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Hand Harvested
Pulled bag-by-bag from the Gulf bottom by our water crew, just like it has been for over 30 years.
Cedar Key Sweets™
Cedar Key · Florida · Est. 1994Farmed by hand.
Filtered by the Gulf.
Three decades of hand-farming littleneck clams in the clear waters off Florida's Nature Coast — a family legacy that gives back to the Gulf.
Florida Aquaculture Association★Florida Farm Bureau★Aquaculture Review Council★Cedar Key Aquaculture Association★Florida Shellfish Association★
Florida Aquaculture Association★Florida Farm Bureau★Aquaculture Review Council★Cedar Key Aquaculture Association★Florida Shellfish Association★
Welcome to Cedar KeyBorn from a net ban.
The Full Story
Born from a net ban.
Built on the tide.
When the Net Ban of the early 90s left coastal families without a livelihood, clam farming arrived in Cedar Key. Founder Dan Solano saw an optimistic opportunity — a legacy that could be passed down for generations.
Over 30 years later, that vision is a thriving family-run business raising some of the cleanest, sweetest littleneck clams in the country.
Dan Solano
Founder · 13ᵗʰ-gen Floridian
Why Aquaculture MattersWe don't take
We don't take
from the Gulf.
We give back.
Above our bags planted on the Gulf bottom, sea life moves and flourishes naturally — no land used, no resources depleted. Every clam is a tiny filter cleaning the water we all share.
30
Years on the water
14ᵗʰ
Generation Floridian
100M+
Million clams grown annually
2.5B+ gal
Gallons filtered daily
From the Gulf bottom to your tableA craft of patience,
A craft of patience,
tide, and time.
Every littleneck that leaves our dock has passed through the same hands, the same water, and the same standards we've held since 1994.
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Cleaned & Wet Stored
Tumbled and cleaned, wet stored, graded, metal detected, and packaged — every clam, every day.
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Same-Day Processed
Bagged, weighed, boxed, and loaded onto delivery trucks the same day they're processed.
Our CatchLittlenecks.
Littlenecks.
Sized, sorted, hand-picked.
- Pasta0.75″ – 7/8″Delicate, pasta-perfect
- Little Neck7/8″ – 1″Sweet, briny, ideal raw
- Middle Neck1″ – 1.25″Steamed, chowder, raw bar
- Top Neck1.25″ – 1.5″Grilled, baked, hearty
Packaged with PrideFrom our dock,
From our dock,
ready for yours.
Vacuum-sealed IQF and traditional mesh-bagged littlenecks — boxed, labeled, and shipped under our family name.
Flash-frozen for 24-month shelf life
Premium farm-raised littlenecks
TestimonialsWhat our
What our
customers
are saying.
From Florida chefs to neighborhood seafood boils — Cedar Key clams have a reputation that travels well.
Every clam that leaves our dock represents a promise — to our family, our customers, and the waters that raised it.
DS
Dan Solano
Founder · 13ᵗʰ-gen Floridian
Hands-down the freshest littlenecks on our raw bar. We've been ordering weekly for six years.
MG
Marisol G.
Executive Chef · Miami
Reliable, consistent, and the kind of small farm that still takes a phone call. Rare these days.
JT
James T.
Distributor · Tampa Bay
14ᵗʰ Generation FloridianA family
A family
still on the water.
Three generations of Solanos pull bags, run the boats, grade the clams, and answer the phone. The names on our bags are the names on our boats.