This new record-setting fish follows 24-year-old Hayden Mundy of Midway’s impressive catch— an Almaco Jack weighing over 19 lbs crushing the previous record for the saltwater fish by almost 180%.

The fish farm would rear up to 88,000 pounds of Almaco jack in public waters off the coast of Sarasota for 12-14 months in a submersible, copper-mesh fish pen. For every pound of fish reared, the fish ...