Dec 1, 2006

Juggling Hybrids and Homes: Balancing Fish Farming and Local Development

The first season Lee Brothers raised hybrid striped bass fingerlings on his farm, he slept in his truck every night. "I was scared to death," he admits, adding that he would get up several times during the night to check oxygen levels in the tanks holding the young fish. "No one knew anything about fingerlings back then."

Dec 1, 2006

Crowding Out Shellfish

When Jim and Bonnie Swartzenberg began farming shellfish near Holly Ridge in 1980, the Onslow County couple could look out across the sound and not see a single rooftop.

Dec 1, 2006

Going With the Flow: Aquaculture’s Water Quality Woes

Clean water. Fish need it, shellfish need it, and people want to live near it. But the livelihood of fish and shellfish farmers depends on it. As development in North Carolina's coastal regions continues to increase, waste and water quality issues are being forced to the forefront of North Carolina's aquaculture industries.