Aquaculture

The Trump administration's push for seafood competitiveness could net Florida's first offshore aquaculture. Marine scientists and Gulf locals say they could further damage an already polluted Gulf and take over fishermen’s territory.

The decision to approve the "demonstration project" is expected to be challenged by one of a coalition of environmental groups.

While a $100,000 grant is funding researchers to help Florida's shellfish aquaculture industry after the pandemic, it could also potentially give a financial boost through periods of toxic red tide blooms.

Business owners in Manatee County took their concerns to Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried.

Officials in Sarasota and Holmes Beach have been voicing opposition to Ocean Era's proposed Almaco jack fish farm for months.

This week a federal court ruled that offshore fisheries cannot be permitted in the Gulf of Mexico under existing policy. Opponents of a proposed fish farm…

Welcome to season two of The Zest podcast! We're starting off with a trip to Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, at the mouth of Tampa Bay, to sample some…

Until the coronavirus halted daily life, oyster growers in Florida had been selling every bivalve they could harvest. There’s been a demand for them, but…

On the final day of public comment Tuesday, Sarasota City officials spoke out against a proposed fish farm off the coast of Sarasota.Last summer, the…

A proposed fish farm in federal waters is nearing its next regulatory hurdle. On Tuesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public…

What could become the nation's first fish farm in federal offshore waters has been proposed for 45 miles off Sarasota in the Gulf of Mexico. And it is…

Historians and local old-timers say that once, Tampa Bay was overflowing with delicious oysters.And that some rivers, like the Manatee River, were once so…