Aquaculture and marketing of the Florida Bay Scallop in Crystal River, Florida

The overall goal of this study was to develop a new fishery resource product through open-water aquaculture for the west coast of Florida that would compete as a non-traditional product through market development. Specific objectives were as follows: I. To grow a minimum of 50, 000 juvenile scallops to a minimum market size of40 mm in a cage and float system in the off-shore waters of Crystal River, Florida. 2. To determine the growth rate, survival, and time to market size for the individuals in this system and area to other similar projects like Virginia. 3. To introduce local fishermen and the aquaculture students at Crystal River High School to the hatchery, nursery, and grow-out techniques. 4. To determine the economic and financial characteristics of bay scallop culture in Florida and assess the sensitivity of projected costs and earnings to changes in key technical, managerial, and market related parameters. 5. To determine the market acceptability and necessary marketing strategy for whole bay scallop product in Florida. (PDF has 99 pages.)

Recreational anglers' valuation of near-shore marine fisheries in Florida

This report describes and summarizes the results from a state-wide survey of Florida resident saltwater anglers. The survey was designed to provide estimates of the economic value anglers place on marginal changes in management of selected near-shore marine species. The Contingent valuation method was used to elicit angler willingness to pay for changes in management for redfish, seatrout , mullet, sheepshead, pompano. and king mackerel. Contingent valuation is a process in which respondents are presented with a detailed scenario that describes an opportunity to express their willingness to pay for a proposed change in current conditions. The process consists of three parts. First. the change in current conditions, or the "good" to be valued is described. Second, the payment method is described. The payment method is usually closely related to typical methods of buying goods similar to the one to be valued. Finally. the respondent is asked how much they would pay for the good described in the scenario. A special saltwater fishing license stamp that would allow the holder to take advantage of the described management change was used as a payment mechanism. (PDF contains 147 pages.)

Public administration of Florida's natural resources,

Mode of access: Internet.

A Guide to the laws of Florida affecting child welfare /

Includes index.

Florida's commercial fisheries; markets operations outlook.

Mode of access: Internet.

Annual report - Florida Cooperative Extension Service.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Monthly bulletin ... of the State plant board of Florida.

Vols. 1-11, no. 3, Oct. 1906-Apr. 1927, have title: The Quarterly bulletin of the State plant board of Florida.

Bibliography of Florida government.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Civil war and Reconstruction in Florida [electronic resource] /

Reproduced from Studies in history, economics, and public law, vol. 53, whole no. 131.

Studies on the life history of Eleutherodactylus ricordii planirostris (Cope) in Florida, with special reference to the local distribution of an allelomorphic color pattern.

"Literature cited": p. 55-56.

A study of the smaller elementary schools of Florida /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-67).

Fifty years of citrus; the Florida Citrus Exchange, 1909-1959.

Mode of access: Internet.

Bulletin - University of Florida, Agricultural Experiment Stations.

Separately cataloged in L.C. after Mar. 1958.

Bulletins on Florida flora.

No. [1-4] are Bulletins 84, 89, 92 and 95 of the University of Florida, Gainesville, Agricultural Extension Service; no. [5] is Bulletin 323 of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, Gainesville.

Resembling Florida : transpacific transfer of ideas from one Gold Coast to another

Despite different political structures and planning systems, striking physical similarities exist between the tourist destinations of the Gold Coasts of Queensland and Florida. Both have been fast developing sub-tropical coastal areas, subject to massive land booms, speculation, and entrepreneurs’ grand visions throughout their history. As a result, both have become tourist destinations of international renown. Drawing on historical sources, the present research seeks to investigate the extent to which these similarities result from taking American cities as a model for newer development in Australia; in this case from transferring planning and marketing ideas from one Gold Coast to another, with the development of the Florida Gold Coast setting precedent for the development of the Queensland Gold Coast.