Despite his best efforts -- he has dozens of employees clearing trash from the water each day, and the fish are fed sacks of fish meal more expensive than rice -- Zhu's fish sometimes get sick. The fish are being raised, however, in a country whose waterways are an ongoing problem, tainted by sewage, pesticides, heavy metals, and other pollutants. But the extent to which they use traditional Chinese medicine, which cannot be tested for as easily in the Western countries that import fish,...

Outdoors Netting rules tightened Bill gives state tools to keep tabs on commercial fishing Sunday, July 8, 2007 3:52 AM By Dave Golowenski For The Columbus Dispatch A buyout of the Lake Erie commercial fishing industry it was not, but a bill passed by the Ohio General Assembly in late June appears to have made lawbreaking by netters more difficult and potentially more costly. Outdoors Netting rules tightened Bill gives state tools to keep tabs on commercial fishing Sunday, July 8, 2007...

Powerful lobbying by the fishing industry meant that instead of addressing the problem, governments subsidized commercial fishing to the tune of at least $15 billion and perhaps as high as $50 billion a year, worsening the carnage. Mongabay: So has anything come of this since 1991? Sutton: While we've never been successful in winning CITES listing for species like the bluefin tuna, we ve been able to use the prospect of a CITES listing to hold fisheries management bodies accountable....

Proposed ordinance would limit construction near banks in effort to improve water quality Sunday, July 08, 2007 By GUY BUSBY Staff Reporter MAGNOLIA SPRINGS -- Restrictions on construction near the Magnolia River are being considered as a way to protect the waterway from additional deterioration, town officials said. Proposed ordinance would limit construction near banks in effort to improve water quality Sunday, July 08, 2007 By GUY BUSBY Staff Reporter MAGNOLIA SPRINGS -- Restrictions on...

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