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Tuesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Mote builds a better lobster trap
Tasked with finding a way for fishermen in the Dutch Caribbean to catch more lobsters and fewer nurse sharks in their traps, Mote Marine researchers found the simplest solution worked best.
› State pauses spraying of exotic plants along St. Johns
In a long, heated battle over the spraying of weed killers to remove invasive hyacinths and other non-native water plants from Florida waterways, state agencies have called a temporary truce. But the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — the main agency that sprays such plants to kill them — is continuing its program, to the chagrin of fishermen and environmental groups.
› Sanford festival explores Florida filmmaking
The ninth Love Your Shorts Film Festival, playing Thursday through Sunday in Sanford, will feature 78 works and a discussion about filmmaking in Florida. The works come from 11 countries. A festival spokesman estimated that a dozen films are from Central Florida and more are from Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Sarasota and Miami.
› Chris-Craft is ready for its new owner, RV maker Winnebago, to accelerate its growth
Sarasota’s Chris-Craft Corp. and its owner, Winnebago Industries Inc., have big plans. The blueprint for increasing the number of boat models Chris-Craft offers, the size of its plant and its workforce are about the same as they were before the recreational vehicle manufacturer bought the boatmaker in June. In fact, those plans were part of the reason it was an attractive acquisition.
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