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› As 2021 sees 1st fatal shark attack, Volusia County still No. 1 for global shark bites
Volusia County remains the apex beach for shark bites all over the world. Volusia County, but more so New Smyrna Beach, is yet again deemed the shark bite capital of the world, according the International Shark Attack File’s 2020 update. Other findings the report documented included global unprovoked shark attacks have decreased for the third year in a row.
› JEA CEO: Talks with JaxPort not only option for St. Johns River Power Park site
JEA CEO Jay Stowe said Jan. 28 that a partnership with the Jacksonville Port Authority to redevelop the 2,000-acre St. Johns River Power Park property near the Blount Island Marine Terminal and St. Johns River is not the utility's only option. “It’s not a foregone conclusion that this is a one-on-one discussion,” Stowe said. “We’re going to continue to analyze what our best path forward is. One of those will be to have discussions with the port that we can have now because the RFQ has been removed,” Stowe said.
› SeaWorld: Concerts will be part of Seven Seas festival
When SeaWorld Orlando’s Seven Seas Food Festival returns next week, so will its concert series. On Friday, the theme park announced a part of its musical lineup for the event, which begins Feb. 5. It will mark the first full-blown concert series within Orlando attractions in almost a year, since the shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic hit in mid-March 2020.
› Raymond James, MarineMax post quarterly earnings records
Two Tampa Bay companies that have posted record revenues during the coronavirus pandemic have kept their profits rolling into 2021. Raymond James Financial and MarineMax both reported record quarterly earnings on Thursday, executives announced in separate earnings calls.
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