Green Options » fish farms http://greenoptions.com/tag/fish-farms Posts tagged 'fish farms' Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:26:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Pesticides Cause Thousands of Fish to be Born With Two Heads http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/14/pesticides-cause-thousands-of-fish-to-be-born-with-two-heads/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/14/pesticides-cause-thousands-of-fish-to-be-born-with-two-heads/#comments Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:26:53 +0000 Michael A. Weber http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/14/pesticides-cause-thousands-of-fish-to-be-born-with-two-heads/

Water contamination by toxic chemicals appears to be the cause of a mutation which resulted in the deaths of thousands of bass larvae in Australia. The two headed fish survived a mere 48 hours before dying off en masse.

Dr. Matt Landos of the Australian College of Veterinarian Sciences specializes in aquatic animals, and says that this is the first time he has ever seen anything like this. He sees no natural explanation for the deaths and is pinning the likely cause on the chemicals being used by a local macadamia nut plantation.

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]]> http://planetsave.com/blog/2009/01/14/pesticides-cause-thousands-of-fish-to-be-born-with-two-heads/feed/ Global Seafood Consumption Up: Is Aquaculture the Answer? http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/14/us-seafood-consumption-is-aquaculture-the-answer/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/14/us-seafood-consumption-is-aquaculture-the-answer/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:47:04 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/14/us-seafood-consumption-is-aquaculture-the-answer/ commercial fishing netsSince 1910, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has calculated the nation’s seafood consumption rates to keep consumers and the industry informed about trends in seafood consumption and trade.

According to this year’s report, Americans consumed a total of 4.908 billion pounds of seafood in 2007, slightly less than the 4.944 billion pounds in 2006. The average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007, a one percent decline from the 2006 consumption figures of 16.5 pounds. But even though U.S. seafood consumption is flat, global consumption continues to grow; a major study in the journal Science predicts the global collapse of the world’s major fisheries by the middle of this century. Already, over the past 50 years, there has been a 90 percent reduction of the ocean’s large predatory fish, including sharks, swordfish and tuna.

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