DELAND -- Farming in Volusia County still has a future, but it will have a different feel, several agricultural producers on this year's 26th annual farm tour contend. This year's tour, sponsored by the University of Florida/Volusia County Extension and the county chapter of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, included stops at farms, ranches and companies that produce foliage and landscaping plants, fruits and vegetables, farmed fish, honey and livestock. Fourteen of the county's farmers...

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Federal environmental officials have a new permitting process designed to cut down on pollution that trout farms and other aquaculture producers discharge into the Snake River. Phosphorus is blamed for fueling algae blooms and excessive weed growth, diminishing water quality and reducing oxygen levels critical to wild fish and other aquatic life. But the area of biggest concern is a 55-mile stretch of the Snake River downstream from Twin Falls, the epicenter of the state's $90 million per...

Fish or die could be the motto of those, like Mihale, who accept the challenges of weather, danger and what they see as over-regulation, to keep the tradition going. To glimpse the world he inhabits, one corner of the $1 billion a year commercial fishing industry in New York - and to see how fish goes from sea to table - an Associated Press reporter and photographer spent time in the Atlantic on a Point Lookout trawler, then followed the catch from the ocean to Mihale's dock, where it was...

Both acids, however, are produced only by algae and reach the human body through the fish that eat them, or from meat, milk or eggs from animals reared at least partly on fish meal. Scaremongering about a ficticious lack of Omega-3 sources in order to pretend GM science is essential?? I doubt anyone will see this as anything other than ridiculous propaganda and I'm surprised at The Times for not putting this in some sort of perspective. When the issue about sustainability of fish oils...

Prosecutors say the Peabodys knowingly employed 126 undocumented workers and disregarded warnings about the illegal activity from federal authorities. The company was charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal immigrants for financial gain and misuse of Social Security numbers. Fishing company faces nearly $7M fine for hiring illegals. The Peabodys were charged with unlawfully employing illegal immigrants. Yvonne Peabody also was charged with unauthorized access of a government computer....

Think what you like about turning Illinois into the Land of Baccarat: A big increase in state-sanctioned gambling stands as the likely answer to the question, "How will lawmakers raise money for capital spending and mass transit?" We aren't sure whether that expansion would further coarsen the culture of Illinois. Think what you like about turning Illinois into the Land of Baccarat: A big increase in state-sanctioned gambling stands as the likely answer to the question, "How will lawmakers...

The injunction, if there is one, would seek to close fishing and crabbing by both commercial and recreational anglers. Sam Delson, a spokesman for the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, a division of the state Environmental Protection Agency, said testing for the health of Dungeness and other marine life in local waters already is under way, with sampling completed Friday. Arnold Schwarzenegger that closed only a narrow band of ocean waters to crabbing and fishing in the...

They don t like to hunt or fish so that means, in their weird thinking, you shouldn t hunt or fish, either. Now they are trying to put a positive spin on their losing efforts by blaming a tree-farm issue for the defeat instead of efforts by the state s hunters, fishermen and farmers. You are also advised to not eat organ meats such as heart or liver and wash thoroughly any instruments such as knives that come in contact with deer tissue. One more instance why you should be vigilant and...