IN THE NEXT few months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will finalize a 10-year plan for encouraging American aquaculture, or fish farming. The draft plan expands on a bill the administration unveiled last year to jump-start fish farming offshore. How this initiative takes place will have big economic and environmental implications. Done right, aquaculture can be part of the solution for oceans and fisheries under great stress. Done badly, it could make matters a lot worse....
The Future of Fish Farming
IN THE NEXT few months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will finalize a 10-year plan for encouraging American aquaculture, or fish farming. The draft plan expands on a bill the administration unveiled last year to jump-start fish farming offshore. How this initiative takes place will have big economic and environmental implications. Done right, aquaculture can be part of the solution for oceans and fisheries under great stress. Done badly, it could make matters a lot worse....