UF Experts Help Oyster Processors Use New Technology to Keep Consumers, Industry Healthy
UF/IFAS News Service, Aug 15, 2006
Raw oyster lovers rejoice....eating raw oysters is getting safer due to new freezing treatments that virtually eliminate harmful bacteria but retain that half-shell fresh taste.

New Pickup Trucks Reflect Economic Impact of Florida's Hard Clam Industry
UF/IFAS News Service, Apr 10, 2006
After weathering two of the worst hurricane seasons on record, Cedar Key is still one of the nation’s top clam producers. Starting from ground zero in 1993, the small village on Florida’s Gulf Coast – also known as “Clamalot” for its ideal growing conditions – rapidly became the No.1 producer of cultured hard clams in the nation.

UF Researchers Control Mosquitoes With Tiny Crustaceans
UF/IFAS News Service, Aug 13, 2003
By adding tiny crustaceans called copepods to the water, IFAS researchers are developing an environmentally friendly way of controlling mosquitoe larvae before they become adults that may spread West Nile and other diseases.

Issues of the Session
Tallahassee Democrat, Feb 2, 2003
A proposal by the governor would cut 51 of 54 jobs and $4 million out of the state Agriculture Department's Aquaculture Division and transfer the responsibility for inspections to the Food Safety Division.

Budget May Send Tropical Fish Belly-Up
By Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler
St. Petersburg Times, Feb 28, 2003

Aquaculture Budget Cuts
By Leslie Sturmer
East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, Dec 2002

United States Shrimp Industry Fights for Survival
By Greg Gallagher
Aquaculture Magazine, Jan-Feb 2003