TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery held the third of four second chance drawings for non-winning GUY HARVEY®Scratch-Off tickets in the Guy Harvey® Sportsman’s Paradise Second Chance Promotion. …
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Second chance promotion offers players the chance to win the fishing trip of a lifetime!
WEST PALM BEACH (March 22, 2012)—The <a title="PBIBS web site" href="http://www.showmanagement.com/palm_beach/event/" target="_blank">Palm Beach International Boat Show</a> got off to a lucky start Thursday with the announcement of a brand new <a title="Florida Lottery web site" href="http://flalottery.com/" target="_blank">Florida Lottery</a> <a title="Guy Harvey Inc. web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">GUY HARVEY</a>® Scratch-Off game. Fishing and boating enthusiasts in Florida regularly wear <a title="GHS web site" href="http://www.guyharveysportswear.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey sportswear</a> and starting on April 3, they can try their luck with this new game.
Capturing the colorful wildlife illustrations created by Dr. Guy Harvey, the $2 Scratch-Off game will feature six scenes of original Guy Harvey® Collector’s Series artwork.
“Today was a fun day to launch this new product that Floridians and visitors can really feel good about purchasing,” said Florida Lottery Secretary Cynthia O'Connell. “Not only do we expect this ticket to generate about $3.5 million for Florida’s education system, Dr. Harvey is also donating his licensing fee to the Guy Harvey Ocean Fund, a non-profit organization that directly benefits Florida’s coastlines.”
The $2 GUY HARVEY® Scratch-Off game offers cash prizes of up to $30,000 and overall odds to win of one-in-4.37. Additionally, non-winning GUY HARVEY® tickets may be entered in the Guy Harvey® Sportsman’s Paradise <a title="FL Lottery Second Chance Promotion" href="https://secondchance.flalottery.com/secondchance/" target="_blank">Second Chance</a> Promotion on the Lottery’s website.
Four drawings will be held between April 25 and June 27 with 12 winners selected in each drawing.
Grand prize winners will receive a Sportsman’s Paradise fishing trip for two to one of several fantastic fishing destinations including <a title="City of STB web site" href="http://www.stpetebeach.org/" target="_blank">St. Petersburg Beach</a>, <a title="About Duck Key" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_Key,_Florida" target="_blank">Duck Key</a>, the <a title="Bahamas web site" href="http://www.bahamas.com/" target="_blank">Bahamas</a>, or <a title="Cayman Islands web site" href="http://www.caymanislands.ky/" target="_blank">Grand Cayman Island</a>, where one lucky winner and a guest will get the opportunity of a lifetime – to go fishing with Guy Harvey himself!
Second prize winners in the drawing will receive an original Guy Harvey® framed watercolor painting and the third prize winners will receive a $200 gift certificate to <a title="GHS.com web site" href="www.guyharveysportswear.com" target="_blank">GuyHarveySportswear.com</a>.
“This partnership with the Florida Lottery is unique and I am happy to be here in Florida to launch a product that will help Florida’s schools as well as the state’s precious natural resources,” said Dr. Guy Harvey. “I am especially looking forward to fishing with the winner of the Grand Cayman trip. We will have a great time!”
The Florida Lottery is working closely with the <a title="FWC web site" href="http://myfwc.com/" target="_blank">Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission</a> to promote the game to Florida’s licensed anglers and to help underscore the importance of conservation to Florida.
“Acknowledged as the ‘Fishing Capital of the World,’ Florida has vast natural resources we are duty-bound to protect,” said Chuck Collins, Regional Director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Every effort to highlight the beauty of our waters, the abundance of species and our need to respect and conserve them for residents, visitors and our future generations is a worthwhile effort.” https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-and-florida-lottery-announce-new-guy-harvey-scratch-off-game-and-second-chance-promo/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=Miami International Boat Show Events Feature Guy Harvey, Stu Apte, Wayne Bisbee & More&body=The Big Game Room proudly inducts Wayne Bisbee into the Big Game Room Hall of Fame
<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.miamiboatshow.com/lib/img/gallery/img152413270.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />Recognized for his outstanding contributions to the sport of big game fishing. Wayne's long history of conservation spans 35 years and he is currently working with governments and private organizations alike in several countries do develop tourism, sportfishing and other aquatic activities as primary, economically viable industries. Wayne also founded Bisbee's Fish & Wildlife Conservation fund whose mission is to conserve, restore and manage fish, wildlife and their associated habitats through science, education and the optimal use of the latest technologies.
