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New federal rules proposed for offshore fish farms
The Bush administration proposed a set of rules on Wednesday to regulate future projects off American shores that would use the ocean for alternative energy and aquaculture.
The rules could cover a wide variety of ideas, from turning unused oil platforms into huge fish farms to harnessing alternative energy from wind, currents, waves and algae.
But environmental [...]
Proposal lets fish farms operate in U.S. waters
Fish farms could be allowed to operate for the first time in federal waters off the nation’s coasts under a Bush administration proposal that critics say is a blatant attempt to bypass Congress and set up a marine program that lawmakers have been reluctant to approve.
A proposed rule, published Wednesday in the Federal Register, opens [...]
‘Aquaculture could save NMI’
The Commonwealth is poised to start a significant aquaculture industry with a host of proposals to spur its growth now in development, according to experts at a workshop held Thursday.
Aquaculture is a multi-billion dollar business worldwide and proponents of it believe Saipan and the surrounding islands are an ideal location for the industry to take [...]
Carping about fish farming blinds us to its vital role
A very negative image of aquaculture - or fish farming - was created in an article by Fred Pearce in these pages on April 23, citing all manner of social injustices and environmental destruction. This fits in with a sustained campaign by NGOs against aquaculture as an industry, with one core message: that aquaculture is [...]
