In Florida, bass is a restricted-species protected from becoming a commercially harvested commodity, like snook and redfish. Farm-raised largemouth bass is valued at $5.75 per pound, a 90% increase from 2013, and 195 farms reported producing largemouth bass for food in 2018 for a total value of $27 million, the FWC told TCPalm. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) oversees this industry. There are more than 4,300 aquaculture facilities in the U.S., including over 1,000 in Florida, where there are over 1,500 types of fish, mollusks, crustaceans, reptiles, amphibians and plants grown. “It’s a great opportunity for people to enjoy bass, just like they enjoy catfish or tilapia or salmon and the other fish that are farmed,” Trabulsy told Florida Politics in April. Dana Trabulsy, R-Fort Pierce, to allow for the aquaculture industry to include the Florida strain of largemouth bass as a species it can raise and sell. The Legislature this year passed HB 669, introduced by Rep.
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