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FWC Report
During the week of Oct. 11 to 17, Officer Butts responded to a complaint in Gulf County
about a subject who was observed trespassing. During the encounter, the subject was found to have a shocking device for harvesting freshwater fish. Butts took appropriate action.
Master Officer M. Webb was conducting resource inspections at a local ramp on vessels returning from fishing, when he observed a vessel with four people on board and fishing equipment. An inspection revealed the captain in possession of eight red snapper, one of which was undersized, and an undersized greater amberjack. The captain was cited for possession of undersized greater amberjack and warned for the undersized red snapper.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.