• Giant beluga farm that could save the fish that lays the golden eggs -- In an effort to save the fish that lays the golden eggs, businessmen are planning to build a giant fish farm on the banks of the river Ural in Kazakhstan, beginning for the first time the commercial production of beluga sturgeon for its caviar. (Added: 25-May-2003 Hits: 484 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Global Aquaculture: a giant in the making (Added: 22-Jul-2003 Hits: 491 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Global Demand for Fish Rising: Aquaculture Filling the Need -- Fish is the main source of protein for 1 billion people. For more than 150 million people, fish furnishes not only vital nutrition, but also is a source of employment and income. Almost 95 percent of those who rely on fish for their livelihood live in developing countries. Aquaculture, the farming of fish, shellfish, seaweeds, and the like, represents the fastest growing sector in world food production. (Added: 5-Jun-2003 Hits: 732 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Global experts pin hopes on fish farming to feed the world -- Fish farming, a growing global industry, can be a major contributor in feeding the world's hungry and help fight poverty, fishery experts told an international conference Thursday. (Added: 22-Aug-2003 Hits: 505 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Hatcheries Support Economic Growth -- "Technology Transfer: Back-Yard Hatcheries Bring Jobs, Growth to Bali." (Added: 27-May-2003 Hits: 412 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• How to Farm the Seas (Added: 22-Jul-2003 Hits: 433 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Ocean Farming in Hawaii (Added: 26-Jun-2003 Hits: 463 Rating: 3.50 Votes: 6) Rate It

• Offshore fish farm gives new meaning to livestock -- "He and his crew are raising 100,000 fish in a spacious cage anchored to the ocean floor, two miles offshore from Honolulu International Airport." (Added: 20-May-2003 Hits: 355 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Offshore Fish Farm Proposed -- Los Angeles Times (Added: 17-Feb-2004 Hits: 575 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Overview of Aquaculture -- Today, one-third of global seafood products entering markets are farm raised. Similar to terrestrial agriculture, aquaculture presents certain risks--especially to wild populations and water quality--that we must try to prevent, minimize, and mitigate. However, existing government programs lack a coherent policy and framework for marine aquaculture to address these challenges. (Added: 5-Jun-2003 Hits: 508 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Oyster Farming Vs. Oyster Hunting -- "Today, of 9,000 acres under lease in Maryland, a mere 1,000 are actively cultivated. To opponents of aquaculture, the poor showing of private planting is proof of how oyster aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay has failed. To proponents of aquaculture, that poor showing is an indication of how opposition has successfully hamstrung a viable industry in Maryland." (Added: 27-May-2003 Hits: 353 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Pearl-Farming Technology Could Help Save Coral Reefs and Create New Wealth -- Fishery scientists in the Solomon Islands recently coaxed a crop of precious black pearls from cultured oysters. Black pearl farming may offer hundreds of poor, coastal communities throughout the region a viable and sustainable alternative to over-fishing. (Added: 27-May-2003 Hits: 387 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Salmon Farming -- Salmon farming - the placement of large metal or mesh net cages in the ocean to grow fish - was pioneered in Norway in the 1960s. Since then the industry has expanded to Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the U.S. and Chile, but is dominated by the same multinational corporations. (Added: 23-May-2003 Hits: 466 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Shellfish Farming -- Shellfish are a delicacy savoured worldwide, and people have been digging clams and collecting oysters, scallops, mussels and other crustaceans for thousands of years. In the past few decades, industries to farm shellfish have emerged around the world to complement the harvesting of wild stock. (Added: 23-May-2003 Hits: 344 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Solutions for the problems of salmon farming -- Recommends several policy changes to make salmon farming safe for humans and the environment including: Replacing netcages with closed-loop containment systems; Using native salmon only; Eliminating discharge of fish sewage; Protecting public health by fully and openly monitoring drug use and the spread of drug-resistant diseases; Requiring industry-funded government testing for diseases among farmed and wild fish... (Added: 23-May-2003 Hits: 447 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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