{"id":351653,"date":"2026-07-24T22:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351653\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:22:09","slug":"floridas-natural-aquatic-environments-aquaculture-with-angela-collins-and-eric-cassiano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/351653\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s natural aquatic environments &#038; aquaculture with Angela Collins and Eric Cassiano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/swordtails.jpg\" class=\"attachment-263978 size-263978 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" large=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSwordtails for predation studies<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/tal.ifas.ufl.edu\/research\/aquatic-ecology-research\/<\/p>\n<p>On this week\u2019s Sustainable Living show, Jon is joined by expert guests Angela Collins and Eric Cassiano to discuss Florida\u2019s natural aquatic environments and aquaculture.<\/p>\n<p>Angela Collins is the Assistant Extension Scientist for Sea Grant and UF\u2019s School of Fisheries at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab in Ruskin, Florida. Her \u201cresearch and extension programs focus on Florida\u2019s marine fisheries and bivalve shellfish aquaculture industries. Angela works primarily with recreational anglers, commercial seafood producers, and bivalve shellfish growers to encourage science that will benefit coastal economies and environments and promote best practices that will support local sustainable fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Cassiano is also an Assistant Extension Scientist at the Florida Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>Topics discussed include:<\/p>\n<p>Florida aquaculture (shellfish and other types)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flseagrant.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida Sea Grant<\/a> Extension Program<br \/>\nTropical Florida Aquaculture lab in Ruskin, FL<br \/>\nhow aquaculture invigorates the economy<br \/>\npromoting best practices and sustainable fisheries<br \/>\nlocal seafood production<\/p>\n<p>and more!!<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/tal.ifas.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UF\/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory website<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>If you love the Sustainable Living Show, make sure to tune in every Monday at 11am on 88.5fm or listen to past episodes in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmnf.org\/events\/sustainable-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">archives here<\/a>. 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Remember, it takes a community to build a community.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swordtails for predation studies https:\/\/tal.ifas.ufl.edu\/research\/aquatic-ecology-research\/ On this week\u2019s Sustainable Living show, Jon is joined by expert guests Angela&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[94757,106528,94318,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-351653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-aquaculture","tag-fish-and-wildlife","tag-seagrass","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}