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Little River Trails Aquaculture Addresses Demands for Fish Consumption and Declining Flounder Populations
Chicken and turkey farms abound in the south and are big business in North Carolina. North Carolina is ranked #3 nationally in Total Poultry Production, an industry worth an annual 3.3 billion dollars. But all is not well in the poultry industry. Since the economic downturn began in 2008 many North Carolina poultry farmers have lost their contracts and are struggling to survive. Converting their farms to fish farms may pardon the expression “kill two birds with one stone.”
Idle Iron
Do you hear the sound? Listen closely! Hear the sound of the world’s environmental and angling communities screaming at the top of their lungs over the destruction of some of the most prolific marine ecosystems on the planet? No? Neither do I. Quite frankly, after almost a decade since I first wrote about this matter, I have almost grown weary of wondering, “Why don’t they care?”
Coral Restoration: A Revolutionary Effort
Coral Restoration Foundation Seeks to Restore Natural Reefs Through the Transplanting of Nursery Grown Coral With the ever increasing effects of climate change on the world’s seas and oceans, coupled with excessive pollutants and destructive fishing techniques, coral reefs—essential to marine as well as to human life— continues to diminish at an alarming rate. In some instances reefs are, literally, dying out.
Dolphin Asking for Help
For as long as people have braved the sea, stories have surfaced about individuals being rescued by dolphins from all …
Habitat on the Half-Shell: Eat an oyster; save an estuary!
By Vincent Encomio, Ph.D Although we all enjoy eating a great meal, we often don’t think about where our food …
