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FLORIDA'S OFFSHORE ENERGY <br />Florida has more coastline than any other state in the continental United States, and thousands of citizens <br />rely on healthy oceans for their livelihoods. Tourism is a major economic driver, with Atlantic Coast cities <br />of Fernandina Beach, Saint Augustine and Daytona Beach attracting millions of tourists and bringing in <br />billions of dollars annually. Commercial fishing also hdlps drive Florida's economy, boasting large catches <br />of shrimp, swordfish, blue crab, mackerel, lobster, snapper and grouper. <br />WHAT'S AT RISK? <br />Fishing, tourism and recreation support roughly <br />281,000 jobs and generate about $36.6 billion in <br />GDP in the Atlantic portion of Florida. <br />OCEAN SECTOR JOBS GDP. <br />Living Resources* <br />Tourism & Recreation <br />4,570 <br />276,025 <br />$404,081,038 <br />$36,165,310,758 <br />Source. Oceana using Census Bureau and NOAA data <br />''Fisheries, aquaculture and seafood markets <br />1 Florida's Offshore Energy <br />OFFSHORE ENERGY <br />In Florida, offshore wind power has the potential to <br />generate more jobs, produce more power, and lead <br />to a higher degree of energy independence from <br />foreign sources than drilling for oil and gas. When oil <br />and gas run out, so do the jobs, but Florida will never <br />run out of wind. Our analysis demonstrates that the <br />development of offshore wind benefits the economy <br />and coastal communities more than the development <br />of offshore oil and gas. Offshore wind produces clean <br />and renewable power that helps cut carbon pollution <br />and does not run the risk of a catastrophic oil spill that <br />could threaten fishing, tourism and recreation. <br />Oceana I Protecting the World's Oceans <br />