Press Releases

Team Seraphim of Ocean Reef, led by Captain Jerry Pohl of Miami, Florida, tallied 12 sailfish releases to take top honors at the two-day Billfish Championship, a main event of the Jimmy Johnson Fishing Championship Week that ended March 9 in the Florida Keys. 

Nathaniel Linville of Key West caught and released two permit to win the 2019 March Merkin Permit Tournament that ended March 7.  

People eager to savor the flavors of the multifaceted Florida Keys can do so at the 24th annual Taste of Key West, a tempting tasting set for 6-9 p.m. Monday, April 15. 

Dolphin fishing season in the Florida Keys is characterized by multigenerational families fishing together, and the annual Nick Sheahan Dolphin Rodeo Friday through Sunday, May 3-5, celebrates the Keys’ inherent family community spirit.  

Diana Nyad, who completed an epic swim from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, in 2013, is to be back in the island city to lead an April 1-5 walking initiative and stage a one-woman show about her life and record-setting athletic feat. 

Live musical performers representing jazz, country, rock and funk genres are to play for audiences from midday into the evening Sunday, March 31, at Islamorada’s Bay Jam 25. 

Some runners push themselves to sweat through marathons and distance challenges, but not the competitors in the Cow Key Channel Bridge Run scheduled Sunday, April 7.

Truly unique environmental organizations attract visitors to the Florida Keys & Key West who are marine scientists, ornithologists, nature lovers - and eco-conscious vacationers.

Throughout the Florida Keys this spring, sleekly contemporary new resorts appeal to singles, couples, families with members of all ages, and groups traveling for reunions, meetings, weddings or other occasions.