WUFT

Why Cedar Key became a major aquaculture site, known as a 'working waterfront' generating millions each year

Since a statewide net ban in 1994, the area of Levy County once known for fishing has transitioned and become Florida’s largest aquaculture town, supporting over 500 of the industry’s jobs.
Southern Living

This Quiet Florida Island Serves Some Of The Freshest Seafood In The State

Tucked along Florida’s Nature Coast, Cedar Key draws food lovers with fresh clams, laid-back seafood spots, and a pace that ...
Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: Can Cedar Key remain Cedar Key after Hurricane Helene?

In his debut novel “Godspeed Cedar Key,” Michael Presley Bobbitt imagines his beloved island village plunged by nuclear war into a more primitive state — without electricity, running water, sanitation ...
Action News Jax

Hurricane Idalia: Video shows widespread street flooding on Cedar Key after storm passes

CEDAR KEY, Fla. — Action News Jax is getting a first look at Cedar Key after Hurricane Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning on Florida’s Big Bend. Action News Jax’s Ben Becker and photojournalist ...
CNN

In Cedar Key, Hurricane Idalia turned a ‘haven for artists’ into a flooded wreck

Named for the trees that once covered the islands, Cedar Key, Florida, is located about four miles out in the Gulf of Mexico and connected to the mainland by a single road that crosses over four small ...
WUFT

You Can Now Fish For Snook In Cedar Key. Why? Climate Change, Most Likely

Fast facts about snook: Common snook are hermaphrodites: Each one is born a male, and then switches sexes to female at about 12-35 inches in length. They commonly spawn, or lay eggs, in coastal rivers ...
WPLG

‘We are still underwater,’ Cedar Key Fire Rescue says after Hurricane Idalia

CEDAR KEY, Fla. — Cedar Key, located 50 miles southwest of Gainesville, a small community in Florida’s Big Bend region sits about three miles out into the Gulf of Mexico. There is only one road into ...
Yahoo

Cedar Key on Florida's Big Bend suffers major damages from Hurricane Helene

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CEDAR KEY — Two days on from devastating winds churning up a record-breaking storm surge, the cavalry kicked into high gear ...
Gainesville

Over the years, Cedar Key has looked hurricanes in the eye

Editor’s note: More than most areas in this part of the state, Cedar Key has had an intimate relationship with violent storms. This coastal Levy County community juts its jaw into the Gulf of Mexico, ...
NPR

The latest from Florida's Cedar Key, one of the areas Hurricane Idalia hit hardest

Hurricane Idalia's storm surge and winds thumped the fishing community of Cedar Key on Florida's Gulf coast. Most people evacuated beforehand — but not everyone. In Florida, cleanup is underway a day ...
The New York Times

‘We Should Have Gotten Off the Island’: Cedar Key Residents Survived Idalia’s Wrath

Much of Cedar Key, a series of tiny islands that jut into the Gulf, was covered by storm surge overnight as the hurricane came ashore. By Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Cedar Key, Fla. Hours after the ...