Saturday, February 14 Big Game Room Presentations (except as noted)
12:00 USCG - Suddenly In Command
1:00 Stu Apte Roast Legendary IGFA Hall of Famer Apte will roast in the hot seat with the heat provided by Capt. Rick Murphy, (<a href="http://www.sportsmansadventures.com/">Sportsman's </a>Adventures), Sue Cocking (<a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/">Miami </a>
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Hearld Outdoors Writer), Blair Wiggins (<a href="http://www.addictivefishing.com/" target="_blank">Addictive Fishing TV</a>), <a href="http://www.sportsmansadventures.com/"> </a>Chris Peterson (<a href="http://hellsbayboatworks.com/">Hells Bay Boatworks</a>), <a href="http://www.patfordphotos.com/home-static.cfm">Pat Ford</a>, Ray Van Horn (Gypsy Angler TV). Styled like the Fryar's Club and Dean Martin roasts, these well-known personalities will hurl playful zingers and one-liners at Stu before he gets his turn at the mic. This is not for the faint of heart as the repartee will be sharp as a wahoo's tooth.
2:00 <a title="Capt. Dan Kipnis" href="http://www.captaindankipnis.com/#!presentations">Dan Kipnis</a> - Global Warming - Our Changing Oceans
4:00 Justin Schnute - SUDS - In Depth Look at <a href="http://www.sudsdiving.org/">Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba</a> (SUDS) Program
430pm -7:00pm <a href="http://papaspilar.com/#/papaspilar/landing">Papa's Pilar</a> will host a rum tasting at the <a href="http://guyharveymagazine.com/">Guy Harvey Magazine</a> booth (#4401) near the south entrance
5:30 Guy Harvey Presents: Panama Paradise, his latest documentary in the Big Game Room. Dr. Harvey will discuss the movie and answer questions after the showing.
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Sunday, February 15
12:00 USCG - Suddenly in Command
2:00 Justin Schnute - In Depth Look at Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba (SUDS)
3:00 Dan Kipnis - <a href="http://www.captaindankipnis.com/#!presentations">Global Warming - Our Changing Oceans</a>
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![](mailto:?subject=More Reasons Than Ever to Harvest Lionfish&body=by Sue Cocking, Guy Harvey Outpost Travel Journalist
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Lionfish: they gobble just about anything they can fit in their mouths, decimating native marine fish populations and taking over coral reef ecosystems. They are colorful and tasty and now there are more reasons than ever for you to hunt them down and take them out.
The month of May-- warmer water temperatures, calmer winds-- marks the unofficial grand opening of the recreational diving season in Florida and the Bahamas, and the kickoff of a busy season of lionfish removal derbies. All kinds of incentives are being offered for you to harvest, log, photograph and eat your catch of these venom-spined invaders from the Indo Pacific.
The <a href="http://www.guyharveyoutpost.com/destinations/bahamas/green-turtle-cay-abacos/" target="_blank">Green Turtle Club, a Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition Lodge</a> in Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas will conduct its eighth annual Lionfish Derby June 24-25 in conjunction with the non-profit Friends of the Environment. Prizes will be awarded for the most, the largest, and the smallest lionfish brought in, and competitors will celebrate by eating their catch. The club was the scene of the very first lionfish derby in the Bahamas in 2009, organized by dive operators Brendal and Mary Stevens. The fleet of some 20 boats harvested 1,408 of the peppermint-striped exotics in the inaugural tournament. At last year's contest, they took out 763. The event has become a model for other lionfish derbies throughout the Bahamas. To get in on the action, book your stay by calling 1-800-513-5257 and email info@friendsoftheenvironment.org for an entry form.
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Stateside, lionfish derby season opens May 14-15 with Florida's <a href="http://reefrangers.com/event-info/" target="_blank">Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day Festival and Tournament</a> at Plaza de Luna Park in Pensacola co-sponsored by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and <a href="http://www.guyharveymagazine.com" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Magazine</a>. Harvesters can win prizes at this free event, which inaugurates the statewide Lionfish Challenge running through Sept. 30.
