The Mexicans have been fattening up bluefin tuna caught in the US and transported to Baja California for years. I also understand that at least part of the push for Congress to zone the high seas areas of our EEZ is the interest in highly migratory species fish farming or fattening off the Hawaiian islands. Pete
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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter A. Nelson
To: Dan Desmond
Cc: 'Seafood HACCP Discussion List' ; susan@susan-roberts.net ; 'James I. Grieshop' ; 'Rose Hayden-Smith'
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: RE: FAO report on aquaculture production
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
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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:
http://www.fao.org/newsroom/en/news/2006/1000383/index.html
"Nearly half the fish consumed as food worldwide are
raised on fish farms rather than caught in the wild, says a new report
from FAO."
Cheers, Pete
Peter A. Nelson, Ph.D.
Marine Advisor
California Sea Grant
2 Commercial Street, Suite 4
Eureka, California 95501
Adjunct Professor
Dept Fish. Biol., Humboldt State University
Tel 707.443.8369
Fax 707.445.3901
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