The 1st policy has been issued on Wednesday 9th of February for aquaculture, giving the opportunity to firm raising seafood to be created in central waters, as far as salted fish and wild fish stocks is not in danger.
The strategy set up by the (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) consists of universal values that local fishery councils need to gather when proposing fish farms.
The global growth of aquaculture was quick for e.g. in 2009 a key source of seafood globally said uncultivated catch stocks surpass shell and farmed fish. The statistics of the NOAA is that 84% of the consumption of seafood is in the US is now imported and half of that is farmed through aquaculture.
Shellfish aquaculture is naturally extended to 3 miles offshore, in the US most fin farmed fish are plant eating fish-e.g. tilapia. Few seawater fin fish were farmed and the strategy request more investigation to surrogate about natural fish and farmed fish in the meals. This could lessen the collision on the ecosystem. The strategy call for a restriction on stocking farmed fish with non- native fish till it can be established that their existence will not affect the ecosystem, habitats and wild species.
In other countries aquaculture procedures were disapproved from researches and environment list as it increase diseases and pollution amongst untamed fish. Typical salmon (farmed fish) fed on pellets from minor sea fish that is associated with a decrease of wild sea fish stocks.
The strategy is judged to be a step on the right path and gradually aquamarine standardize, state the director of the aquaculture program, Mr. George H. Leonard.
From the 11 of April, the community can comment on the aquaculture strategies and ultimate report will be taken into account this time said Mr. Schwaab. Aquaculture industry plays an important role in the global economy as it provides employments, food for living, encouraged exports to the world market and prompts the latest technologies to maintain the industries. 5 billion pounds are spent with fish yearly by the Americans.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/10/science/earth/10fish.html?_r=1
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2011/20110209_aquaculture.html
