Fishery Council Approves Aquaculture in Federal Waters
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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.
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.
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).
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.