These organizations including the Center for Food Safety, the Humane Society of the United States, Greenpeace USA, Sierra Club Canada, Trout Unlimited, Food and Water Watch, Pure Salmon Campaign and Consumers Union have called on the USDA to ensure that the organic label is not diluted to accommodate carnivorous fish and open net cages. And, while weve been trying to figure out our own organic standards for farmed fish, the USDA has decided to allow foreign fish farmers to label their...

Jokingly dubbed Karoo perlemoen , it is in fact the Nguni cow of the aquaculture industry: indigenous, robust, disease-free, vegetarian and excellent-tasting. The masterminds behind the project say that, besides creating jobs for these women, and a rich new revenue stream for the farmers, the project will also produce cheap, fresh nutrition for poor locals. Funded by the European Union and developed against the global backdrop of plummeting wild marine fish stocks, the Camdeboo Satellite...

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Island fish markets began the season paying fishermen $11 per pound of shucked meat, and selling the scallops retail for $18 and $19 per pound. In the two days before the storm battered the island, most of the commercial boats made it back to the docks with their limits in a matter of hours, harbormaster Dave Fronzuto said. On Saturday, Noel s strong winds swept thousands of adult and seed scallops onto harbor beaches, where island residents are legally allowed to take the shellfish...

While conservationists stress not all would need to be no-take fishing zones, there is evidence from around the world that such measures substantially boost numbers of fish in neighbouring waters, as well as within the actual reserve, and help the eco-system more generally. While conservationists stress not all would need to be no-take fishing zones, there is evidence from around the world that such measures substantially boost numbers of fish in neighbouring waters, as well as within the...

The group estimates that the government will have to pay the fishers P16 million in compensation during the two-month fishing ban. In a statement, Arsenio Tanchuling, Tambuyog Development Center executive director, said the fishing ban will be imposed by Japan Petroleum Exploration co. (JAPEX) for two-month of its oil and gas exploration within seven square kilometers of the strait, particularly in the municipal waters of Aloguinsan and Pina mungajan in northern Cebu. Fisher folk could...

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-a-year farm-raised trout, catfish, caviar and alligator industry. For decades, federal and state environmental regulators have sought to reduce the amount of phosphorus discharged by the industry, as well as by farmers and public waste treatment facilities. The permits are written to cover aquaculture producers in every corner of Idaho, the nation's...

Smith said the firefighters were on hand for hours after the blaze was out, helping to rescue the farm's most valuable creatures more than 10 sturgeon, some more than six feet long. What happened next is no fish story. The farm is a hatchery and market where the fish are bred and sold. Among the saved was Flipper, the farm's prized sturgeon and back-flipping entertainer. Smith said the direction of the wind that evening was to blame for sparking the blaze. Though the main barn is closed...

The summit, underway in Port Elizabeth, is aimed at garnering the views of fishing communities in respect of fishery policies and the management of marine resources. Van Schalkwyk said global demand for fish products had increased in recent years, while the supply from "capture fisheries" had dropped. His head bandaged, the driver accused of being drunk at the wheel when a bus plunged down a slope, killing 10 farmworkers, appeared in the Piketberg Magistrate's Court today. Van Schalkwyk...