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Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
2009-10-08
This report, Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, provides an introduction to Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS). RAS are closed-loop fish farming facilities that retain and treat water within the Systems addresses why RAS could be an important method of producing more fish for the United States; highlights research, development and technical innovations in RAS; and discusses concerns and recommendations for the future of these systems. Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems also provides commercial case studies of existing successful RAS operations in the United States.
Fishy Farms Updates
2009-09-24
Since the initial release of Fishy Farms in October 2007, there have been many regional and national developments regarding the status of open ocean aquaculture (OOA) in the United States.
Fish Story
2008-04-08
After a series of safety scares about imported seafood in 2006 and 2007, U.S. consumers are recognizing that more than 80 percent, about 10.7 billion pounds of the seafood they eat, comes from outside the United States. Much of it is imported from Asia and Latin America, regions that have potentially unsafe production practices.
Fishy Farms
2007-11-09
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is promoting open ocean aquaculture as a way to reduce the country’s $9.2 billion seafood trade deficit and ease pressures on decimated wild marine fish populations. Despite this substantial financial and political support, open ocean aquaculture has not been shown to be environmentally sustainable, financially viable, or technically possible on a commercial scale. The report, "Fishy Farms: The Problems with Open Ocean Aquaculture", discusses these problematic findings in depth.
Import Alert
2007-05-31
The Food and Drug Administration oversees the safety of seafood imports. However, inadequate funding and a mediocre inspection program contributed to the federal government agency physically inspecting less than two percent of the 860,000 imported seafood shipments in 2006. Only 0.59 percent of shipments were tested for contaminants in a laboratory. "Import Alert: Government Fails Consumers, Falls Short on Seafood Inspection", looks at data from FDA import refusals of seafood shipments at the border and identifies trends in the data from 2003 to 2006 and highlights issues related to imports of shrimp, the most popular seafood among U.S. consumers.
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- Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture Systems — This report, Land-Based Recirculating Aquaculture ...
- Fishy Farms Updates — Since the initial release of Fishy Farms in Octobe ...
- Fish Story — After a series of safety scares about imported sea ...
- Fishy Farms — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administratio ...
- Import Alert — The Food and Drug Administration oversees the safe ...