A Community Devoted To Aquaculture

U-TubeS, oxygen generators, bio filters and co2 availability set up the possibility for *new* Research on the oxygen levels necessary for cultivation FOR various aquatic species including ALL* of the currently grown SPECIES OF fish, bivalves, and Crustacean.*
*Research that would find the optimal levels of dissolved oxygen in water that benefit the production of every**trout, [...]

I found this interesting article about a petition that is being circulated to prevent open ocean aquaculture in the Gulf.
The article starts like this…
We need a national aquaculture plan to establish sustainable fish farming standards before the Gulf is allowed to move forward with large-scale fish farming.
Please send the message below to the Secretary of [...]

A seminar at last week’s Cooking for Solutions event in California discussed the sustainability of farmed fish and the challenges the global aquaculture industry faces.  The event was covered by Fiona Robinson, SeaFood Business editor in chief, in her editorial today:
http://www.seafoodsource.com/newsarticledetail.aspx?id=4855

The International Fish Trade is a complex web of importers and exporters. World exports of fish reached an all time high of 92 billion dollars in 2007. It is interesting to note that total world production of fish was 145 million tones in 2007. How much of total world production was exported? 38 percent or [...]

Keeping in line with my last post, this post is a review of sorts about the website www.edf.org and their seafood selector. With the current growth of aquaculture and the leveling off of wild fisheries fish health and echo friendly fishing practices is a major concern. We all need to be conscious of the affects [...]

The biggest reason is demand. As the world population continues to grow and the benefits of fish in the diet are realized demand will only continue to soar. Nobel prize-winner and economist Peter F. Drucker said it all, “Aquaculture, not the Internet, represents the most promising investment opportunity of the 21st century.” Those are [...]