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Vikki N. Spruill: It's Time We Take the Pulse of the GulfTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:53PMWe cannot continue to let the Gulf suffer. Pillars of the regional economy -- tourism, energy, recreational fishing and the seafood industry -- cannot prosper without the natural resources that support them.

Sea turtle nesting season off to good startTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:45PMSea turtle nesting season is off to a good start this year, with 1,085 nests deposited on area

Authorities don't know what killed fish in SW FlaTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:11PMAuthorities don't know what's causing fish to wash ashore along a stretch of beaches in southwest Florida.

Two algae species discovered in waters where dead fish washed ashoreTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:10PMCollier County beaches are open today as clean-up crews pick up dead fish that have washed ashore.

WW2-era sunken ships leaking oil in Florida, elsewhereTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:56AMAll told, the rusting ships could dump millions of gallons of oil into the world's oceans. Some – including a few off Florida's coast – were sunk by German U-boats.

Time still moves slowly on Sanibel, Captiva islandsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:44AMIf you're in a hurry, you don't belong on Sanibel.

Fish kill on Collier County beaches under investigationMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:10PMDead and living fish and other sea life that should be offshore showed up along Collier County beaches from Seagate to Wiggins Pass Monday.

Great whites amass off Martha's VineyardMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:43PMGathering by the shores of Monomoy Island near Martha's Vineyard, where much of the movie Jaws was filmed, great white sharks have people on notice in the Northeast

Weather Matters: Tropical Depression 2 forms near Bahamas, forecast to become TS BretSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 4:55PMThe season’s second tropical depression formed Sunday afternoon north of the Bahamas, and the National Hurricane Center predicted the system would become Tropical Storm Bret.