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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: aquaculture

aquaculture stories: 4 news summaries

Cod Farmers Bet Tech Tames Finicky Fish in Fjords

Investors put millions into new attempts to raise fish in Norway

Oct 27, 08 3:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - As consumption of farmed fish reaches an all-time high, Norwegian entrepreneurs hope you'll soon pick farm-raised cod over salmon for dinner, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wild cod stocks are overfished, and the fickle ocean species is difficult to breed on farms. But improved aquaculture techniques have persuaded investors to... More »

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Norway • fish • aquaculture • fishery • cod

Corn Prices Leave
Catfish Farmers Gasping

Southern farmers abandon fish biz as feed prices triple

Jul 18, 08 2:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The soaring price of corn and soybeans is moving up the food chain and drying up the South's catfish farming industry, reports the New York Times. Farmers are draining their ponds as the cost of feeding the fish becomes prohibitive. In the Mississippi Delta, heartland of the relatively new industry,... More »

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farming • corn • fish • Mississippi • farm • commodities • aquaculture • soybeans

 Fish Farms,
 Retailers Hatch
 Green Standards 

Whole Foods leads way as aquaculture becomes eco-friendly

Jul 16, 08 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Supermarkets are tightening the net on farmed seafood products as demand for environmentally-friendly products grows, reports the Washington Post. Aquaculture now supplies more than half of America's rising demand for fish and shrimp and retailers are working with producers and green groups to make sure the farmed products are both... More »

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Greenpeace • farming • Whole Foods • fish • seafood • World Wildlife Fund • aquaculture • sustainability

Fish Farming
Wiping Out
Wild Salmon

Sea lice could doom some species to extinction, study says

Dec 13, 07 11:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Fish farming could drive some species of wild salmon to extinction, a new study says. Canadian researchers found a direct connection between the growth of such farms in British Columbia and a sharp drop in wild salmon nearby, the Washington Post reports. They attribute the problem to deadly sea lice... More »

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farming • salmon • fish • seafood • British Columbia • aquaculture

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