FWRI Monthly Highlights

Greetings from the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute! We hope you enjoy the new photo albums on the MyFWC Research Flickr account, and new videos added to our YouTube channel. We also invite you to keep up with us on Facebook and our new Instagram page!

Instagram Photo of the Month Have you seen an orange largemouth bass before? This angler was fishing at Fox Lake in Titusville, Florida this summer when he reeled in a bright orange largemouth bass. This fish has an extremely rare genetic anomaly called xanthism. Xanthism causes the pigments in some animals to turn orange, much like albinism causes a lack of pigment. Our Freshwater Fisheries Research Long-Term Monitoring Program has sampled 255,632 largemouth bass from 175 different water bodies over a 10-year period and have not reported a single sighting of this genetic phenomenon. The fish was released after capture. Follow us on Instagram! You're invited!  Join us for MarineQuest - the annual open house of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI). This award-winning event is an opportunity for you and your family to learn about Florida's exciting fish and wildlife research.  October 17, 2015 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. FREE admission FWC's Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast St. Petersburg, Florida Flickr Photo Albums Manatee Calf Rescued in Daytona Beach Cetacean Stranding Workshops Leatherback Rescue Bottlenose Dolphin Rescue Panthers in Hendry County Squirrels in Lehigh Acres Screech Owls in Lehigh Acres YouTube Videos Goliath Grouper in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Common Snook in Tampa Bay Acoustic Telemetry Tracks Florida Keys Reef Fish Red Drum Brood Stock Feeding on Shrimp Florida Panthers at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary – Part 2 Our mission: Through effective research and technical knowledge, we provide timely information and guidance to protect, conserve, and manage Florida's fish and wildlife resources.

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