Monthly Archives: July 2008
State Fair: Day 01
The Urban Aquaculture Center is off to a great beginning with the hot first day of the Wisconsin State Fair under its belt. The exhibit featuring the big elevated fish tank containing yellow perch has drawn considerable interest. Individuals, couples, … Continue reading
Coleman Hatchery Overhaul
The Coleman National Fish Hatchery returned in June to its $10 million construction project to improve the control of salmon traffic on Battle Creek, according to Scott Hamelberg, project leader of Coleman National Fish Hatchery Complex. The project coincides with … Continue reading
Offshore Aquaculture
Aquaculture shows significant economic potential and good prospects for success in the United States, according to a new report commissioned by NOAA. The report’s authors call for clear rules to be enacted to guide the development of an offshore aquaculture … Continue reading
Dinner Music at the Fish Farm
SCIENTISTS AT Woods Hole are trying to train 5,000 hatchery-raised black sea bass to respond to a dinner bell for their meals, and one glance at sky-high supermarket fish-counter prices will explain why the researchers are willing to be the … Continue reading
Farms in the Sky
What if “eating local” in Shanghai or New York meant getting your fresh produce from five blocks away? And what if skyscrapers grew off the grid, as verdant, self-sustaining towers where city slickers cultivated their own food? Dickson Despommier, a … Continue reading
June Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 5:15p.m. The May meeting minutes were read with one correction by Tim McCollow. 501 (c) (3) Formation for UAC Leon stated there is a less expensive and easier way to form a 501 … Continue reading
Fish Farm – Indiantown
Fish farming is coming to Martin County.Greenstar Aqua Farm representatives met Thursday with county development officials and outlined their plans to build a modern aquaculture facility in Indiantown.The new business, to be housed in eight 54,000-square-foot buildings on a 43-acre … Continue reading
Urban Aquaculture
Professor Martin Schreibman says our oceans have been overfished beyond repair. If we’re going to keep eating fish and chips, tuna tartare, and all those omega-3 fatty acids, we may have to rely on aquaculture. Schreibman is working to bring … Continue reading
May Meeting
The Meeting was called to order at 5:30p.m. with introductions of Mark Raabe and Tim McCollow and a discussion of the perch experiment and Growing Power. Will said there will be training of farmers if this system works. It’s a … Continue reading
