Holidays on the Water
Last year’s Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade as it traveled from the New River to the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale. Several parades contribute to South Florida’s holiday lineup, including the 2025 Holiday of Miracles Toy Drive and Boat Parade on Dec. 6 at Pelican Harbor Marina in Miami.
Teen’s death sparks waterway restrictions
FORT LAUDERDALE — A personal watercraft accident in August that led to the death of a 14-year-old, and the hospitalization of her sister, was just one impetus in creating a restricted boating area along Broward’s Intracoastal Waterway (ICW).
City to offer boaters free mobile pump-out service
FORT LAUDERDALE — A new option in the fight for clean waterways will launch in spring 2026: a pump-out boat to provide free in-water sewage removal for craft in Fort Lauderdale. The goal is for boat owners to responsibly empty their holding tanks instead of discharging sewage into the city’s 165 miles of waterways.
Rare coral bleaching occurring off the coast
DANIA BEACH — Researchers from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) have discovered a rare and concerning coral bleaching event taking place just off Fort Lauderdale and Dania Beach.
Mislabeling of fish species detected by DNA testing
In a shipment of tuna, the labels said one thing but DNA told a different story. To get answers, federal agents turned to Diego Cardeñosa, a shark conservation biologist with Florida International University.
New AI flood model determines dangerous situations
The 2,175-mile system of interconnected, man-made canals crisscrossing Florida — from Orlando to the Keys — has an important role when a hurricane happens to be pinwheeling toward the peninsula: Flood control.
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