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Florida Marine Baitfish Aquaculture series

Summary
Summary

Florida is an ideal location for a marine baitfish aquaculture industry. While Florida is home to several live marine baitfish aquaculture producers, it is still a small but growing industry. This series provides information on production and marketing for the recreational fishing industry.

Non-EDIS publication

Editorial Team

Publications

Florida Marine Baitfish Aquaculture Series – Part 1: Marketing Opportunities and Challenges

Marissa Drake, Andrew Ropicki, Matthew A. DiMaggio, Kelly Grogan, Cortney L. Ohs, Laura Tiu, Edward V. Camp, and Jordan Moor

This publication, Part 1 in the Florida Marine Baitfish Aquaculture series, outlines opportunities and challenges associated with marketing aquacultured live marine baitfish in Florida. It examines why Florida is uniquely suited for the continued development of this industry, reviews the marine recreational angling baitfish market, and describes the opportunities and challenges associated with marine baitfish marketing and selling live baitfish to marine baitfish retailers. This publication is intended to provide information to current and potential farmers, as well as management agency and outreach personnel and the interested public. It should help farmers, potential farmers, and perhaps investors understand the potential scale, opportunities, and challenges of live baitfish aquaculture in Florida. This same information can assist policymakers and outreach personnel in their management decisions and the communications of those decisions.

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus

R. LeRoy Creswell, Cortney L. Ohs, and Christian L. Miller

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Pigfish, Orthropristis chrysoptera

Eric J. Cassiano, Cortney L. Ohs, and Jeff E. Hill

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides

Cortney L. Ohs, Scott W. Grabe, and Matthew A. DiMaggio

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis

Shane W. Ramee, Joshua T. Patterson, Cortney L. Ohs, and Matthew A. DiMaggio

Opportunities and Obstacles to Aquaculture in Florida

Edward Camp, Taryn Garlock, and James Anderson

Florida is an ideal location for a marine baitfish aquaculture industry. While Florida is home to several live marine baitfish aquaculture producers, it is still a small but growing industry. This series provides information on production and marketing for the recreational fishing industry.

Non-EDIS publication

Editorial Team

Publications

Florida Marine Baitfish Aquaculture Series – Part 1: Marketing Opportunities and Challenges

Marissa Drake, Andrew Ropicki, Matthew A. DiMaggio, Kelly Grogan, Cortney L. Ohs, Laura Tiu, Edward V. Camp, and Jordan Moor

This publication, Part 1 in the Florida Marine Baitfish Aquaculture series, outlines opportunities and challenges associated with marketing aquacultured live marine baitfish in Florida. It examines why Florida is uniquely suited for the continued development of this industry, reviews the marine recreational angling baitfish market, and describes the opportunities and challenges associated with marine baitfish marketing and selling live baitfish to marine baitfish retailers. This publication is intended to provide information to current and potential farmers, as well as management agency and outreach personnel and the interested public. It should help farmers, potential farmers, and perhaps investors understand the potential scale, opportunities, and challenges of live baitfish aquaculture in Florida. This same information can assist policymakers and outreach personnel in their management decisions and the communications of those decisions.

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus

R. LeRoy Creswell, Cortney L. Ohs, and Christian L. Miller

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Pigfish, Orthropristis chrysoptera

Eric J. Cassiano, Cortney L. Ohs, and Jeff E. Hill

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides

Cortney L. Ohs, Scott W. Grabe, and Matthew A. DiMaggio

Candidate Species for Florida Aquaculture: Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis

Shane W. Ramee, Joshua T. Patterson, Cortney L. Ohs, and Matthew A. DiMaggio

Opportunities and Obstacles to Aquaculture in Florida

Edward Camp, Taryn Garlock, and James Anderson

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