LAKELAND (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida's tropical fish farmers are hoping Old Man Winter doesn't wreak havoc on their industry again this year. At Imperial Tropicals, one of central Florida's largest ...

A study from the University of Florida showed the tropical fish farm industry added more than $172 million in sales to the state's economy in 2021. 22,220 people played the daily Crossword recently.

Brittany Hollon has farmed tropical fish on her family’s farm in north Lakeland since she was 13. The Urban Tropical Inc. farm sold about 1.94 million fish last year — mostly varieties of angel fish — ...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Frosted oranges, strawberries encased in ice: The images of Florida’s freezes are familiar, sad and earthy. But just past the crop rows here in the state’s agricultural core, there ...

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Aquaculture is not often thought about as being part of the agriculture industry; however, it is a big business in the Tampa Bay area. Aquaculture includes shellfish farms, food fish, aquatic plants, ...

LAKELAND | Prospects are bleak that Florida's tropical fish industry can recover from the costliest freeze in its history, Polk fish farmers said Tuesday, unless the federal government lends a hand.

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James Shackelford, who bred and sold tropical fish from a converted Harford County dairy barn, died of undetermined causes Monday at his Jarrettsville home. He was 88. Born at his parent’s Overlea ...

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — It’s a tense time at Imperial Tropicals, one of central Florida’s largest ornamental fish farms. It will be days, if not weeks, before farmer Fran Drawdy discovers how the recent ...