Aquaculture Not Always a Poverty Solver From TheFishSite.com Although shrimp and fish farming is regarded as an environmentally friendly way to alleviate poverty this cultivation has negative consequences, says Daniel A. "One contributory factor is the faulty global market mechanisms that lead to growing inequities in the distribution of resources, profits, and costs between the northern and southern hemispheres," says Mr Berguist. This has happened in areas such as Sri Lanka and the Philippines where poverty prevails in spite of huge investment in...

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NZ: Preliminary approval given to new aquaculture space From Fish Farmer Magazine MORE than 100 hectares of new aquaculture space in the Tasman region has received preliminary approval, New Zealand's Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton has announced. To approve an interim aquaculture management area (AMA), MFish must be satisfied that there would not be an undue adverse effect on fishing and the sustainability of fisheries resources. Jim Anderton said that if the final decision was still to decline areas on commercial fishing grounds, potential marine farmers and affected...

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Langston hosts workshops on ornamental fish ponds and commercial ... From The Langston University Gazette The Langston University Aquaculture Program will offer workshops for ornamental fish pond owners and commercial aquaculturists on Saturday, Feb. 23 in the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Complex located on the main campus. 8 a.m. and workshops start at 9 a.m. The workshops will begin with a presentation featuring the Bald Eagle Rehabilitation Program by Victor Roubideaux of the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, followed by a presentation by Missouri State University's Dr. Chris Barnhart...

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Langston hosts workshops on ornamental fish ponds and commercial ... From www.lugazette.com The Langston University Aquaculture Program will offer workshops for ornamental fish pond owners and commercial aquaculturists on Saturday, Feb. 23 in the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Complex located on the main campus. 8 a.m. and workshops start at 9 a.m. The workshops will begin with a presentation featuring the Bald Eagle Rehabilitation Program by Victor Roubideaux of the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, followed by a presentation by Missouri State University's Dr. Chris Barnhart...

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MSU grad student tracking sea crows From Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Mississippi State University STARKVILLE - Nearly 1,500 miles from Mississippi State, student researcher Jennifer Chastant eases her way through nests of double-crested cormorants on a Canadian lake. Her work on Lake Woods Island in Kenora, Ontario, is a continuation of research begun more than 20 years ago to determine the impact of cormorants on natural resources, fisheries and aquaculture operations. Researchers in MSU's Forest and Wildlife Research Center estimate they cost the state's...

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