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Is A Diet That's Healthy For Us Also Better For The Planet? Most Of The Time, Yes

Oct 28, 2019
A vast new analysis looked at 15 different food groups, like nuts, fish and red meat, ranking them based on how they influence health and the toll they take on the planet.
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A diver maintains an open-water cage where tuna are being farmed in Izmir, Turkey. In the U.S., federally controlled ocean waters have been off limits to aquaculture, curbing the industry's growth. But the tide may be turning.

The Battle Over Fish Farming In The Open Ocean Heats Up, As EPA Permit Looms

Sep 18, 2019
Advocates say farmed seafood is more sustainable than wild-caught. Critics say these farms pollute surrounding waters. Federal waters have been off-limits to aquaculture, but that may soon change.
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Fresh fish fillets for sale in a display case. Concerns over animal welfare have led to changes in recent years in raising livestock. But seafood has been missing from the conversation. One group aims to change that.

Do You Care If Your Fish Dinner Was Raised Humanely? Animal Advocates Say You Should

Oct 20, 2017
Concerns over animal welfare have led to changes in recent years in how livestock are raised. But seafood has been missing from the conversation. One group aims to change that.
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Washington has eight Atlantic salmon net pens. There are two types: commercial net pens for raising Atlantic salmon and enhancement net pens for wild salmon that will eventually be released.

Why Are Atlantic Salmon Being Farmed In The Northwest?

Aug 29, 2017
Earlier this month, thousands of Atlantic salmon escaped a net pen in Washington state, raising concerns from environmentalists and questions about farming non-native species. Here are some answers.
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A Russian fish farming operation in Ura Bay in the Barents Sea.

Can We Feed The World With Farmed Fish?

Aug 15, 2017
New research suggests there is space on the open ocean to farm essentially all the seafood humans can eat — and then some. But such volumes of fish and shellfish could not be grown without costs.
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An oyster grading machine sorts young oysters on the pier at Murder Point.

7 Years After BP Oil Spill, Oyster Farming Takes Hold In South

Jun 10, 2017
The "off-bottom" production method, in which oysters are grown in hanging baskets tumbled by waves, is starting to flourish on the Gulf coast — and demand for these boutique bivalves is growing.
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If they're able to swim to hot water, carp will survive infection with a type of herpes virus.

In Studying Sick Fish, Scientists Trace History Of Fevers

Feb 09, 2017
Carp are a major food source, but they've been plagued by viruses. Scientists now say they have a simple solution. And along the way, they hit on an ancient commonality between fish and people.
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Jean Claude Frajmund, the owner of Eco Shrimp Garden in Newburgh, N.Y., is raising shrimp indoors. He is working on doubling production to 300 pounds a week.

Shrimp Grown In Tanks Make A Splash, Coming To A Market Near You

Aug 18, 2016
The U.S. appetite for shrimp is often fed in unsavory ways, with seafood produced unsustainably, sometimes with slave labor. In New York's Hudson Valley, an indoor aqua farm is raising an alternative.
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Divers around the open-ocean aquaculture cage at the Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas. These cages are not currently used in the Gulf of Mexico, but represent one type of farming technology that could work in the region.

Gulf Of Mexico Open For Fish-Farming Business

Feb 08, 2016
For the first time, companies can apply to set up fish farms in U.S. federal waters. The government says the move will help reduce American dependence on foreign seafood and improve security.
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The Salty Girl Seafood team won $5,000 in prize money at the Fish 2.0 competition. They are (from left) Gina Auriemma, who handles marketing for the firm, and co-founders Norah Eddy and Laura Johnson.

Entrepreneurs Pitch Sustainable Seafood Ideas; Investors Take The Bait

Nov 17, 2015
At Fish 2.0, entrepreneurs get the chance to sell their ideas for modernizing the industry to a roomful of investors and venture capitalists. It's kind of like TV's Shark Tank — for the fish world.
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A school of wild yellowtail jack <em>(Seriola lalandi).</em> Rose Canyon Fisheries near San Diego would aim to raise 11 million pounds of yellowtail and seabass each year.

Huge Fish Farm Planned Near San Diego Aims To Fix Seafood Imbalance

Sep 01, 2015
The aquaculture project would be the same size as New York's Central Park and produce 11 million pounds of yellowtail and sea bass each year. But some people see it as an aquatic "factory farm."
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Yiannis Tsakirios, 58, cleans a fishing net on the wooden caique he owns with his son, Parisi, docked at the village of Laki on the Aegean island of Leros. "I work much longer hours now than I did as a young man," he says.

As Fish Stocks Dwindle, So Do The Livelihoods Of Greek Fishermen

Jun 12, 2015
The Greek fisherman casting a net from his small wooden boat is a postcard image of the Mediterranean. But fish stocks are so low now that many fishermen say they can't make a living anymore.
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Farming Shrimp in the Desert

Jan 28, 2011
Fishermen harvest shrimp on the Gulf Coast. But what about growing shrimp.
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