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  1. Aquaculture - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Aug 5, 2025 · Aquaculture is the farming in fresh and saltwater environments of aquatic animals or plants principally for food. Fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and kelp are a few examples.

  2. New Regulations Proposed for Offshore Fish Farms

    May 25, 2007 · Aquaculture—the farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants—accounts for nearly half of all seafood consumed in the world today. The industry is growing rapidly as wild …

  3. Down on the Farm…Raising Fish - Woods Hole Oceanographic …

    Sep 21, 2004 · Aquaculture, or fish farming, is changing how we think about one of our main sources of protein. With many fish stocks shrinking due to overfishing or environmental …

  4. Ocean acidification gets a watchful eye in New England …

    Dec 5, 2019 · Shellfish aquaculture is thriving in New England, but future growth in the industry could be stunted as coastal waters in the region become more acidic. Researchers at WHOI …

  5. Red Tides and Dead Zones - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Dec 22, 2004 · A project is currently underway at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to examine the feasibility of using shellfish aquaculture to reduce nutrients in the coastal ocean. …

  6. Harnessing the ocean to power transportation

    Aug 5, 2025 · Farming the ocean has several benefits, according to WHOI aquaculture research specialist Scott Lindell. The ocean is a vastly underutilized space; farming there could free up …

  7. Where Will We Get Our Seafood? - Woods Hole Oceanographic …

    Sep 21, 2011 · But not the United States. While aquaculture already produces half of the world’s seafood, U.S. aquaculture production has been declining since 2003 and today, the U.S. …

  8. Summary In the future, marine aquaculture produc-tion is likely to expand significantly in the United States and abroad. This paper deals with the present and future economic sus …

  9. Aquaculture - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Aquaculture, or fish farming, is changing how we think about one of our main sources of protein. With many fish stocks shrinking due to overfishing or environmental degradation, aquaculture …

  10. Does the ocean produce oxygen? - Woods Hole Oceanographic …

    It’s easy to think of the world’s forests as the planet’s “lungs.” Trees pump out oxygen—the same stuff we breathe in. But does all our breathable air come from just land?