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Aquaculture reviving oyster industry – as well as watermen
Decades ago, Wingate Harbor was full of working oystermen in the late fall and winter, plying the Honga River’s thick oyster bars and bringing their catch to the dock. But when diseases took hold and the harvest plummeted, the oystermen hung up their dredges and tongs...
Aquaculture Market Expected to Reach $242 Billion, Globally, by 2022
According to a new report published by Allied Market Research titled, "Aquaculture Market - Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014-2022," the global aquaculture market was valued at $169 billion in 2015 and is expected to reach $242 billion by 2022,...
Auburn University and Ocean University of China Create Joint Center for Aquaculture
Auburn University and Ocean University of China officials have created a joint venture for aquaculture and environmental sciences. Auburn Provost Timothy Boosinger and OUC President Zhigang Yu met with administrators from both schools to implement the agreement that...
Americans are eating more fish, but still not enough
This week is all about turkey. But year round, Americans are making room on their plates for more fish and other seafood. We ate an average of 15.5 pounds of it in 2015, continuing a three-year rise, says a recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...