Comments on: Fishery Council Approves Aquaculture in Federal Waters

By: rufman

rufman — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:36:39 +0000

I live in Utah and we have a ton of great fishing spots. I will have to look into this but I don’t think the state has gotten in to this yet. Good thing.

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:38:31 +0000

Thanks for this post – I’ve been working at Food & Water Watch along with Ocean Conservancy to fight this plan. I completely agree that we need to increase aquaculture – but there are more sustainable ways to do it than offshore. Inland recirculating systems would be a much better solution – but because they require owners to actually pay for the land that they are on (as opposed to leasing a portion of a public resource – the ocean – for very little cost).

By: Pays to Live Green

Pays to Live Green — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:33:11 +0000

Global Patriot: I agree completely with you. Japan has already taken a huge toll on their seafood supplies and are now depending on Alaska as a major supplier.

By: Global Patriot

Global Patriot — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:03:16 +0000

With our expanding population it is imperative that we develop sustainable methods of farm raising a consistent supply of seafood. We simply can’t continue to deplete wild stocks, and it’s also become painfully true that we can’t scale current farm practices while protecting the environment.