New way of fish farming could help fix environment
 Biologists study whether sea creatures could be used to counteract damage to ecosystems
 By Randy Shore, Vancouver SunMarch 25, 2010  New designs for fish farms could keep them in the ocean and help restore damaged marine environments at the same time, says a biologist working on a five-year nationwide aquaculture project.
Marine biologists in New Brunswick and in B.C. are employing mussels, oysters, sea cucumbers, urchins and seaweed to dramatically increase the amount of food created by salmon farms, and they believe they can extract excess carbon and nitrogen pollution from the sea in the process. FULL STORY HERE
 
 
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