My essay on the history of aquaculture

Lapham's Quarterly recently published my essay on the history of fish farming, "The Mastery of Fish".

The title comes from a line in Roger North's 1713 treatise on fish farming, “A Discourse of Fish and Fish-Ponds," in which he argues "the Mastery of Fish" will lead idle English landed gentry along a path to a happy life.

Check out my essay, share it on Facebook and let me know what you think. It was a blast to research and write.

Back from my blogging hiatus

Just a quick post to say I'm back. The blogging hiatus is over.

My break wasn't for want of material. I'm working on a few aquaculture-related projects right now that I have been remiss in not sharing here. Plus, plenty of aquaculture news has come in over the wire in preceding months that I have failed to chime in on.

It would be a disaster to attempt to cover everything I missed in a single post (hopefully, I'll address the major issues in future posts), so I'll leave you with a photo I took last week at a cod farm in Down East Maine.

It doesn't matter if you work on a fishing boat or fish farm: When a school of mackerel swims by, grab your fishing rod.