Fish Farming Blues

... like this, or in Chile, for years. Yeah, they are the only ones that have any money or credit to do off-shore fish farming. And they aren't likely to let an interloper from San Francisco into their back yard. They'll just return the courtesy the ...

Eat To Live: Overfishing hurts industry

... not going to last.U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez moved Monday to increase fish stocks by extending fish farming way out to sea, from 3 to 200 miles offshore. At the same time, he proposes eliminating some of the regulations covering fish ...

Eat To Live: Farmed or wild salmon?

... As reported by UPI's Eat to Live last week, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez has called for doubling the U.S. aquaculture industry over the coming decades by allowing the operation of conventional fish farms up to 200 miles out to sea. Yet ...

Major Irish seafood event to study key trends

THE first ever event for all sectors of the aquaculture industry is being hosted by the Irish Farmers’ Association in Enfield, Co. Meath next month.

Alarm on Some High-Seas Fish Stocks

The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday voiced "serious concern" over a number of species of fish caught on the high seas and called for better monitoring and management of the stocks, AFP reported.
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Concern over situation of high-seas fish species

... tonnes from inland fisheries. Overall, global fisheries production (marine and inland capture fisheries plus fish farming) totals 141.6 million tonnes annually. Around 105.6 million tonnes of this (75%) is used for direct human consumption; the rest ...

US consumers misled over imported organic salmon, protest group claims

THE Pure Salmon Campaign has claimed that American consumers are being misled by farm-raised fish currently being sold with an organic label.

Association backs floating bags for aquaculture

United States - March 21, 2007 - The Board of Trustees of the Massachusetts Aquaculture Association and we would like to be recognized on record as supporting the use of normal farm practice, including the use of floating bags, for the farming of oysters on Cape Cod.

Planning under way for the 2nd Annual Cape Land & Sea Harvest

... oysters prepared by local restaurants, and sample wines from the best vineyards in the world. Massachusetts Aquaculture Association is coming on board to help ramp up the Oyster Festival this year with more oysters and a larger variety than ever ...

Today's Environmental Editorials (03/08/07)

Today's editorials on the environment from newspapers around the U.S.

Three Shetland companies nominated for top aquaculture awards

THREE leading Shetland aquaculture companies have been short-listed for the prestigious 2007 Aquaculture Today - Fit for the Future Awards, which will be announced in Edinburgh, in April.

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EC official warns cod fishing still too high

THERE is increasing evidence that the present cod recovery plan is not working, a top EU official said today.