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FWC cracking down on killing certain Fla. sharks
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will begin prohibiting killing tiger sharks, great, scalloped and smooth hammerheads effective Jan. 1.

Noted yacht broker loses cancer battle
Richard Merritt, a longtime figure in Fort Lauderdale's yachting industry, died on Thanksgiving Day following a bout with cancer. He was 69. Born in Fort Lauderdale, Merritt and his siblings grew up in the family's local boating and fishing business, which was started by their grandfather, Franklin, in 1948 and was called Merritt Boat and Engine Works , the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper ...