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Photo by Eric Zamora
Scallops, snorkeling equipment, and scallopers off the coast of Keaton Beach, Florida. Recreation, scalloping, snorkel, mask, fins, boats.
Scalloping with the Bethea family for the 2012 UF/IFAS Extension Calendar. UF/IFAS Photo by Tyler Jones.
Scalloping with the Bethea family for the 2012 UF/IFAS Extension Calendar. UF/IFAS Photo by Dawn McKinstry.
Cedar Key, Florida Earl Brown, 62, has been crabbing for 46 years. He was born in Cedar Key and has been crabbing there longer than anyone else. One February 2, 2006, we went 4 miles offshore to sollect four 80 lb baskets of blue crabs to fill an order from a local fish house. We filled the order from just 30 traps. Photo by Carlton Ward Jr www.carltonward.com A Florida Heritage Project of the Legacy Institute for Nature and Culture (LINC) www.LINC.us and The Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage (FISH) www.fishpreserve.org Funded by the Florida Humanities Council www.flahum.org
Cedar Key, Florida Photo by Carlton Ward Jr www.carltonward.com Florida Heritage Project of the Legacy Institute for Nature & Culture (LINC) Building Connections to Natural Heritage www.LINC.us Working with the Florida Humanities Council and the Florida Institute for Saltwater Heritage. www.flahum.org www.fishpreserve.org. In Their Own Words, an oral history project with maritime anthropologist Michael Jepson.
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