"Without the Lemon Bay Conservancy and the community support, especially from the fishing guides, there would be no fishery. It's going to take an estimated $500,000 to restore."
-Jo Ellen King, researcher, Mote Marine
"DEFCON 5. There is tremendous pressure on their habitat and spawning."
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“Without the Lemon Bay Conservancy and the community support, especially from the fishing guides, there would be no fishery. It’s going to take an estimated $500,000 to restore.”
— Jo Ellen King, researcher, Mote Marine
-Marvin Medintz, LBC member, Placida
"It's encouraging to have discovered one of the world's the tarpon fisheries in the Wildflower Preserve lands. The right people bought those lands."
-Tula Watt, retired real estate agent, Boca Grande
"They have bee declining for years. But we know the Wildflower Preserve is really good for them."
-David Dignam, owner Key Agency, Englewood
"We want to protect our future."
- Eric Fogo, vice president Key Agency, Englewood
