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...carpet of flamingos that covers one of the lagoons that make up Veta la Palma, the fish farm in southern Spain where he is biologist, Medialdea shrugs. "They take about 20% of our annuel yield," he says, pointing at a blush-colored bird as it scoops up a sea bass. "But that just shows the whole system is working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sustainable Aquaculture: Net Profits | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...Working, indeed. Located on an island in the Guadalquivir river, 10 miles (16km) inland from the Atlantic, Veta la Palma produces 1,200 tons of sea bass, bream, red mullet and shrimp each year. Yet unlike most of the world's fish farms, it does so not by interfering with nature, but by improving upon it. "Veta la Palma raises fish sustainably and promotes the conservation of birdlife at the same time," says Daniel Lee, best practices director for the U.S.-based Global Aquaculture Alliance. "I've never seen anything quite like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sustainable Aquaculture: Net Profits | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...call it the pata negra of sea bass," says Hisparroz president Luis Contreras, referring to the highly prized Spanish ham made from Ibérico pigs. Like those pigs, Veta la Palma's fish not only forage for most of their own food (shrimp instead of acorns) but enjoy longer lives than their industrial counterparts. Most sea bass is harvested when it's big enough to fill a plate - about 14 oz. (400 g). But at Veta la Palma, they wait until each fish weighs 2 lb. (1 kg), a process that takes three to four years. The result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sustainable Aquaculture: Net Profits | 6/15/2009 | See Source »

...their junior year. He adds that though the two were very studious, they had interests outside of physics.Greene was active in the Harvard theater scene as an actor. According to Simoncelli, Greene’s interest in the arts may have been inspired by his father—a bass player and vocal coach who had taught Harry Belafonte.Though it always was clear that Greene would be an important physicist, it was this interest in theater, Simoncelli suggested, that may have foreshadowed his later entree in the popular science arena.“He loved being on stage when...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class of 1984: Brian R. Greene | 6/2/2009 | See Source »

DIED After 12 seasons as a standout power forward in the NBA, Wayman Tisdale, 44, turned to music. Tisdale, whose first love was the guitar, embarked on a stellar second act as a chart-topping bass player...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 6/1/2009 | See Source »

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