Ocean Sentry
(From jaxdailyrecord.com) Florida – Over the past 12 months, six manatees have been killed by area boaters, a figure that exceeds an “acceptable level of mortality” according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. R. Kipp Frohlich — leader of the Imperiled Species Management Section of the FWC — said with six manatee deaths since last July, the FWC “cannot recommend approval of new or expansion of existing boat facilities (such as marinas, commercial docks, boat ramps or dry storage) until the triggered mortality threshold has been addressed cooperatively by local, state and federal government entities.”
(By Mike Sharkey)
