MAINE AQUACULTURE STUDY
October 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
THE FISH farming industry of US state that turned to aquaculture to help its ailing fisheries has released earnings statistics to prove the value of the sector to the local economy. Maine's aquaculture industry has earned an average of US$130 million per annum over the past three years and has created 1,400 jobs, according to the Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center (MAIC). Its study, conducted by Planning Decisions Inc, looks at all three segments of Maine's aquaculture industry, finfish, shellfish and baitfish farming and was based on an ...
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