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Harvesting tilapia

Chinese fish farmers are trying to clean up their aquaculture practices

Environment

Consumer demand in both the US and China for safe and healthy farmed fish is shaping aquaculture practices in the world’s most populous country. Fish farmers are using traditional Chinese medicine as well as high-tech monitoring systems as they strive to keep their fish healthy and their farming practices transparent.

Aquacultures of red algae define this beach in Zanzibar.

As the seaweed industry booms, how can we farm seaweed more sustainably?

Health
James Tran got the idea for his indoor shrimp farm on a visit back to Vietnam to visit his family.

Vietnamese immigrant raises fresh shrimp in Boston — one indoor vat at a time

Business
A sauteed shrimp with garlic ajillo and guindilla pepper plate is prepared at The Bazaar restaurant at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Your cheap shrimp dinner is hurting the environment — and upscale rice could be the answer

Environment
A sauteed shrimp with garlic ajillo and guindilla pepper plate is prepared at The Bazaar restaurant at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Your cheap shrimp dinner is hurting the environment — and upscale rice could be the answer

Environment
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Sustainable Shrimp Farming

The United States imports over a billion pounds of shrimp annually. Most of it travels thousands of miles from tropical farms, which have often degraded mangroves and other sensitive areas of coastlines. Now some U.S. shrimp farmers are raising shrimp indoors, using environmentally friendly techniques, and they’re producing a fresh, delicious product with a much gentler carbon footprint.

Climate change threatens California’s stock of native fish

Environment

California’s rivers and lakes are getting warmer, which puts a great deal of stress on the native fish that live in those bodies of water. But all isn’t lost. There are changes that could be made that could help keep them from going extinct.

After Sandy, looking at oysters as a way to protect vulnerable coastlines

Environment

Scientists are experimenting with rebuilding oyster reefs off the coast of New York City. One writer suspects that if these structures had been in place, Hurricane Sandy’s massive storm surge would have been greatly reduced.

Graduate researcher examining how to farm fish, plants in symbiotic system

Environment

At SUNY Syracuse, a graduate researcher is trying to raise fish on cafeteria scraps and then use their waste as fertilizer for plants, in a study to see how to help improve the food ecosystem on Earth.

Fish farming may be answer to depleted oceans

Environment

Fish populations are so depleted that when today’s children are adults, there may be no fish left to eat.