logo
Find us on
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn
              
logo 11/24/2024 9:15:30 PM     
Bay Area fish farm is one of world’s largest pet fish distributors 
By Mike Hughes NL Source: fox13news 5/19/2022
Mike Hughes
Pet fish lovers across the Bay Area don’t have to travel far to fill their tanks.

Segrest Farms, which has locations in three Bay Area counties, started in 1962 with 12 tanks. At the time, it raised angelfish for a distributor that shipped the fish by rail up to New York before air transport was an option. Since then, it has grown into the largest distributor of tropical fish in the world.
 

Segrest has six production farms and distributes the fish throughout North America, South America, the EU and occasionally to South Africa.

"We raise ornamental fish, or what you would consider to be pet fish. Fish that you keep in your aquarium," Sandy Moore, of Segrest Farms, explained.

 
Continue...

News Id SourceStampcountry
3126Russian trawlers have access to £16m of fish in British waters despite fishing banexpress2022-04-10UK
3127Nevada scientists report highest population in decades of rare Devils Hole pupfishknpr2022-04-12US
3128Illinois man sentenced in Kentucky to a year in caviar salefoxillinois2022-04-14US
3129‘Threat worse than pollution’: Dangerous fish found in the Hudsontimesunion2022-04-14US
3130Bizarre cannibalistic fish with fangs washes up on SF Bay Area beachSFGATE2022-04-11US
3131Canadian researchers contribute to first-ever library of fish soundscitynews2022-03-02CA
3132Federal court judge sets aside DFO order to phase out B.C. fish farmscbc2022-04-26CA
3133Fishing rodeo for senior citizens reels in happy fishermennj2022-04-16US
3134Anchovies' 'frantic behaviour' during spawning causes turbulence in waters and helps to circulate nutrientsdailymail2022-04-07UK
3135"A fish of a lifetime": Record 131-pound catfish caught in Mississippicbs news2022-04-12US
3136Sharing a marine reserve with fishers: Q&A with Belize Fisheries’ Adriel Castañedamongabay2022-04-14BZ
3137Marine veteran promotes healing for people and the planet through fly fishingwearethemighty2022-04-15US
3138The underwater “eye” that is unlocking ocean secretsvox2022-04-20US
3139Hundreds of dead fish found in Vancouver Island creekcbc2021-06-07CA
3140Lake Champlain threatened by new invasive fishwcax2022-04-06CA
3141‘Devil vessels’: China’s fishing fleet faces claims of pillage and abuseFT Daily Digest2022-04-04UK
3142Sabah marine police foil diesel smuggling and fish bombing activitiesnst2022-04-07US
3143Koi lovers gather in San Jose for 14th annual competition, exhibitionmercury news2022-04-19US
3144Closure of notorious fishing spot near Raglan 'not viable' despite deathsstuff2022-04-04NZ
3145There are more fish in the “twilight” zone near the Antarctic than we thoughtzmescience2022-04-06UK
3146Toothpick attacked by live fish in Japanese restaurantsproutwired2022-04-07JP
3147Activists push Russia to ban salmon fishing in Amur River amid abysmal returnsseafoodsource2022-04-08RU
3148Congressional delegation secures $220 million for fish passage on the Green River, TPU’s primary drinking water sourcethesubtimes2022-04-02US
3149New research and website aggregates more than 150 years of data on sounds made by fishwgcu2022-04-04US
3150Fighting Over Illegal Fishing Leads to Armed Conflict, Deathsvoanews2022-04-06US

133 134 135 125 of [136 - pages.]