Bush Proposal To Allow For Offshore Fish Farms

The Bush administration proposed a set of rules on Wednesday to regulate future projects off American shores that would use the ocean for alternative energy and aquaculture.

The rules could cover a wide variety of ideas, from turning unused oil platforms into huge fish farms to harnessing alternative energy from wind, currents, waves and algae.

But environmental groups question whether the federal agency in charge of offshore oil and gas drilling should oversee them.

Read the full story in the AP Louisiana News.