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July
10, 2002
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an
online newsletter for and by NOAA employees
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Baked...Grilled...Raw...Shell "Farm-raised" A Hit at 27th Annual Fish Fry With a record crowd of nearly 1,200, the 27th Annual Fish Fry was a huge hit on June 5 at the Commerce Department. Spearheaded by Bob Hansen, of NOAA's Office of Public and Constitutent Affairs, NOAA co-sponsors the event with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and support from the National Fisheries Institute. 
Always an opportunity to promote fish as a healthy food source and NOAA's commitment 
to sustainable, healthy fisheries, the event had a new element this year
- a focus on aquaculture, or the raising and harvesting of aquatic animals
and plants in controlled environments. "We wanted to educate about the increasing
number of products that are available through aquaculture, and that producing
fish this way doesn't cut American jobs or harm the environment," Bob said.
Featured farm-raised fish and shellfish included striped bass, Louisiana catfish, oysters, mussels, clams and moi. The moi was from the first harvest of an experimental containment system off Hawaii's coast. NOAA National Sea Grant funded the project and is now working to leverage it through commercial groups in Puerto Rico, the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Maine and the Pacific Northwest. Commerce Department and NOAA leadership, Members of Congress, and a host of other organizational leadership and staff came, and stayed late, for this year's event. The Coast and Geodetic Survey Society and Federally Employed Women (FEW) recruited new members, and the Boat Owners Association of the US (BOAT/US) signed people up an ethical angling pledge developed with NOAA. 
Scott Gudes, joined by VADM Lautenbacher, presented John Sokich (center), a member of the National Weather Service's policy and strategic planning staff, with the 2002 Mahi-Mahi Award for his "exemplary 23 years of service to NOAA and the nation."
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