To qualify for the Challenge, participants must take out 50 or more lionfish between May 14 and the end of September. They can win prizes such as fishing licenses, fuel cards, dive tank refills and the opportunity to take one extra lobster over the bag limit during the 2016 sport diving mini-season July 27-28. Whoever documents the most lionfish over the course of the contest will receive a lifetime saltwater fishing license and be inducted into the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Lionfish Hall of Fame.
Especially for the Florida Panhandle, where Gulf waters have become a lionfish hot zone in the past couple of years, the state has launched a year-long pilot program running from May 14, 2016 to May 20, 2017. For every lionfish taken from the seven-county region, the diver or angler will be eligible for a tag to take either a red grouper or a cobia over the bag limit in state waters. Anyone who harvests 500 or more lionfish over the one-year program will have the opportunity to name an artificial reef.
And removing really big lionfish can earn you a spot in the Florida state record book. The current mark for the longest lionfish harvested in the Atlantic is an 18.78-incher caught by Captain Jimmy Nelson in Islamorada. In the Gulf, the largest in both length and weight is a 17.24-inch, 3.1-pounder weighed by Captain Andy Ross of Pensacola.
For details on these contests and rewards programs, go <a href="http://www.myfwc.com/lionfish/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.
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Sue Cocking chronicles the Guy Harvey Outpost travel and adventure experience in regular blog posts on GuyHarveyOutpostNews.com/. For 21 years, Cocking covered the full spectrum of outdoors adventure opportunities in South Florida and beyond for the Miami Herald, including fishing, diving, hunting, paddling, camping, sailing and powerboat racing. She is a certified scuba diver and holder of an IGFA women's world fly fishing record for a 29-pound permit.
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Big news from Ground Zero in the battle over shark fin soup and the international shark fin trade! Chinese media is reporting that the Chinese government has banned shark fin soup from being served at all official government banquets. The ban will not be immediate, but the move is a huge victory nonetheless for the anti-shark finning movement. Here's the full story from <a title="CNN web site" href="http://www.cnn.com" target="_blank">CNN.com</a>:
Hong Kong (CNN) -- China is planning to ban shark fin soup from being served at official banquets, in a sign the country may be losing its taste for the expensive delicacy.
According to<a href="http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/718614.shtml" target="_blank"> Chinese media</a>, the Government Office Administration of the State Council said the ban could take up to three years to implement and would help cut the cost of sometimes lavish banquets held for state functions.
The move followed a proposal made during the National People's Congress in March this year.
Bertha Lo of the campaign group<a href="http://hksharkfoundation.org/" target="_blank"> Hong Kong Shark Foundation </a>said the move could potentially reduce the amount of sharks killed given that China is the biggest consumer of shark fin products.
"I think it will have an impact," she said. "The government in China is powerful and if it takes the lead on this issue, I don't see why others shouldn't follow suit."
Between 26 million and 73 million sharks are estimated to be killed each year, according to a 2006 academic study* quoted on the website of Lo's group. Their carcasses are usually discarded and campaigners say the practice is wasteful and cruel.
The <a href="http://www.wwf.org.hk/en/whatwedo/footprint/seafood/sharkfin_initiative/shark_faq/" target="_blank">World Wildlife Fund</a> says that 181 species of shark are under threat, up from 15 in 1996.
Shark's fin soup is widely served in restaurants in Chinese communities worldwide and is a dish often served at weddings to mark the importance of the occasion and impress the couple's extended families and friends.
But the custom has become less popular among a younger generation of diners, who are more environmentally conscious, says Lo.
Last year, the operator of the high-end Peninsula hotel chain said it would remove shark fin products from its menus and Shangri-la Hotels made a similar move this year.
In Beijing, the five-star Swissotel has also stopped serving shark fin, according to the China Daily.
Outside Asia, legislation banning shark fin has been introduced in five U.S. states including California, which this month also banned the French duck liver delicacy foie gras on the grounds of cruelty.
In China, the campaign against shark fin products has gained steam following pledges by celebrities, such as former NBA star Yao Ming, not to eat the delicacy.
* The academic study cited in this article was conducted by the <a title="GHRI web site" href="http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ghri/" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Research Institute</a> and Dr. Shelley Clarke. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/china-bans-shark-fin-soup-from-official-banquets/){kind=link}
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Is there any was I can get the fish above a shirt
Why don’t you make a shirt of the red white and blue marlin you would sell a lot of them
Why don’t you make a shirt of the red white and blue marlin you would sell a lot of them