Coastal salt ponds, sometimes referred to as salinas or solar
saltworks, are shallow manmade depressions where seawater is trapped and allowed to evaporate until salts are crystallized and harvested for use by humans.
The Parsippany, N.J.-based upscale retailer with 26 stores in New Jersey and on New York's Long Island offers gourmet bulk salts and Artisan specialty salts, both supplied by Woodinville, Wash.-based
Saltworks, Inc., in such unusual varieties as Fleur de Sel from France and Kala Namak from India.
Next day a visit to the Royal
Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, built in the 1770's over underground salt water springs and listed by World Heritage, was both disappointing and a joy.
The towns take their names from wich, the Anglo Saxon word for
saltworks.
Other activities that seriously affect mangrove swamps by changing the original habitat and eliminating existing natural populations include tourist complexes (including marinas and golf courses),
saltworks, and above all, aquaculture installations for the cultivation of crustaceans and other marine animals.
In January 1995, the Grupo de los Cien (Group of 100, a group of leading Mexican artists and intellectuals) learned of a project to build a massive
saltworks at Laguna San Ignacio, the last pristine mating and calving ground of the gray whale.
According to International Coordinator Betty Ferber of Grupo de los Cien, Mexico's most influential environmental organization, the consortium "already chums out six million tons of salt annually at its 43-year-old
saltworks at Ojo de Liebre and Guerrero Negro, two other gray whale nurseries 100 miles north." She also says the whales have abandoned the lagoons as a consequence of their repeated dredging.
"I'm really pleased to be able to highlight our exciting ideas for the A56 leisure corridor, which will provide new leisure opportunities in Frodsham and Helsby; including a new 3G pitch at Helsby High School for Frodsham Junior Football Club and school and community use, as well as a redesign of
Saltworks fields, which provide for a greater and varied leisure offer.
One trend is toward naturally flavored sea salts made without any artificial flavors, colors or additives, says Mark Zoske, CEO of Woodinville, Wash.-based
SaltWorks.
Two of our favorite salt sellers: The Meadow (atthemeadow.com or 888/388-4633) and
SaltWorks (
saltworks.us or 800/353-7258).
Abstract: Biological and biochemical quality of the Artemia (Anostraca: Artemiidae) population from Real de Salinas
saltworks, Calkini, Campeche, Mexico.