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72001460 [1] Added to NRHP. June 13, 1972. The Fish Island Site is a historic site south of St. Augustine, Florida. It is the site of one of Florida's earliest fruit plantations, and was established by Jesse Fish, from New York, who acquired the property in 1763. The plantation produced oranges, figs, peaches, pomegranates and limes.
This article lists wide variety or diversity of fish in the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the state of Florida in the United States. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Also known as the pennant-fish and threadfin trevally. [ 4] Largest exclusively freshwater fish found in North America, measuring 8 to 10 feet.
Matanzas River. / 29.9138577; -81.2836827. The Matanzas River is a body of water in St. Johns and Flagler counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It is a narrow saltwater bar-bounded estuary sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by Anastasia Island. [ 1] The river is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway . The Matanzas River is 23 miles (37 km ...
Jesse Fish. Jesse Fish (1724 or 1726–1790) was a shipmaster, [1] merchant, and realtor who lived in St. Augustine, Florida under both Spanish and British rule, and is infamous in the town's history to this day. He was a schemer involved in contraband trade and illegal real estate deals, and operated as a slaver, smuggler, and usurer.
The Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway is a protected green belt corridor, more than one and a half miles (2.4 km) wide in places, that was the former route of the proposed Cross Florida Barge Canal. [ 1][ 2] It is named for the leader of opposition to the Cross Florida Barge Canal, Marjorie Harris Carr, and was originally a U.S. Army ...
List of mammals of Florida. Dolphin, state saltwater mammal; [1] Florida panther, state animal; [2] and manatee, state marine mammal [1] This is a list of mammal species found in the wild in the American state of Florida. One hundred sixteen species of mammals are known to inhabit, or have recently inhabited, the state and its surrounding waters.
Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area is a 144-acre (0.58 km 2) Florida State Park in Flagler Beach, Florida, United States, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intra-Coastal Waterway on State Route A1A. It is about 18 miles (29 km) north of Daytona Beach and about 30 miles (48 km) south of St. Augustine .
The orange roughy ( Hoplostethus atlanticus ), also known as the red roughy, slimehead and deep sea perch, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The UK Marine Conservation Society has categorized orange roughy as "vulnerable to exploitation". It is bathypelagic, found in cold (3 to 9 °C or 37 ...