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FWC Releases 2020 Boating Accident Statistical Report
Friday, May 7, 2021 - Florida had 836 boating accidents in 2020, which is 113 more accidents than in 2019, a 16% increase. -
FWC encourages safe boating during Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival
Thursday, April 29, 2021 - Law enforcement agencies will be helping keep people safe by looking for reckless or careless vessel operation and enforcing boating under the influence on any impaired vessel operator. -
FWC decommissions offshore patrol vessel C.T. Randall
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - The C.T. Randall served for 18 years directly supporting conservation efforts in state and federal waters operating out of Port Canaveral, Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Marco Island. -
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FWC: Manatees are on the move! Go slow, look out below
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - The FWC is reminding anyone on the water to slow down and look out for manatees while boating in Florida this spring. -
FWC encourages boaters to “Spring Aboard” and take a boater education class
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - In 2020, Florida boating accident statistics indicated that, when the level of operator education was known, 72% of boating deaths occurred on boats where the boat operator had never received boating education instruction. -
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5 idle-speed, no-wake zones activated on Suwannee, Santa Fe rivers
Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - An idle-speed, no-wake zone means a vessel must proceed at a speed no greater than what is required to maintain steerageway and headway. -
Martin County to get improved waterway marker signs
Monday, February 15, 2021 - The FWC is performing routine maintenance and replacing degraded waterway signs in the existing boundaries of the manatee protection zones and the boating restricted areas.

