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NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard.

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Assembled in response to new aquaculture sites planned off the coast of California, the gravestones were brought to the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Long Beach, California, in April by activists keen to register their discontent. established aquaculture as a national policy priority.

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Transforming the Baltic and North Seas with Algae-Based Solutions

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They also don’t require arable land or freshwater; they grow in abundance on land and by sea. Algae also offer environmental benefits: The organisms can capture carbon dioxide from the environment, acting as a carbon sink , according to the Carbon Capture Science & Technology journal.

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