When 25MPH speed limit signs popped up in the back bay in 2019 local residents took notice. Not only because of the new signage but because boats were moving faster in what they consider to be a year-round manatee zone. They are doing a no-wake-zone victory lap this week.

The state is on pace to have one of the deadliest years on record for manatees. FWC reports that through the 5th of March 432 manatees have died already in Florida. In all of 2020 the state recorded 637 manatee deaths, 607 deaths in 2019.

(By Ed Ryan) As Fort Myers Beach Town Attorney John Herin advises the Town Council that their mask mandate and social distancing ordinance is enforceable, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to pull the rug out from under that advice.

Local attorney Mike Chionopoulos heard about how the town of Fort Myers Beach went after Nervous Nellie's and threatened them with a $5,000 fine. He has an opinion about that and plans to express it tomorrow morning on Beach Talk Radio. Mike is on the Mic at 9:30 live from Pete's Time Out.

For the second year in a row, the town of Fort Myers Beach canceled the Shrimp Festival, which would have been this weekend. Normally Lynn Hall Park would be swarming with vendors, visitors would be drooling over jumbo shrimp and volunteer Lions would be running around frantically making sure the event went off without a hitch.

That's what Lee County Visitors & Convention Bureau Executive Director Tamara Pigott said Wednesday during a Sanibel Chamber virtual presentation. And that's sweet music to the ears of every business owner in Lee County.

The next FMB Chamber of Commerce After Hours will be held at Kava Culture, March 18th from 5:30P-7P. The host will provide samples and free appetizers as well as a cash bar. The event is free for Chamber members, $15 for non-members. REGISTER

The CROW weekly Virtual Speaker Series continues this Tuesday with Citizen Science & Invasive Lionfish Removal by Madalyn Mussey, Education & Outreach Program Manager for Reef Environmental Education Foundation (pictured here).

In case you missed our interview with Florida Congressman Brian Mast this past Saturday on Beach Talk Radio Episode #155, you can check it out HERE. Mast wants the water from Lake O to stop flowing and he told us why.

The next speaker at the Sanibel-Captiva Chamber of commerce's monthly virtual luncheon will be Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau Executive Director Tamara Pigott. The topic will be tourism. The event begins at Noon and registration is required HERE.