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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1978)
Local agencies try fish farm business By KATHLEEN MONJE Of the Emerald Catfish raising may be Lane County's next small industry, if experimental efforts by four local agencies prove profita ble. Lane County, Action Now, Amity Foundation and As sociated Students’ Landscape Architecture are cooperating to test a new idea — fish farming on a small scale for home use and local markets. The year-long project will de termine whether locally raised fish can provide a source of low-cost, high-protein food, as well as offer small groups or individuals a local business opportunity, according to Sabin Lamson, director of the county’s housing and energy program. Financing for the experiment is a six-month grant of about $10,000 from the state. Sup port for the rest of the year’s operation will come from volun teers and donated materials. Catfish fingerlings one to two months old will be used to stock concrete raceways in a solar greenhouse. Catfish were selected for the test be cause they taste good, resist disease well and can live in marginal water under crowded conditions. One phase of the project will test the way the fish taste when fed different types of food. Other experiments will deter mine the best water flow re quirements at different stock ing levels and the growth of the fish based on amounts and types of food. A cost analysis of the design and operation of the aquacul ture system will be conducted during the experiment and the potential for local markets will be explored. These facets of the project, as well as the tech nology involved, will be pub lished in a handbook for people interested in fish farming. The aquaculture station, in Laurel Hill Valley, Eugene will be completed in early Feb ruary. In late spring, after the filtration system is thoroughly tested, the fingerlings will be put in the water. Some fish should be big enough to eat by August. Land for the project was do nated by the Amity Foundation, a non-profit educational and community services organiza tion. Action Now-Association Students of the University con tributed tools, a vehicle and volunteer time. The Associated Students' Landscape Architec ture donated funds to buy ma terials. George’s fishing bank may become oil field BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for 11 oil companies, seeking to re verse a lower court judge, argued in federal appeals court Monday the sale of oil drilling leases on George's Bank. The bank is one of the world’s richest fishing grounds. Judge Levin Campbell of the 1 st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took the case under advisement. The oil company lawyers ar gued that U.S. District Judge Ar thur Garrity had infringed on the authority'of Congress over the weekend when he ordered post ponement of Tuesday s sched uled drilling rights auction. It was not known whether Campbell would rule in time for the sale to get under way Tuesday in New York. Garrity had ordered the Interior Department to postpone the auc tion of leases on the total of 880,000 acres of seabed until Congress passes laws to protect the interests of New England fishermen. IT*" I I I" " | His action was at the request of the Commonwealth of Mas sachusetts and the Conservation Law Foundation, representing eight fishing and environmental groups. Arguing for the sale to go ahead were oil company lawyers and lawyers for the U.S. Interior De partment, which had earlier ap proved the sale of leases on 155 tracts off the New England coast. One of the tracts is 63 miles east of Nantucket Island. Others are 100 to 200 miles out. “No one has ever cited the pre cedent of the federal courts man dating the passage of congres sional legislation," argued E. Ed wayd Bruce, a lawyer represent ing all the oil companies. “This is an unprecedented step. The im plications are staggering." 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