designating fish as 'organic'

From: Peter A. Nelson (panelson@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2006 - 12:02:16 PST

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    The NYT published an interesting and provocative article on the
    USDA's efforts to establish a standard for designating finfish as
    'organic.' I'd be interested in what folks on this forum thought--
    should only farm-raised fish be eligible, excluding wild-caught fish?
    Any rationale in favor of farm-raised fish seems to me to be one of
    convenience, rather than science, but perhaps someone else has a
    different opinion!

    Check it out:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/business/28fish.html?
    em&ex=1164949200&en=3e09486a832988c9&ei=5070

    The article also addresses the tricky problem of developing
    comparable standards for other seafoods, such as oysters or mussels.
    The debate should be an interesting one anyway.

    Cheers,

    Peter A. Nelson, Ph.D.
    Marine Advisor
    California Sea Grant
    2 Commercial Street, Suite 4
    Eureka, California 95501

    Tel 707.443.8369
    Fax 707.445.3901
    panelson@ucdavis.edu

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