FLORIDA DEPARTMENT O F AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

DIVISION OF AQUACULT U R E 600 South Calhoun Street, Suite 217 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1300 Tallahassee Office: (850) 617-7600 Aquaculture Education Resources: Bartow Office: (863) 578-1870 Email: [email protected] Field Trip Opportunities Website: www.FDACS.gov

This publication is an up-to-date list of aquaculture field trip opportunities in each region of Florida. Teachers may contact these public and private organizations to schedule an on-site field trip for students. If you have or know of additional aquaculture field trip locations that you think should be included on the Division’s recourse list, please contact Katrina Bayliss at [email protected].

Facility City Webpage Email/Contact Phone Panhandle

Gulfarium Marine Adventure Fort Walton Gulfarium.com [email protected] Park Beach

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab Panacea GulfSpecimen.org [email protected]

Joe Budd Youth Conservation Midway Fyccn.org/JBYCC_Field_Trips [email protected] Center

Nature Coast Biological Station Cedar Key NCBS.IFAS.UFL.edu/ [email protected] Panama City GulfWorldMarinePark.com/Education- Education Gulf World Marine Park Beach Resources/ @gulfworldmarinepark.com

Northeast

Silver Springs Silver Springs SilverSprings.com (352) 261-5840 St. Augustine Alligator Farm St. Augustine AlligatorFarm.com/Education/ [email protected] University of Florida - Fisheries Gainesville FishWeb.IFAS.UFL.edu/Facilities.shtml [email protected] and Aquatic Sciences

Central Clearwater Marine Aquarium Clearwater SeeWinter.com/education/ [email protected] Disney-Living with the Land DisneyWorld.Disney.go.com/Epcot/Behind-the- Orlando See website Tour Seeds/

Environmental Learning Center Vero Beach DiscoverELC.org [email protected] Florida Aquarium Tampa FLAquarium.org/Education [email protected]

Florida Oceanographic Society Stuart FloridaOcean.org/tours (772) 225-0505

FDACS-P-01717 Rev. 01/2020 Facility City Webpage Email/Contact Phone Central Continued Florida Stock Enhancement Port MyFWC.com/research/saltwater/stock- Research Facility Manatee enhancement/outreach-education/volunteer/ [email protected] Gatorland Orlando Gatorland.com/groups/field-tripscamps/ [email protected]

Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park Homosassa FloridaStateParks.org/park/Homosassa-Springs (352) 628-5343

Jungle Adventures Christmas JungleAdventures.com (407) 568-2885 Morningstar Fishermen - Aquaponics Research and Dade City MorningstarFishermen.org [email protected] Training Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium Sarasota Mote.org/fieldtrips [email protected] Ponce Inlet Marine Science Center Ponce Inlet MarineScienceCenter.com [email protected]

Florida Bass Conservation Center Webster DiscoverSumterFL.com/bass-conservation-center/ (352) 732-1225

SeaWorld Orlando SeaWorld.com/Orlando/Educational-Programs/ (407) 545-5550 Segrest Farms Inc. Gibsonton SegrestFarms.com [email protected] University of Florida - Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory Ruskin TAL.IFAS.UFL.edu/ [email protected] University of South Florida - St. College of Marine Science Petersburg Marine.USF.edu/outreach/education-programs/ [email protected]

South Bonita Everglades Wonder Gardens Springs EvergladesWonderGardens.com/for-teachers/ [email protected] Everglades Alligator Farm Florida City Everglades.com/ (305) 247-2628 Gatorama Palmdale Gatorama.com/group-tours/school-field-trips/ [email protected] Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Fort Pierce FAU.edu/hboi/education/acted.php [email protected] Key West Aquarium Key West KeyWestAquarium.com/Educational-Tours (888) 544-5927 Marine Life Center of Juno Beach Juno Beach MarineLife.org/learn/ [email protected] Key MiamiSeaquarium.com/Plan-a-Visit/Education- Miami Seaqurium Biscayne and-Outreach/ [email protected] Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Naples RookeryBay.org/Learn/education (239) 530-5940 Naturalhistory.si.edu/research/Smithsonian- Smithsonian Marine Ecosystems Fort Pierce marine-station/Smithsonian-exhibit-st-lucie- [email protected] Exhibit at the St. Lucie Aquarium county-aquarium University of Florida - Indian River Research and Education Fort Pierce IRREC.IFAS.UFL.edu/ [email protected] Center

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