The salmon just grows faster, a tremendous economic advantage to those farming the fish in a closed water system, and to consumers, who would be able to take advantage of greater supply and lower prices.
Getting the required permits and licenses to operate a deep-water fish farm in the U.S. would require running the gantlet of dozens of federal and state regulatory agencies, some with overlapping jurisdictions and none with a mandate to lead the process.
FORBES: Regulatory Uncertainty Drives A Fish Farmer To Foreign Waters
"Out there" is Breezy Point, the westernmost part of the Rockaway peninsula in Queens, a fish-rich stretch of water that's the unofficial separation of the Atlantic from the harbor of New York.
Hundreds of fish died in a nearby Erewash Canal after oxygen levels in the water dropped dramatically.
The angling campaign group Fish Legal is bringing an appeal in a case involving three private water companies, Southern Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities.
The fish face trouble when there is not enough water in a stream, Spence said, or if there are changes in the temperature or habitat of the stream.
Setting up deep-water fish farms in the U.S. would require a hefty budget for defending against lawsuits from NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) activists and competing on-shore and near-shore fish farms, as well as paying an army of lobbyists to fend off opposition from states like Alaska and Maine where fishing fleet interests have considerable political pull.
FORBES: Regulatory Uncertainty Drives A Fish Farmer To Foreign Waters
In just a few hours on the water, we've landed eight fish, which Captain Frank apologetically declares a slow morning.
WATER-COOKED FISH is a Sichuan preparation of poached white fish and wilted cabbage in a sweet-sour broth slicked with chili oil.
Visitors are required to wear a life jacket or wetsuit, you cannot feed the fish or submerge yourself beneath them, only three people (plus a guide) are allowed in the water at one time, and, no, you cannot catch a ride on their fin.
Gustillo takes me snorkeling in a coral grove, going so far as to summon a crowd of gorgeous fish by chumming the water with hacked-up bits of less gorgeous ones.
The coastline supports colonies of fish and seals, and divers who hunt for scallops and abalone can spend up to 10 hours a day in the water.
In Shawano (pronounced SHAW-NO), where a dam prevents the fish from going any farther, the water along shore was thick with flapping fins, as groups of males swarmed around each female, forcing the eggs out of her body and then fertilizing them.
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