President Obama's plan, announced this week, to protect U.S. oceans and coastal areas, could provide a big boost to farming in Washington. Seafood farming, that is.
The President, on Tuesday, declared the oceans are at risk from multiple threats. "Rising levels of carbon-dioxide are causing our oceans to acidify, pollution endangers sea life." So he announced his National Ocean Policy, which includes strategies to bolster the shellfish aquaculture. Around the Northwest, that includes the farming of fish, mussels, geoducks, clams and oysters.
One goal is to encourage shellfish farming and cut into a huge seafood trade deficit, estimated at $8-10 billion.
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