[Treeman]

raaden,

In FL, aquaculture is indeed agriculture. I also have a wholesale nursery operation. My county tax collector comes out to verify that we are a bona fide agriculture "business". That is a key word because they do not want a home owner to throw some plants on and get the ag exemption for taxes.

When I put up my new place the only permit I had to get was to put power in. And that was only because the power company would not hook up with out the inspection. BUT, All buildings that were for residential occupation were exempt from this. Any building, structure etc did not need a permit unless you or somebody was going to use it to live in.

I hope this helped some. Try checking with the county, they may have an agriculture tax rate. Most areas do have an agriculture base.

Matt