Dan: This is pretty far outside my area of expertise (marine ecology
& fisheries), so I don't know how CA and the US figure here.
I suspect that aquaculture could provide a substantial source of high
quality protein to low income populations, but find it hard to
believe that that could apply to many places in the coastal US.
Property values and regulations likely wouldn't permit any reasonable
economic return except maybe for a very high priced product. I've
heard some very ambitious plans for offshore tuna pens in southern
California, but it sounded unlikely (see above) to me. Could it work?
I'd love to hear the reasoning. Anyone with some background here care
to chime in?
I like the idea of Tilapia ponds as a teaching tool, but again you'll
have to find someone else to address the practicality of the concept.
Cheers, Pete
On Sep 21, 2006, at 3:50 PM, Dan Desmond wrote:
> Pete,
>
> This is an interesting statistic. Any idea how that
> figure compares with fish consumed in California and the US?
>
> Do you think aquaculture is a practical strategy to address hunger
> with low income populations? We looked at some home based Tilapia
> farms in Hawaii but I really wasn’t sure how successful they were.
> Would such operations be possible in a school or community garden
> as a food source and/or educational tool to teach about fish in the
> food cycle?
>
> Dan
>
> Daniel Desmond
>
> UCCE Advisor Emeritus
>
> Food & Society Policy Fellow
>
> From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu]
> On Behalf Of Peter A. Nelson
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:56 PM
> To: Seafood HACCP Discussion List
> Subject:
>
>
>
> Here's a new report from the FAO Sub-Committee on Aquaculture:
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>
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> http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000383/index.html
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>
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> "Nearly half the fish consumed as food worldwide are
>
> raised on fish farms rather than caught in the wild, says a new report
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> from FAO."
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> Cheers, Pete
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>
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>
>
> Peter A. Nelson, Ph.D.
>
> Marine Advisor
>
> California Sea Grant
>
> 2 Commercial Street, Suite 4
>
> Eureka, California 95501
>
>
>
> Adjunct Professor
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> Tel 707.443.8369
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