Not surprisingly, the report, just published in the prestigious American Chemical Society journal Environmental Science and Technology, has put the cat among the pigeons, since there are many new companies gearing-up to produce algal biofuels.
State data show that blue crab landings are off an average of 18%, and brown shrimp -- the season for which the industry is now gearing up -- is down 39% compared with the 2002-09 catch.
In a separate building across the road, a sanitary production facility -- access is controlled with a series of electronic locks and airlocks -- is gearing up to produce the company's H1N1 vaccine, PanBlok.