The Department of Commerce said Wednesday that it aims to:
1) Create a business climate and technological base for industry to develop sustainable aquaculture in the United States that provides domestic jobs, products, and services while conserving aquatic resources.
2) Support environmentally sound and sustainable aquaculture innovation that increases the value of domestic aquaculture production and creates American business, jobs, and trade opportunities.
3) Advance scientific knowledge to develop and refine aquaculture technologies and methods to improve production, safeguard the environment, and sustain local food and cultural benefits.
4) Support the development and application of aquaculture technologies that provide economic and/or ecological value by enhancing or restoring depleted, threatened, and endangered wild fish stocks and restoring habitat (e.g., oyster reefs).
2 comments:
Good Deal! There has been too much depletion of salt water fish, and something needs to be done. I have been monitoring whats been going on off the Outer Banks N.C. Commercial fishing is limited to only fifty striped bass per day for trawlers. When the trawlers catch juvenile striper's they discard them however, the extreme handling of the smaller fish in the nets are causing high mortality in the discarded fish. Its wasteful and definitely adds to the reasons for the decreasing numbers of ocean fish. Check out my blog for more info.
I'm glad the government allowed fish farming in oceans because most of the fish in the market came from overseas and Americans are not gaining profit from the sales.
Post a Comment