Initiative Announced In Miami-Dade To Teach Boaters About Manatee Safety

Miami FL

25 April, 2021

6:57 PM

Description

CBS Miami April 25, 2021 Officials in Miami-Dade announced an initiative Saturday aimed at educating boaters about the impacts their actions have on our wildlife mainly manatees. The Miami-Dade Police Department and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held a press conference in North Bay Village and addressed the increase in manatee deaths year over year. To put that into perspective, manatee deaths more than doubled in 2020 from 15 in 2019 to 33 the year after. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.