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Red Tide Could Hurt N.E. Shellfish Industry

Friday, 05 March 2010 08:17 administrator

boston.com, 25 February 2010

The New England shellfish industry faces the threat of widespread red tide outbreaks this spring and summer that could force the closing of hundreds of miles of clam flats and lead to clam shortages. A survey of the ocean bottom off New England last fall provided evidence there will be a significant bloom of the toxic algae that causes red tide, federal and state officials said yesterday. This year’s bloom could be similar to those of 2005 and 2008 that shut...

Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: The Future of Fish Farming?

Friday, 05 March 2010 08:14 administrator

the Christian Science Monitor, 24 February 2010

Recirculating aquaculture systems cut the pollution and disease that occur in current fish farming operations. Many see it as the future of the industry. Inside what looks like a plastic-roofed greenhouse sitting in an old cow pasture are six round, 1,500-gallon tanks (imagine kiddie pools that are eight feet deep), each holding a few hundred rainbow trout. A tangled network of PVC pipes – some as thick as tree trunks, others as slender as...

Aquaculture Made Safe

Friday, 05 March 2010 08:06 administrator

dailytidings.com, 17 February 2010

While Americans' appetite for seafood continues to grow, most of us know little about where our fish comes from or how it was produced. In California, more than half of our seafood comes from aquaculture, often imported from fish farms in other countries. Just as most chickens, pigs and cows are raised in tightly confined, intensive operations, so too are many farm-raised fish.

But raising fish in tight quarters carries some serious risks. Disease and...

Aquaculture in the Territory

Friday, 05 March 2010 08:09 administrator

abc.net.au, 25 February 2010

A veritable smorgasbord of crustaceans; oysters to improve the diet of a community; giant clams as part of the lucrative aquarium market; and tapping into the palates of the Chinese. These activities are being touted by some as possibly the next part of the region's expanding aquaculture industry - worth an estimated $21 million in 2008/09. This comprised largely barramundi farming, pearling and the aquarium trade.

The recent finding by the Northern Taskforce...

Investigation Continues Into Dead Lobster

Friday, 05 March 2010 07:46 administrator

The Saint Croix Courier, Feb. 18, 2010

Environment Canada is continuing its investigation into how lobsters in Grand Manan, and Deer Island were exposed to the agricultural pesticide cypermethrin.The Saint Croix Courier was the first to report on the investigation Jan. 12 after a number of dead lobsters were found in traps in Grand Manan, Pocologan and Deer Island late last year.

An investigation was launched by both Environment Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). In...

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