Highlights

The 2010-11statewide officers for the Future Farmers of America visited with Division of Aquaculture staff in Apalachicola during March 2011. Officers toured the shellfish laboratory, traveled by boat out into Apalachicola Bay and ……  more... [PDF]

A three-man crew, Captain David Cole and Mates Chris Howard and James Marshall, from the Division of Aquaculture traveled the Intracoastal Waterway from Apalachicola to Berwick, Louisiana, and back during March to pick up a 120’ flat-deck barge – Benjamen. The Division is leasing this barge to cost-effectively move more cultch during oyster reef construction.  more... [PDF]

In the one year since Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has collected and tested seafood samples and results show that Florida Gulf seafood is safe to eat.  more... [PDF]