Johnny Liesman is a Brooklyn, New York-based freelance journalist with a focus on fisheries, sustainability, and health. His work has been featured in publications including the Portland Press Herald, Health Central, Popular Mechanics, and the Provincetown Independent. He also works for a NY-based magazine writer, pitching and researching longform narrative stories. Johnny graduated from Bowdoin College in 2022 where he studied American Politics and Jazz Music Composition. When he's not writing, he's probably cooking, eating, or playing the piano.
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For the oyster industry in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island (PEI), this winter has been no ordinary offseason.
Less than a year ago, Multinucleate Sphere Unknown (MSX), a disease caused by the parasite Haplosporidium nelsoni, was first discovered on PEI, and oyster farmers and harvesters are now anxiously waiting to see what will become of their livelihood when the ice thaws.
“Everybody's kind of holding their breath, not sure
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Blue Water Farms, an aquaculture startup in the U.S. state of Minnesota aiming to develop the first large-scale commercial walleye farm in the U.S., is partnering with SIFT Group to adopt its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology.
SIFT, a Norway-based aquaculture technology company, recently developed and successfully piloted a land-based RAS that features raceways with constant flow to mimic a natural river. SIFT said the system
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The U.S. state of Minnesota recently released a draft of a new state aquaculture plan, drawing a wide array of public opinions that all agree the industry has potential in the state.
Just how much potential, though, has been up for debate.
The draft plan, commissioned by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and prepared by Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based Steamboat Consulting, is the first of its kind since 1989 in the state, and outlines
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