Sandy MacLachlan has been working the bag nets at Cuil Bay near Duror since he was a schoolboy, as his father and grandfather did before him, harvesting the king of fish as the wild Atlantic salmon head up the loch to the principal salmon rivers of the Lochy, Coe, Leven and Nevis. Sandy MacLachlan has been working the bag nets at Cuil Bay near Duror since he was a schoolboy, as his father and grandfather did before him, harvesting the king of fish as the wild Atlantic salmon head up the...

BY MATT DEYOUNG mdeyoung@grandhaventribune.com With all the factors threatening local fish population these days from invasive species to viral hemorrhaging disease it's comforting to know that some groups are going to great lengths to preserve the area's fishery. BY MATT DEYOUNG mdeyoung@grandhaventribune.com With all the factors threatening local fish population these days from invasive species to viral hemorrhaging disease it's comforting to know that some groups are going to great...

Eating seafood, guilt free: UN agency to establish guidelines to certify fish 20 April 2007 As the world consumes more seafood, with an increasing proportion of it farmed in captivity, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that it is working to create a new international standard to certify the safety and harvesting of fish. Eating seafood, guilt free: UN agency to establish guidelines to certify fish 20 April 2007 As the world consumes more seafood,...

After years of steady growth that has seen the value of Rhode Island shellfish farming increase 15-fold in the past 10 years, 2006 saw the value of aquaculture jump to a record-setting $1. Like most shellfish farmers in the state, who are improving their productivity per acre faster than they are expanding the actual acreage under cultivation, Warfel is concentrating on ways to nurture more baby oysters to maturity. Oyster production increased by 54 percent from the year before, while clam...

US Presses Proposal To Ban Fishing Subsidies At WTO GENEVA (AP)--Fishing subsidies should be banned to make global trade more equitable and prevent overfishing of already depleted high-sea stocks, the United States told World Trade Organization members on Tuesday. US Presses Proposal To Ban Fishing Subsidies At WTO GENEVA (AP)--Fishing subsidies should be banned to make global trade more equitable and prevent overfishing of already depleted high-sea stocks, the United States told World...

That will enable bulk distribution of the water to be used in products ranging from pharmaceuticals and face cream to beer. A former Alaskan crab fishing boat soon will be trolling Hawai'i waters seeking easier prey. Billed as the first mobile deep-sea water harvesting platform, the ship will generate 80,000 gallons of fresh water per day through reverse osmosis desalination, or 2.4 million gallons per month, according to Deep Ocean Hawaii. Deep-sea water harvesting goes mobile - The...