FWC Report
During the week of Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, Officers Hartzog and T. Nelson observed a group of individuals duck hunting at Lake Wimico in Franklin County. The officers conducted surveillance on the group and observed them shoot and harvest a large number of waterfowl. During the officers’ resource inspection on the group, they were found to be over their daily bag limit of ducks. The violations were cited accordingly.
Hartzog observed two individuals harvest multiple red drum from a dock on Apalachicola Bay. During his resource inspection, he found the subjects to be over their daily bag limit and in possession of many undersized red drum. The violations were cited accordingly.
Hartzog observed two individuals returning from fishing along the Ochlockonee Bay bridge. During his resource inspection, he observed the subjects in possession of several undersized spotted seatrout. The violations were cited accordingly.
In Gulf County, Hartzog was on patrol at Odena boat ramp and observed a group who had been duck hunting return to the ramp without proper navigation lights. He stopped the vessel to conduct a boating safety and resource inspection. The group was observed to be in possession of recently harvested waterfowl and upon inspection, one subject did not have a valid hunting license and another subject’s shotgun was unplugged. The violations were cited accordingly.
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.