Clam bake

Other than tourism, the main driver of the economy on Cedar Key is clam farming. We walked into the biggest processing facility and found out how to farm clams. They start at fertilization, feed the infant clams home grown algae and then put the Tiny clams in a fine mesh bag and place the bags in a piece of ocean floor they have leased from the state. The whole process takes about 13 months. We bought 10 Lbs. We steamed or grilled half of them. Yummy!
We also got a smoked mullet, some oysters & something called mullet dip. Haven't tried it yet.