Vote on aquaculture delayed

MOBILE, Ala. - Federal fishery regulators delayed a vote on a proposal that would open the Gulf of Mexico to fish farms. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will consider the aquaculture plan at a January meeting in Bay St. Louis, Miss. The proposal would create a permitting process for developers to raise fish in underwater cages in federal waters 3 to 200 miles offshore. (Source: Mobile Press-Register, 10/29/08)