Patricia Duncan, aquaculture extension specialist and assistant professor at Fort Valley State University, in a recent interview reported by Ayanna McPhail
(Telegraph Staff Writer), said that people are flocking to seafood.
Some of this new demand appears to be driven by the media on mad cow and bird flu. However Duncan also said that more Americans are seeking healthy meals, which sometimes lead their appetites to fish, shrimp and mollusks.
"Each year the demand for seafood grows, and as the population grows, it's predicted that we won't be able to meet seafood needs," Duncan said. "We're going to have to depend on a way to meet our seafood needs in the future."
Further into the article Ducan said "Fishing techniques are so efficient these days that entire stocks of fish have been wiped out, and aren't coming back because the adult fish are taken and can't reproduce".
The same article also talks about Sandy Miller who switched his work and his lifestyle from an information technology consultant to a full-time catfish farmer in Jenkins County.
"My friends say I am a country boy wannabe, so I must admit that it's been a transition," said Miller, a 52-year-old who moved from Atlanta.
The news article titled:
High tide for seafood
Aquaculture going swimmingly in rural Georgia
Can be found at This Link
An interesting read!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Fish oil supplements plus statins protect against heart disease
Exert from:
Meeting Report
11/14/2005
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions late-breaking news:
DALLAS, Nov. 14 – Cholesterol-lowering drugs, combined with a fatty acid found in fish, packs a one-two punch against heart attack, angina and other coronary events, according to a study presented at a late-breaking clinical trials session at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2005.
“These results appear to justify the use of fish oil/omega-3 fatty acids since they can add to the beneficial effects of statins,” said lead author Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the division of cardiovascular and respiratory medicine at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Kobe, Japan.
He presented the results of Effects of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) on Major Cardiovascular Events in Hypercholesterolemic Patients: The Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS). It’s the first large-scale, prospective, randomized trial that combines statins and omega-3 fatty acid therapy. EPA is one of the major omega-3 fatty acids in fish.
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Meeting Report
11/14/2005
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions late-breaking news:
DALLAS, Nov. 14 – Cholesterol-lowering drugs, combined with a fatty acid found in fish, packs a one-two punch against heart attack, angina and other coronary events, according to a study presented at a late-breaking clinical trials session at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2005.
“These results appear to justify the use of fish oil/omega-3 fatty acids since they can add to the beneficial effects of statins,” said lead author Mitsuhiro Yokoyama, M.D., Ph.D., chief of the division of cardiovascular and respiratory medicine at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine in Kobe, Japan.
He presented the results of Effects of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) on Major Cardiovascular Events in Hypercholesterolemic Patients: The Japan EPA Lipid Intervention Study (JELIS). It’s the first large-scale, prospective, randomized trial that combines statins and omega-3 fatty acid therapy. EPA is one of the major omega-3 fatty acids in fish.
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