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The article focuses on Shrimp farming in Illinois. It is reported that shrimp farming in Illinois began in about 2000, with 50 Illinoisans raising shrimp with aid from government grants and technical assistance by aquaculture experts. It is also mentioned that the U.S. is a major consumer of fisheries product. It adds that they import 86 percent of their sea food in which half of it is from aquaculture. This is the reason why there is a need to develop interest in people for shrimp raising.

Reports on composting of fish and seafood processing residuals in Maine. Use of herring, dogfish, sea urchins, shrimp, groundfish, mussels, scallops and clams as compost feedstocks; Tipping fees; Reduction of the chances of odor generation. INSET: How to keep herring out of the landfill..

Focuses on wood and fish residuals composting in Alaska. Challenges and opportunities posed by climates and industrial mix to composting; Considerations on the sources of wood and fish residuals; Information on composting projects in Alaska.

Reveals that Alaska Earth Works plan to construct a facility in Sitka, Alaska to compost chipped wood with ground fish waste. Valuable data from AEW's pilot project which began in 1997; Reason for the support of fish and wood processors for the project; Projected income from the project. INSET: COMPOSTING FISH CARCASSES AT A HATCHERY.

The article presents the results of a study on commercial fishing in the U.S. conducted by Andrew Rosenberg, professor of marine biology at the University of Hampshire in Durham and a member of the Commission on Ocean Policy. Commercial fishing operations in the U.S. throw away more than 1 million metric tons of fish each year. The Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery discard more than 472,000 metric tons of fish, nearly half of the total waste in U.S. fisheries. The study also found that shrimp and fish trawl fisheries are responsible for 78 percent of all discards.

Reports on the production of organic fertilizers from fish waste by Kake Food company in Alaska Panhandle, Alaska. Effectivity of the fertilizers produced from fish wastes; Certification of the fertilizers of Kake Foods by the Department of Agriculture; Components of the fertilizer.

Focuses on the response of the Neptune Harvest, a division of Ocean Crest Seafoods Inc., to federal cutbacks in the fish trade. Recycling of leftover fish parts into healthy fertilizer; Utilization of fresh fish.

Focuses on the use of fish waste as feeds for livestock, sheep and poultry in Seattle, Washington. Comment of chemist John Wekell on the uses of fish waste; Use of unwanted fish parts as food for fishes raised in aquaculture tanks; Type of fish waste fed to trouts.

Reports that the Coast of Maine Inc. has begun marketing a fermented salmon soil blend as part of its organic fertilizer line of products in Maine. Cobscook Blend Organic Potting Soil product; Pursuit of recycling alternatives for Maine fish.

Reports on the establishment of a fish residuals composting facility in Sitka, Alaska. Funding source; Government pressure to stop dumping of fish residuals; Target date of operations.