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Catching the Aquaculture Wave
Publication Date: December 2004
Publisher(s): Grassroot Institute of Hawaii; Reason Foundation
Author(s): Michael De Alessi
Topic: Agriculture, forestry and fishing (Fish industry)
Type: Report
Coverage: Hawaii
Abstract:
This report explores case studies of fishfarming in Hawaii and how the state could reap economic benefits while guarding local waters against environmental impact. With a streamlining of its bureaucracy, Hawaii could soon lead the nation in offshore oceanic fish cultivation, spelling success for its citizens as well as take pressure off of wild stocks of depleted fish populations. It would also powerfully demonstrate how human ingenuity, properly channeled through free enterprise, could sustainably feed people and maintain, or even enhance, a healthy environment.