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Special | 26m 49s
For more than 6,000 years, Southwest Florida's rich estuaries have been fished for food. In this series historians and long-time commercial fishermen tell the story of Southwest Florida's "fisherfolk," from the ancient Calusas, who left a legacy of shell mounds--and more--to the rise and fall of mullet fishing.
Aired: 10/24/19
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