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Offshore Aquaculture Fact Sheet

Overview on open ocean aquaculture

FDA Mercury Fish Warnings to Get 5 Times Stricter

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening its advisory for warning consumers about unsafe mercury levels in fish, according to recent statements made by its chief medical officer to the news media.

A Salmon Shopper's Guide

Updated factsheet describing the different varieties of salmon available to the consumer

Fishing Opener Raises Questions About Polluted Fish

Minnesota's annual Walleye fishing opener this Saturday should be a wake-up call for the urgent need to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants and other top industrial sources, says the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, the Sierra Club and Clean Water Action Alliance.

IATP Report on Antibiotic Use in U.S. Aquaculture

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released a report on March 21 by Dr. Charles Benbrook entitled Antibiotic Drug Use in U.S. Aquaculture. The report estimates that 204,000 to 433,000 pounds of antibiotics are used annually in the production of seafood sold in the U.S. This includes antibiotics from the same classes that doctors depend on for treating sick humans.

Mississippi River Project Benefits Unlikely to Trickle Down to Farmers

By Richard A. Levins / Monday, July 17, 2000 / Minneapolis Star Tribune Here's a new twist in farm policy: Give billions to giant grain companies so they can pass it along to farmers. As odd as this sounds, a proposal for larger locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River System is being heralded as a way to help struggling farmers.

NAFTA and the Great Lakes. A Preliminary Survey of Environmental Implications

IATP partnered with Great Lakes United and the Canadian Environmental Law Association to examine the environmental havoc NAFTA could cause on the Great Lakes. IATP wrote the chapter titled "Case Study 2: NAFTA's Impact on Agriculture in the Great Lakes Basin"