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Comprehensive Plan Conservation Element <br />such activities as cattle grazing and tree farming, other lands have been cleared for citrus and <br />vegetable crop production. Commercial use of marine resources includes shellfish and finfish <br />harvesting. As mentioned in the Geology and Soils section of this element, sand mining is also a <br />commercial activity that utilizes natural resources. <br />According to the most recent Agricultural Census, there were 47,539 acres of actively cultivated citrus <br />groves in Indian River County in 2004. In that year, 17,263,000 boxes of citrus fruit were harvested, <br />ranking Indian River County 7t' in the state for overall citrus production. <br />In 2006, 2,998 commercial fishing trips resulted in a commercial finfish catch of 841,774 pounds, <br />while 48 commercial fishing trips for invertebrates, such as shrimp and crabs, yielded 9,63 8 pounds <br />of commercial catch. <br />Currently, aquaculture is permitted in waters of the Indian River Lagoon north of the Wabasso <br />Bridge (C.R. 510) to the Sebastian Inlet, east of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), and the majority <br />of the lagoon south of the City of Vero Beach extending past the south county line. In Indian River <br />County, aquaculture focuses on the harvest of clams. While 8,400 acres of surface water are <br />presently available for aquaculture in the County, there were 318 acres of active aquaculture leases in <br />the tri -county (Volusia, Brevard, and Indian River counties) area of the Indian River Lagoon in 2006. <br />Community Development Department Indian River County 70 <br />