For decades, federal and state environmental regulators have sought to reduce the amount of phosphorus discharged by the industry, as well as by farmers and public waste treatment facilities. But the area of biggest concern is a 55-mile stretch of the Snake River downstream from Twin Falls, the epicenter of the state's $90 million per year farm-raised trout, catfish, caviar and alligator industry. BOISE, Idaho - Federal environmental officials have a new permitting process designed to cut...

She has made it her mission to help sell the bounty of small to midsized farms in Hawaii through her business, which markets the goods online and then delivers at the Farm Bureau's farmers' markets. That has become a mission for Fresh From the Farm, to be an alternative venue for farmers to sell their goods, and play a role in the sustainability of the state's regional farms. Every year, she said the five-year-old business is adding goods from more farms, and seeing more customers who...

Gloucester Daily Times The recent acquisitions of Andy Santapaola and brothers Peter and Enzo Russo are helping to keep the heart of the local fishing industry pumping as it is besieged and threatened by regulatory strangulation, $3-a-gallon fuel and a dogfish plague. Gloucester Daily Times The recent acquisitions of Andy Santapaola and brothers Peter and Enzo Russo are helping to keep the heart of the local fishing industry pumping as it is besieged and threatened by regulatory...

He doesn t have it too often, cognizant of the high levels of mercury found in some fish, so he tries to limit himself to having it once, twice a week max. Obviously, part of the reason for the difference in price is the fact that wild salmon is harder to come by than farm-raised, but that s due, at least in part, to a widely released report about the dangerous dioxins found in farm-raised salmon that many people have heeded in their salmon purchases, but not nearly enough. Anyway, he went...

The first person would be someone who grew up on Washington Island and was weaned on stories about the rugged individuals who confronted every mood of Lake Michigan to get the fish that provided a living. Jensen first thought about chronicling the commercial fishing history while talking with his grandfather more than 10 years ago. Today, the number of commercial fishing businesses in Door County can be counted on one hand. There was the loss of the lake trout because of the invasion of...

Alaska's commercial salmon fishery has been recertified as sustainable under Marine Stewardship Council standards for sustainably managed fisheries, state fisheries officials said Nov. The MSC label helps Alaska's salmon harvesters and processors tell people around the world that Alaska takes good care of our marine and freshwater environments, while providing millions of wild fish to health conscious consumers, said David Bedford, deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and...