Commercial Fishing
The Everglades watershed (the 16 counties that comprise the Everglades watershed run from the Orlando area down to the Florida Keys) creates habitat for recreational and commercial fishing for many well known species including snook and sea trout to bone fish and tarpon. A healthy Everglades Florida Bay for example is dependent on a healthy Everglades to help this area support a $59 million shrimp fishery and a $22 million stone crab fishery.
The Economics of the Everglades Watershed and Estuaries Report:
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