prosecutor of the Year Award is made by officers and investigators who work in the field directly with prosecutors.

• FWC Commissioners approve new rule creating Weeki Wachee Springs Protection Zone

  Wednesday, July 19, 2023 -  The Springs Protection Zone will restrict beaching, mooring, anchoring and grounding of vessels on the spring run of the Weeki Wachee River extending from the spring boil within Weeki Wachee State Park to the Rogers Park Boat Ramp.

• FWC removes nearly 100 impaired operators during Operation Dry Water and the Fourth of July holiday

  Tuesday, July 11, 2023 -  From July 1-3, FWC officers arrested 94 vessel operators for boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs, preventing the possibility of life-altering events from occurring.

• FWC seeking help from the public for information regarding a vessel strike in Homosassa

  Friday, July 7, 2023 -  A vessel’s propeller struck a man diving for scallops at the scallop grounds northwest of St. Martins River in the Crystal River/Homosassa area and the vessel left the scene.

• FWC promotes awareness and heightened enforcement for boating under the influence during Operation Dry Water this weekend

  Friday, June 30, 2023 -  Operation Dry Water is a year-round Boating Under the Influence awareness campaign that facilitates a national weekend of BUI detection and enforcement aimed at reducing the number of alcohol- and drug-related boating incidents and fatalities.

• FWC names Brian Smith new director of the Division of Law Enforcement

  Friday, June 23, 2023 -  Col. Smith will oversee more than 1,000 employees who protect Florida’s natural resources and provide public safety on state lands and waters in the FWC’s Division of Law Enforcement.

• FWC and partner agencies conduct enhanced patrols during “Boater Skip Day,” resulting in zero boating accident fatalities

  Monday, June 12, 2023 -  The FWC joined local law enforcement to conduct high visibility patrols at Baynard Point on the St. Johns River during Clay County’s unofficial holiday, “Boater Skip Day.”

• FWC reports ZERO boating accident fatalities over Memorial Day weekend

  Monday, June 5, 2023 -  Between May 27-29, FWC officers removed approximately 100 unsafe and impaired vessel operators across the state of Florida for boating under the influence and responded to over 30 boating accidents. There were zero fatalities reported during this time.

• Governor DeSantis signs legislation honoring FWC Senior Investigator Kyle Patterson

  Friday, June 2, 2023 -  On June 9, 2022, Senior Investigator Kyle Lee Patterson succumbed to injuries sustained in a line-of-duty collision in which a vehicle traveling in the wrong direction crashed into Investigator Patterson's patrol truck.