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Leslie Sturmer Receives Honorary Recognition for Shaping Florida’s Oyster Industry at 2026 Oyster South – Florida Sea Grant Leslie Sturmer Receives Honorary Recognition for Shaping Florida’s Oyster Industry at 2026 Oyster SouthBy Sarisha Boodoo on March 9, 2026 Hardware store sign in Cedar Key promotes aquaculture and boating supplies. Image from Bill Walton. When you walk into a hardware store in Cedar Key, you might ...

A good story from a Cedar Key second generation clam farmer.

Improving Florida water quality, one clam at a time | The Invading Sea Clam farmers deliver valuable ecosystem services by installing one of nature’s water filtration systems.

Yesterday we spent the morning with four new freshman from the Cedar Key High School SALT program. Students stocked and planted clam seed provided by UF from an ongoing research project studying clams genetically selected for increased thermal tolerance. It was a chilly morning but the students donned their waders to face the cold waters. Go Sharks!