Agric4profits

MARCH 11, 2025

In most cases, fungi serve a valuable ecological function by processing dead… Read More » Fungal Fish Diseases: Identification and Control Strategies in Aquaculture Fungi are present everywhere in saltwater or freshwater, in cool or warm temperatures.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 8, 2024

It takes a stupid amount of labor to do it this way compared to big commercial aquaculture operations,” says Walker. They harvest and process about 400 whole trout a week, then pack them in coolers for shipping to restaurants and individual customers. This is an ecological win-win,” says Trushenski.

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Civil Eats

JULY 31, 2024

One type in particular, kelp—a large brown algae with many species, including sugar kelp— has been hailed as an ecologically beneficial, nutritious superfood that can be farmed on both U.S. Other states with less-developed but emerging kelp businesses—like Alaska, Connecticut, and New York—need processing help even more urgently.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The paucity of both private and government funding makes it harder for seaweed companies to handle the high cost of farming and processing. California has no permitting process for seaweed farms in state waters , which extend anywhere from 3 to 12 nautical miles from land—an unsurmountable distance for most farmers.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2024

In 1976, as a new assistant professor at the University of Connecticut’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and also its Department of Marine Sciences, Yarish became increasingly fascinated by kelp’s ability to pull nutrients from the water column. Gregarious and welcoming, Yarish can talk kelp nonstop.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The towns Harbor Management Committee , with support from the Urban Harbors Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston, is compiling its second draft of hundreds of pages detailing everything from dock compliance to potential new aquaculture sites, which can help improve water quality over time. What do we do tomorrow?

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 15, 2023

Now, they’re managing a 5-acre sea farm in Englishman Bay and cultivating thousands of pounds of kelp in the process. million to help build a new farm and processing facility. When Patryn and Fogg started Nautical Farms back in 2017, they were lucky to grow a few hundred pounds in a season. Since most U.S.

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