Huffington Post - Are Regulations for Sustainable Fish Farming Just a Red Herring?

By Regina Weiss
March 23, 2011

"Last month the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued draft guidelines for deep water ocean fish farming with the stated goal of supporting sustainable practices. However, the primary purpose appears to be creating a regulatory structure to encourage rapid expansion of ocean fish farming. According to the agencies' joint press release, the new policy, which they plan to finalize by the end of this year, will 'increase the U.S. supply of healthy seafood, create jobs in coastal and other communities [and] spur innovation in technology.'..."

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