Monday, May 22, 2006

Fish farm forced to close?

David DeKokOne of the larger and more successful commercial fish farms in the northeastern U.S. might be forced to shut down its operations on the Susquehanna River. PPL Corp. needs to build cooling towers for its power plant at Brunner Island, where Susquehanna Aquaculture also is located. The fish farm thrives because it gets free hot water from PPL. So if the company must move, it cannot

Monday, May 1, 2006

Veggie Diets For Salmon

Things are progressing in finding solutions to developing more environmentally friendly feeds for use in Aquaculture. Feeds with more vegetable based ingredients, leading to further reductions in fish meal and fish oil requirements.Just found this interesting story by Megan Ogilvie, Special to The Star.(April 14, 2006) - A browse through the seafood section of your local grocery store may soon