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.
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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."
Garrity had ruled that “it would
be a violation of his duty for the
Secretary of the Interior to receive
the bids previous to final congres
sional action on the legislation
pending before it.”
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