Aquaculture and Fish Farms in Florida
Last Updated February 18, 2024
If you care about where your food comes from, and that it’s raised sustainably, add farm-raised Florida seafood to your shopping list.
Oysters, clams, shrimp, salmon, tilapia and even caviar are all farmed in South Florida providing a safe and healthy choice that minimizes an impact on the environment caused by overfishing, pollution and loss of habitat worldwide.
Anastasia Gold Caviar
The farmers – Marilyn Evans, 80; daughter Jane Evans Davis, 61; and granddaughter Lauren Davis, 33 – raise some cattle, but it’s their fish...
Atlantic Sapphire, Homestead
Atlantic Sapphire opened their facility to bring this popular fish closer to the U.S. market, where 90 percent of the salmon is imported....
Indian River Oyster Company
Since 2017, IROC – Indian River Oyster Company – in New Smyrna Beach has been growing oysters in the Indian River Lagoon, just south of...
Pompano at Aquaco, Fort Pierce
Joe Cardenas changed careers in his mid-30s when his job in banking had lost its luster and he was looking for a challenge. “What...
Seaweed Research at the University of Miami, Virginia Key
“In the United States, we don’t have a lot of seaweed products,” says Dr. John Stieglitz, research assistant professor at the...
Southern Cross Sea Farms, Cedar Key
One of those farmers is Southern Cross Sea Farms. They spawn clams in their hatchery, send them to the nursery and finally to their...
Sun Shrimp, St. James City
In Pine Island, Sun Shrimp farmers grow Pacific White or Ecuadorean Whites (Penaeus vannamei) without preservatives, and ship them fresh...
