Speaking at the World Fisheries Congress 2012, Graham Patchell, from the Sealord Group New Zealand and Chief Scientist for the Southern Indian Ocean Deepsea Fishers Association (SIODFA), asked whether deepwater fisheries were overfished or simply misunderstood....
More research in recent years has provided significant insight into how the sun affects temperature and quality of dried fish. This shows that shadow network has no impact on the quality of the fish.
Asian carp, that large, invasive fish known for leaping out of a river into boats when startled, now make up more than 60 percent of the total fish biomass in one of Illinois' major river systems, a research team led by Southern Illinois University Carbondale...
The world’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors have gone through a dramatic development in the last 60 years, and there have been large increases in their production, according to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN.
Marine fisheries are very important to the economy and well-being of coastal communities, providing food security, job opportunities, income and livelihoods as well as traditional cultural identity. This FAO publication, Review of the State of World...
This overview report addresses opportunities for the development of the Pacific Islands’ mariculture sector in general terms. More specific analysis of opportunity in particular countries is presented in the five accompanying country reports for the...
Roughly one-third of the edible parts of food produced for human consumption, gets lost or wasted globally, which is about 1.3 billion ton per year. Food is wasted throughout the food supply chain, from initial agricultural production down to final household...
Good fishing in South America and improved access to raw material has pushed fishmeal production higher over the last months with total production for 2011 about 40 per cent above 2010 levels in the major producing countries. The increased supply eliminated...
Of the 50 species fished in the Baltic sea, the majority are overfished. This report, Sustainable Fisheries Management in the Baltic Sea, from Ocean looks at the biggest problems affecting Baltic Sea fisheries and recommends the application of...
Every day, new reports are published in newspapers worldwide reporting about the effects of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their consequences on human health, according to Biomin.
During 2011, most producers scaled back production from the previous year, leading to higher prices, in particular for bream. The situation soon after returned to normal with bass quoted higher than bream, which is the usual price.
Price stability and good supply made whitefish a good alternative in the market, according to Globefish.
Having previously looked at the effectiveness and fitting of square mesh panels, Mike Montgomerie, Gear Technologist at Seafish, discusses the use of vertical and horizontal separator panels, and coverless trawls.
In the last in a series of articles, Mike Montgomerie, Gear Technologist at Seafish, discusses the use of flexible and rigid grids. With the increasing importance of social, economic and political factors as a big part of the issue Seafish gear trial...
This overview report addresses opportunities for the development of the Pacific Islands’ mariculture sector in general terms. More specific analysis of opportunity in particular countries is presented in the five accompanying country reports (Cook...
















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