Bream Fishermen Association (BFA)

02/07/2024

Happy New Year – Our next General Membership Meeting is Wednesday, 7 February 2024. Join us for Seafood Gumbo.

This will be a Dinner Meeting with a Guest Speaker. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Dinner will be served at 6:00 PM. Cost $10/person

Location: 1615 East LaRua Street, Pensacola

09/21/2022

BFA / Satori collaboration lands a 2021 IMPACT 100 Grant
http://breamfishermen.org/2021-impact-100-grant/

09/21/2022

Bream Fishermen Association (BFA) Exemplifies Grassroots Volunteering - Carl Wernicke

In the 1960s, a little known group of local fishermen, worried about severe pollution affecting the waters they fished in, formed a group called the Bream…

02/02/2021

The official account for the Gulf of America Alliance
🌊 building partnerships for a healthier gulf

01/29/2021

James Dudley (J.D.) Brown of Pensacola passed away (at 100) last week. His funeral was Thursday Jan. 28th. He was a lifelong resident of Bayou Grande and was a member of Bream Fishermen for decades. He was an Environmental Steward of Bream Fishermen at one time and was voted "Florida Water Conservationist of the Year" in 1987. His years of water quality testing in the Bay and other areas helped document pollution some industries were causing. J.D. will be greatly missed but will live on in our memories.

10/15/2020

The Pensacola & Perdido Bays Estuary Program is pleased to announce the release of the 2020-2021 Mini-Grant Program funding opportunity. This program will fund action projects that serve to restore, preserve, connect, inform, and educate. The funding opportunity includes eight eligible project categories that support the Estuary Program’s core vision: water quality, habitat restoration, fish and wildlife conservation, watershed awareness and education, resilience, invasive species, citizen science, and aquatic trash/marine debris.

Sent on behalf of Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary ProgramMedia contact: Logan McDonald, Community Outreach Coordinator [email protected]

10/07/2020

When exploring along coastal areas of the Gulf of Mexico, you can see many live oysters in the shallow waters of estuaries and sounds. The shellfish attach themselves to solid things underwater like rocks and piling. Once an oyster attaches to a bed (a surface occupied by a group of oysters), it grows on the surface it attaches to as well as the other oysters around it. Sponsored by Clean Gulf Associates. Photo Credit: Jeanne Allen

08/27/2020

Some of the first scientific studies of the Gulf of Mexico's fishery resources began in 1884 by the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. They eventually included surveys of the oyster beds in areas near Apalachicola, Florida, and the inshore waters of Alabama as well as other areas. Sponsored by Clean Gulf Associates. Photo Credit: United States Bureau of Fisheries. Sourced fromhttps://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st5/publication/communities/Gulf_Summary_Communities.pdf

08/26/2020

It’s National Water Quality Month! Optimum water quality is vital to our health and for healthy coastal ecosystems. Get involved in a local organization and volunteer to monitor a local water body near you. Sponsored by Clean Gulf Associates. Photo Credit: Carla Swallow

04/17/2018

Historian Jack E. Davis has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book 'The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea.'

02/09/2018

This beautiful adult otter was found dead on Bayou Boulevard by Pensacola cyclists.

This time of year the mullet and many other estuarine fish species enter the waters of the upper bayous and creeks for warmth and shelter. These parts of the watershed become a veritable buffet for a diversity of wildlife. Waterfowl are the first to identify these gatherings. Other more secretive predators like this otter also enjoy these seasonal fish runs.

Healthy waterways provide greenways and wildlife corridors for many species. Please be considerate of our watershed and watch for wildlife when boating / driving as you share the landscape with the natives.

You can also read more on Rick's Blog about fish migrating into Carpenter’s Creek - http://ricksblog.biz/podcast-fish-migrated-back-into-carpenters-creek/