Paid Lecture - History of Fishing / Health of our Fisheries in Charlotte County
Wed, Nov 19
|Cedar Point Environmental Park
Captain Van, an outdoor writer & conservationist, will discuss the history of fishing in Charlotte County and the health of our fisheries today.


Time & Location
Nov 19, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Cedar Point Environmental Park, 2300 Placida Rd, Englewood, FL 34224, USA
About the event
Join us for environmentally themed lectures and discussions by experts in their fields. Tickets are $10.00 per person, pre-paid, plus a small processing fee. Held at the Visitors' Center. Seating is limited, so register today! // This lecture presented by Captain Va. Van understands “giving back,” a concept practiced and shared by both his grandfather and old friend Bill Mote. He works with Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida Marine Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, and other conservation and research groups. Over the years, from 1986-96, Van expanded into the television business. He hosted and co-produced a well know and award winning TV series called LET’S GO FISHIN’. He is an active outdoor writer contributing monthly columns in the Woods ‘n Water, and weekly in WaterLine magazines; www.boatingandfishing.com. Van’s was featured in the February 2015 Florida Sportsman issue about pompano and working on one now about our mackerel fishi…