Chesapeake Bay oysters are developing natural resistance to the diseases that in recent decades have ravaged their population, according to a new Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) report.
In order to boost this natural selection process and the eventual replenishment of the native oyster population in the Bay, CBF requests that Virginia and Maryland produce sanctuaries to protect some 40 per cent of historical oyster grounds, more funding to reconstruct and repair reefs and greater efforts to avert poaching.
In addition, the report discusses the mounting fame and profitability of oyster aquaculture in the bay, and urges both states to promote it via incentives such as training programmes, fee waivers, expedited permit approvals and grants. A booming bivalve aquaculture industry could generate m...
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The Norwegian Pelagic Fishing Course in Week 18 Norway
Still low activity in the sandpiper fishery and modest catches of other species, despite some larger catches of coal mullet.
Blue whiting:
17,645 tonnes registered from 12 different boats. Large p...
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