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In the South Miami-Dade
Economic Development Strategy
2020 it was acknowledged that
agriculture is a traditional
industry for South MiamiDade County and that it
remained important to
maintain the present levels of
employment.
The EDA funded strategy also identified significant agriculture assets,
including Atlantic Sapphire Salmon Farm, Brooks Tropicals, LLC.,
Costa Farms, R.F. Orchids, Gulf Stream Tomato Packers, Dade County
Farm Bureau, and UF Tropical Research and Education Center.
Four targeted strategies for maintaining and growing the agriculture
industry were listed, as follows:
• Advocate for additional housing for graduate students working
the UF Tropical Research and Education Center. Research
performed by graduate students allows new crops to be placed
in the hands of farmers more quickly.
• Help the farm community strengthen the supply chain to
produce new products resulting from new agricultural crops,
i.e., the production of vanilla by supporting the development of
plants and packing houses.
• Work with the farm bureau to expand knowledge of innovation
efforts in agriculture through transfer of knowledge from other
areas of the United States and world.
• Encourage changes to rules which will allow the continued
evolution of farms to provide the facilities to support
agritourism in the region.
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Commercial Fisheries
– The Florida Keys
Home to the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, commercial
fishing is one of the key export industries in Monroe County/Florida
Keys. Commercial fishing panels have been monitored since 1998 for
catch, spatial distribution of catch, and financial performance. The
socioeconomic impacts of marine zoning, including the impacts of
Sanctuary Preservation Areas (SPAs) and Ecological Reserves (ERs),
which are no
-take areas are a primary focus of monitoring.83
According to data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission, Monroe County has harvested 4,543,452 pounds of
seafood with an estimated value of $27,125,752; approximately 15% of
total pounds of Florida seafood and 21% of the statewide estimated
value from January 2022
– August 2022. This compares to 436,045
pounds of seafood from Miami
-Dade with an estimated value of
$1,657,162, and 189,663 pounds of seafood from Broward County with
an estimated value of $1,081,654.84
Recreational Fishing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provides a
2021 Economic Analysis of Recreational Fishing on Florida’s Reefs85 as of
2021. Trip based expenditures on reef
-related recreational fishing in
Southeast Florida support approximately 3,787 jobs and generate
economic output of $384 million. The economic impacts of reef
-related
recreational fishing were highest for Monroe County, with $173 million
generated in output and 1,677 jobs supported, followed by Palm Beach
($80 million output, 803 jobs). Broward ($44 million output, 442 jobs),
and Miami Dade ($44 million output, 440 jobs) were nearly identical,
and Martin had the lowest impacts ($28 million output, 286 jobs).
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Aviation, Aerospace, & Defense
The aerospace industry focuses on the designing and constructing of
aircrafts, rockets, and missiles as well as devices or vehicles operated
in outer space, whereas the aviation industry focuses on the practice of
flying aircraft. Given that aerospace focuses on the designing and
construction of aircraft there can be significant interplay between these
two industries. The aviation industry also plays an important role in
the hospitality and tourism cluster.
The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport and the Miami International
Airport are the largest airports serving the Miami Metropolitan Area.
Both airports welcome millions of international visitors per year. MIA
alone receives 70% of all international passengers in Florida and is
America’s third-busiest airport for international passengers. The
airport offers more flights to Latin America and the Caribbean than any
other U.S. airport. In 2019, MIA had nearly 46 million passengers and
was the top U.S. airport for international freight.
It is projected that by 2040, MIA will serve 77 million travelers and
more than 4 million tons of freight. To accommodate the airport’s
continued anticipated growth, the Miami-Dade County Commission
adopted a new capital improvement program at MIA that will fund up
to $5 billion in airport-wide modernization projects. It is anticipated
that the slate of projects over the course of the next 15 years.86
Additionally, the Miami area has three smaller general aviation and
executive airports. MIA and the county’s general aviation airport’s
annual economic impact is $31.9 billion, contributing 275,708 jobs
directly and indirectly to the local economy.87 Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport (FLL) is the fastest growing large hub
airport in the United States for domestic travel. There are five airports
in Broward County including four general aviation airports in addition
to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. There are two
international airports in Monroe County located in the cities of
Marathon and Key West.
Sintavia LLC, Hollywood, Florida
Leading the Way in Aviation, Aerospace, & Defense Innovation
Sintavia, LLC, a designer and additive manufacturer (AM) of advanced
propulsion and thermodynamic systems for the Aerospace, Defense, & Space
industry, announced in May 2022 that it had been chosen to represent the AM