Federal Court Rules Federal Government Cannot Allow Fish Farms in the Gulf of Mexico
This week two Republican-appointee federal judges overturned a Trump Administration-endorsed plan that would have allowed “up to 64 million pounds of seafood” to be produced in fish farms in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
Why This Matters: Fish farming is happening all over the world — except here in the U.S. Chances are the shrimp, salmon or tilapia you buy in the store is farm-raised in another country – more than 50% of the world’s supply of fish now comes from aquaculture.
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