Posted on 05/27/2006 10:14:15 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Friday that will make California the first state in the country to adopt comprehensive controls on fish farming, a growing industry that ocean advocates say is a threat to the marine environment.
The state Fish and Game Commission will issue permits and regulate businesses that want to raise penned fish off the coast under the legislation authored by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto. The new law is aimed at a new industry, dubbed aquaculture, which has sprung up in coastal states.
California, which does not currently have any coastal fish farms, will develop standards for companies that want to produce fish such as halibut, bass or tuna for the retail market.
Problems have arisen in other states when pen-raised fish have escaped and bred or spread disease among wild populations. Pen-raised fish are also often exposed to chemicals or overfed, or swim in waste, Simitian said.
"Ocean fish farming can now be part of California's future without sacrificing the environment,'' Schwarzenegger said in a statement. "This legislation will lay the groundwork for a new California aquaculture industry to thrive while providing an abundance of healthy food and more jobs in our state.''
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Boy, I can sure sleep better knowing that my gov't is protecting me in everything immaginable.
How long until additional permits are required for that salt-water swimming pool in the neighbor's back yard? Watch out for the halibut!
Probably the intent. Fish farming is a dirty business. Disposing the polluted water can be an environmental hazard.
Our Government at work--If it isn't regulated, we got to regulate it!
Insures reflects the establishment of an insurance policy, ensures means that it makes sure.
Please, these are journalists. The huge amounts of time it takes to study left wing politics hardly leaves time for such petty things as grammar.
You are correct.
How far out to sea do you have to go before you're no longer subject to CA state law?
Feel Good legislation from the Left Coast. Asshats. Go out beyond the limit and set up your Fish Farms there. Why is there so much fish in the Gulf? Answer the Oil Rigs have turned out to be Artifical Reef expanding Habit for Fish and Sport Fishing is great near Oil Rigs.
California is Anti-Business, Anti-Family, Anti-Free Markets. Let the God Damned place implode. No common sense there anymore. I am glad I left the place in 1992.
Dude, FR is in California.
Mighty large tail fin your painting with there....
I posted a similar article:
CA: Governor signs tough aquaculture bill (Sustainable Oceans Act)
Half Moon Bay Review ^ | May 27, 2006 | Clay Lambert
Posted on 05/27/2006 12:19:00 PM PDT by calcowgirl
Thanks!
Bump'n it now.
There are so many fish in the gulf becasue of the energy dynamics in the Gulf, not because of the oil rigs providing habitat.
Sunlight+Nutrient availability=planktonic growth=feed=forage=food=nutrients+Sunlight= etc. etc.
3 miles, but the weather and seas are a problem in exposed areas, which is why mariculture is done in remote protected areas like Maine's Passamaquoddy Bay.
Mariculture is a high-risk venture all around, which is why multinationals are the only owners- massive mariculture losses in some years can be offset through diverse investments.
Trust me, my FRiend. They'll imagine a lot more to protect you from before they're done imagining. Things you never even knew you needed protection from.
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