Federal agency approves plan for Gulf of Mexico fish farming
Posted by Associated Press September 03, 2009 2:36 PM
NEW ORLEANS -- President Barack Obama's administration has approved a plan to farm fish in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
On Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declined to oppose the plans despite objections from fishermen and environmentalists.

They are concerned that growing fish in large cages or pens in the open waters will lead to pollution and threaten wild marine stocks. Proponents say offshore aquaculture is a safe way to produce high-quality seafood for American consumers.
At the same time, the agency said it would develop a national policy for "sustainable marine aquaculture" in the next few months

Im not sure why I dont like this idea but it just dosent set right with me.

me either, Brad.

That's why I thought it relevant to bring the story to light.

Instrustin' to say the least ......

Don't know where I stand with the consept .... I don't make mines livin' thaer.

I thank it kind of sounds like ... to me ..... BigBrother .... again.

I don't think that there is enough known about this to form an oppinion one way or the other, I do however find it very disheartening to hear that our federal government is going to unilaterally allow this practice without a bunch more research being done.

Everything I have read about this from people in the fishing industry has been negative, it all seems as though market value will decrease, genetics of the species will change with this type of containment, and the spreading of diseases will be a lot more likely.

I think it one of those things where you just need to rely on mother nature, not some democrats in Washington DC!

Wonder if they'll let me pole fish out the cages?

Bad. We were in Ireland a few years back salmon fishing. My father in law has a lodge over there and grew up fishing there. Their commercial fishing depleted the wild salmon stocks so they came up with the idea of pen raising salmon and sea trout in the bays off the coast. The concept was that the salmon would go to market and commercial catch would drop and the wild salmon stocks would rebound.
Well, the trawlers still fish and the pen fish pollute the bays with tons of waste. Also some diseased fish have gotten out of the pens and into the rivers with the wild fish.

Feed the Bigheads to the Burrheads,...problem solved.

One more thing to think about is the fact that WHEN not if one of them big storms comes into the gulf, and tears down them boys farms they are going to be lookin w/ there hands out to the Gov the give um some of that Disaster relief monies to fix the problems. All there fish will be swimmin w/ the locals and screwin up our natural crop. Maby I'm wrong...

this is something that will be terrible for local fisherman!!! flooding the market with seafood that is farm raised and diseased. this is just like those damn japanese skrimps that are farm raised and an sent over here. Once again the ol' mighty dollar sign shows its green face and screws up shit for hard working americans!! damn democrats wanting to put their hand in everything, chalk it up as something else the ni@@er fuk up!!

Not funny!!