IPFS News Link • Environment
3-D Ocean Farming: Saving Our Seas
• http://www.kickstarter.com, by Bren SmithLast year we integrated seaweed into our existing shellfish farm, becoming the first 3D ocean farm in Long Island Sound. Although still small scale, our experiment has attracted attention, including from the Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and NPR.
Now it’s time to scale up
As lifelong commercial fishermen, we know our oceans are in trouble. Overfishing has wiped out 90% of large fish; climate change is driving everything from lobsters to whales northward; nitrogen pollution is triggering ever-expanding dead zones.