Fisheries experts lend hand to recovery Monday, May 14, 2007 By Chris Kirkham On a remote stretch of Chef Menteur Highway in eastern New Orleans, where marooned fishing boats from Hurricane Katrina still line the road, a white tour bus carrying 45 fish scientists and government regulators rolled up in front of two FEMA trailers on a recent afternoon. Fisheries experts lend hand to recovery Monday, May 14, 2007 By Chris Kirkham On a remote stretch of Chef Menteur Highway in eastern New...

Fish can also become infected when they eat an infected fish. Filed under: Outdoors With the opening of walleye season Saturday, the Minnesota DNR Fisheries urge residents and visitors alike to heed cautions about transfering invasive species to new lakes and rivers. Nonnative invasive species pose a threat to Minnesota waters, native plants and animals, and water-based recreation, including fishing. If spiny water fleas (a small crustacean zooplankton) aren t bad enough, there are even...

This avoids the possibility that many acres of valuable land upon which state and county taxes are now being paid will be swept into the ocean. But agreeing to indemnify the county against claims brought by anyone, at any time in the future, could lead to immediate bankruptcy. But these contracts also require the contractor to have insurance, which shields both county and contractor from potential liability. The county is responding as if it were a corporation that needs to shield itself...

By MEG JONES mjones@journalsentinel.com Posted: May 13, 2007 Oshkosh - Randy Vandezande had already heard the news Sunday morning long before he backed his fishing boat into the Fox River and motored up to Lake Butte des Morts to hunt for his favorite fish - walleye. By MEG JONES mjones@journalsentinel.com Posted: May 13, 2007 Oshkosh - Randy Vandezande had already heard the news Sunday morning long before he backed his fishing boat into the Fox River and motored up to Lake Butte des Morts...

ROCHESTER Food pantries desperately need donations to help feed the ever-increasing numbers of residents and families who are struggling as a result of the mounting costs of home-heating fuels and gasoline, recent flooding and reductions in charitable donations this year. ROCHESTER Food pantries desperately need donations to help feed the ever-increasing numbers of residents and families who are struggling as a result of the mounting costs of home-heating fuels and gasoline, recent...

This boom has been sustained thanks to the increasing ability to domesticate marine species which in turn has made it possible to increase aquaculture production. Members of the EU-funded Network of Excellence Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning , or MarBEF, have been studying this impressive rise in the domestication of aquatic animals and recently published a paper detailing their findings in the journal Science. The search for healthier lifestyles combined with population...

Gene Evans' farm sprawls across 1,700 acres, but his family's agricultural future fits in just a fraction of that space. Published Monday, May 14, 2007 Florida citrus farmers find new cash crops to diversify business. Borrowing technology used at Epcot's Living Seas aquariums, the pioneering Florida aquaculture farmer plans for a future where a mere 250 acres breeds a species of fish new to most American palates, while also signaling the changing times in the state's agricultural picture....

The Seafood Industry Council's Alastair MacFarlane, who represented an international coalition of fishing industries at the meeting in Renaca, Chile, said the major impact on the New Zealand fishery was likely to be a requirement to assess the impacts of bottom trawling. Tighter restrictions on bottom trawling in the high seas look set to further reduce the dwindling returns for New Zealand fishing operators. Advertisement Advertisement Anderton said small operators would feel the effects...

WASHINGTON -- The tainted pet food case has trickled down to farmed fish, but federal health officials say levels of the contamination are so low it's probably no danger to people who ate the fish. Fish food made in Canada apparently contained wheat gluten from China as a protein source. And it's not clear if any of the farmed fish entered the food chain. As with the fish, federal health and food officials said the risk to human health is very low. Since March 16, more than 100 brands of...