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By Rona Kobell | January 2, 2008
CASTLE HAVEN-- -- Down a one-lane road past barren fields teeming with squawking Canada geese is something that hasn't been found on the Eastern Shore for more than two decades - a river filled with oysters. And Kevin McClarren knows how many are there, because he and his crew have planted every single one. Five million healthy oysters on 3,000 floats on the water's surface, with anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 oysters each. Every day, McClarren and his four workers - all of whom have degrees in biology or marine science - wade into the water, each with multiple layers of sweat shirts, to tend to their burgeoning crop.
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By Tom Pelton | April 5, 2007
A bill designed to outlaw the trapping of Maryland's diamondback terrapin, which is threatened by a growing market in China, could be weakened by an exemption tentatively approved yesterday. The state Senate voted 27-19 to amend the proposed ban to allow the continued trapping and possession of the turtles for aquaculture. Supporters said the change was designed to protect a Preston waterman who has started breeding thousands of the turtles in tanks behind his home for sale to Asia for turtle soup.
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By John Balbus and Eliseo Guallar | November 28, 2006
WASHINGTON -- This month, a pivotal article published in Science magazine warned of the risk of depleting the world's seafood supply if current fishing practices remain unchanged. The article came on the heels of a long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine calling attention to the health benefits of seafood and arguing that Americans should eat seafood for its abundance of lean protein and heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids. How can we ensure these human health benefits with seafood stocks facing such a vulnerable future?
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By Rona Kobell | October 31, 2006
An Eastern Shore judge has rejected a property owner's claim that the state should not have leased land on the bottom of Chincoteague Bay to a fledgling aquaculture business that has been raising clams in the bed. David and Jena Harvey, Pennsylvania residents who own property in Girdletree, had argued that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources had no right to let Steve and Christy Gordon use the public bottom to grow clams. Worcester County Circuit Judge Theodore R. Eschenburg Sr. threw out the claim, though he agreed with the Harveys' contention that the state surveyed the property incorrectly and that the Gordons would have to give up the bed - at least until DNR can resurvey it. DNR officials said they believe Gordon can keep the clams on the bed for 90 days while a survey is done.
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By MARY ELLEN SLAYTER | October 19, 2005
CAMBRIDGE -- Andrew Lazur had no trouble finding Nemo. Helping the lovable little clown- fish grow in captivity was a bit harder. Lazur, an associate professor at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, has been perfecting techniques for growing Amphiprion ocellaris - Nemo's scientific name - more easily in a hatchery, reducing the need to raid fragile coral reefs to stock aquariums with the fish, which is prized for its coloring and...
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By Liz Atwood | March 20, 2002
Candy colors In yet another move toward globalization, the makers of M&M's candies are asking citizens from 75 countries to vote on a matter of utmost importance - a new M&M's color. Candidates in the running are pink, violet and aqua. One will be selected in June to join six existing colors. Fans can vote by logging on to gcv.mms.com or calling 877-MM-GLOBE before May 31. Mad for mussels You'll find no shortage of ideas on how to prepare mussels, thanks to a new Web site from the Great Eastern Mussel Farms, the largest mussel aquaculture grower in the United States.
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BY A SUN STAFF WRITER | September 17, 2000
ELKTON - A Cecil County family whose venture into fish farming failed when thousands of the fish died has filed a lawsuit charging its lender and the former chairman of the state's Aquaculture Advisory Committee with fraud. Scott and Donna McCardell, whose dispute with state aquaculture officials was described last year in The Sun, claim in their lawsuit that Aberdeen fish farmer Douglas C. Burdette Jr., the former chairman of the state's aquaculture advisory panel, sold them a defective system of tanks and filters.
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By Joel McCord | February 18, 2000
University of Maryland scientists have figured out how to make commercially valuable fish spawn and grow to market size in a closed system, a discovery that could lead to a flourishing inner-city aquaculture industry. A team from the university's Center of Marine Biotechnology at the Columbus Center downtown successfully raised gilthead sea bream, a popular Mediterranean fish, in tanks filled with treated tap water in a Fells Point warehouse. The principles they used can be applied to mass produce other fish species, taking the fishing pressure off those in the wild, Yonathan Zohar, the center director, said at a news conference yesterday to announce the discovery.
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By Jay Apperson | September 9, 1999
Scott and Donna McCardell saw a chance to get in on an industry of the future.In rural Cecil County, where farming often means cattle or corn, the husband-and-wife team set out to raise fish. And when they joined forces with a longtime leader in the business -- the chairman of the state's advisory panel on aquaculture, no less -- they confidently bet virtually everything they owned on the venture."It wasn't going to make us rich," said Donna McCardell, "but it was going to be a nice, comfortable living."
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By Anne Haddad | September 22, 1997
Students from South Carroll High School have approval to design and construct the only student exhibit at Columbus Center, the $147 million marine biotechnology complex at the Inner Harbor.Robert Foor-Hogue's science research classes have been working for more than a year on a proposal after an invitation from J. Adam Frederick, marine education specialist at the center.Frederick, a former high school science teacher in Frederick County, knew of Foor-Hogue's pioneering use of aquaculture -- raising fish -- as a medium for teaching scientific research.