Intelligence
Farmers trade Kansas cornfields for Florida clam beds
The Stones came to Florida without experience in clams and no ties to the fishing community. Their backgrounds in farming, however, are proving valuable.
Innovation & Investment
Robins McIntosh: Florida RAS shrimp farm the first of many
CP Foods’ Robins McIntosh is turning a 40-acre site in Florida into a next-generation shrimp farm, producing 1,000 tons annually with zero waste.
Intelligence
Preparando un plan para el cultivo de ostras en Florida
Panacea Oyster Co-op y Pensacola Bay Oyster Co. cada una aspiran a abrir criaderos de ostras en Florida, lo que podría tener un impacto significativo en la industria acuícola del estado.
Intelligence
Hatching a plan for Florida oyster farming
Panacea Oyster Co-op and Pensacola Bay Oyster Co. each aim to open dedicated oyster hatcheries in Florida, which could have a significant impact on the state’s aquaculture industry.
Health & Welfare
Intensive Peruvian operation produces shrimp in greenhouses
Langostinera Florida is an intensive shrimp farm with controlled conditions. Greenhouses can operate in areas where diseases have affected the industry.
Health & Welfare
Triploid hard clams evaluated for Florida aquaculture
Induced triploidy could theoretically improve the survival of cultured hard clams because triploids divert energy from reproduction to somatic growth, resulting in larger and potentially hardier clams than diploids.
Health & Welfare
Pompano reared to market size in RAS
In a trial, rearing density affected the mean weight and weight gain of pompano, although differences between treatments became apparent toward the end of the study.
Health & Welfare
OceanBoy Farms: Challenges of inland, freshwater production of shrimp in Florida
OceanBoy Farms in Southern Central Florida has been a leader in establishing commercial protocols for inland, low-salinity shrimp farms.
Innovation & Investment
First commercial inland farm in Florida uses zero discharge in low-salinity
OceanBoy Farms is developing a commercial inland farm for shrimp that includes a greenhouse-enclosed nursery with HDPE-lined raceways.