fish farms

A new congressional bill aims to improve fisheries and environmental quality in the Mississippi River basin with a federally funded commission. The goal is to fund grants for habitat restoration, fisheries research and the mitigation of invasive species.

Floating cages with fish by the thousands may be popping in the Gulf of Mexico under a controversial plan that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration four years ago and is likely to gain traction again after Trump begins his second term next month.

Huge floating fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico? Plans were in the works, until this week.The federal government has lost a lawsuit filed by a coalition of…