Global Fish Farming News
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Mainstream Canada Dixon Bay Farm is Now EmptyCANADA - The last fish were removed from Mainstream Canada's Dixon Bay farm late Monday night and the site is now empty.
AquacultureUK 2012 Opens TodaySCOTLANDLAND, UK - AquacultureUK, the UK’s premier aquaculture exhibition and conference opens today, Wednesday 23 May, at the Macdonald Highland Resort in Aviemore....
Key Opportunities Missed for Mediterranean Fisheries ManagementEU - The FAO General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) closed its annual meeting, without having taken any decision to address the steepest ever...
BIM Develops Standard for Responsibly Sourced Wild SeafoodIRELAND - The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) has developed a best practice standard for wild seafood, in association with the Irish fishing industry and other interest...
Olympic Seafoods Gains Full Assessment by Friend of the SeaNORWAY - Olympic Seafoods took an important step forward in their commitment to 100 per cent traceability and sustainable krill collecting practices when they achieved...
Plan Set For Aquaculture & Fisheries BillSCOTLAND, UK - Environment Minister Stewart Stevenson has confirmed that new legislation on aquaculture and freshwater fisheries will be introduced in autumn 20...
Lobster Shelters to be Installed to Boost FisheryJAMAICA - A minimum of 30 lobster condominiums are to be installed during this financial year as the Government works to improve the productivity of the fisheries...
New Means of Safeguarding World Fish Stocks GLOBAL - Powerful and versatile new genetic tools that will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers is reported in Nature Communications...
Government Support for Fishing in Waters Off GibraltarSPAIN - The Secretary General of Fisheries, Carlos Dominguez, has transmitted to fishermen the Government's support of the continued fishing in the Bay of Algeciras...
AQUACULTURE UK - Research Foundation of Aquaculture IndustryUK - Research and development are the foundations of the aquaculture industry Neil Robertson from Novatis said in his key note speech at the opening of the Aquaculture...
Seafish to Launch New Technology for Shellfish HarvestersUK - Seafish has announced that major steps have been taken in trialling a new text alerts system that will enable shellfish harvesters to manage their operations...
Track Atlantic Bluefin Tuna to Learn Migration, Habitat SecretsUS - New fish-tagging studies of young bluefin tuna in Atlantic waters off New England by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are offering the...
Ocean Pure Seaham, Whitehaven Sites to Close in Young's Seafood MoveUK - In an update on the consultations at the former Cumbrian Seafoods sites in Seaham and Whitehaven, it is expected that that the Seaham and Whitehaven sites will...
Farmed Shrimp Still Safe, Antibiotic Use DecliningGLOBAL - Despite the impression left by a recent ABC News story on farmed shrimp, the use of antibiotics is neither a common nor accepted practice in shrimp farming....
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
OIE: ISA Outbreak Reported in NorwayNORWAY - An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) virus has been reported to the OIE by Dr Keren Bar-Yaacov, Chief Veterinary Officer, Legislation, Norwegian...
Mainstream Canada Salmon Farm Hit With IHN VirusGLOBAL - Mainstream Canada suffered this week after Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus was detected at its Dixon Bay site in British Columbia. An infectious...
Chile’s Salmon Industry Makes a Comeback.CHILE - An estimated production of 700,000 tons of salmon is expected for CY2012, a 20 per cent increase of the 600,000 tons produced in CY2011, according to a recent...
Red tide Sighted in Hong Kong, Situation to be Monitored HONG KONG - A red tide has been sighted in Hong Kong waters over the past week, an inter-departmental red tide working group has reported.
Quarantine Violation Puts Farms and Jobs at RiskCANADA - The quarantine around Mainstream Canada's Dixon Bay farm was deliberately broken by Tofino filmmaker and anti-salmon farming activist Warren Rudd, who was...
Value of Catch 30.1 billion ISK in the First Two Months of 2012ICELAND - Total value of catch of Icelandic vessels amounted to 30.1 billion ISK in January-February 2012, compared with 23.5 billion ISK in the first two months...
Viet Nam’s Fisheries Sector Sets Target for 2012VIET NAM - Viet Nam ’s fisheries sector will increase its fish farms to 1.2 million hectares, producing as much as 4.5 million tons a year and reaching an annual...
Revenue Soars for Sino Agro FoodCHINA - Chinese agrifood and aquaculture business Sino Agro Food, has reported record revenue for the first quarter of the year.
Korean Shellfish Deemed Unsafe by FDA, Removed from MarketUS - On 1 May, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed all Korean certified shippers of molluscan shellfish (oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops)...
High Seas Mortality Major Cause of Wild Salmon DeclineIRELAND - Serious, long-term professional studies published recently in reputable scientific journals have clearly demolished the false impression that salmon farming...
Working Conditions in Fisheries: Agreement Signed by Social PartnersEU - Representatives of the European Union's employers and trade unions in the sea fisheries sector signed an agreement to ensure that fishermen have decent working...
A$4 Million in Fee Rebates to Grain, Fish and Egg ExportersAUSTRALIA - Transitional funding of more than A$4 million will start flowing to the grain, fish and egg export industries next month after regulations underpinning...
Seafood Proficiency Skills Served Up at Prison Learning CentreUK - Lakes College has dished out a new training course in fish and shellfish industry skills (FSIS) to prisoners at HMP Haverigg, Cumbria.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Failure of CFP Reform is too High a CostEU - The price of a failed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is high, said Guus Pastoor, President of the European Fish Processors Association and the European Federation...
Export Production of Marine Products Increases in Value by 7.8 Per CentICELAND - In 2011 the export production of marine products amounted to ISK 256 billion and increased in value by 7.8 per cent from previous year, 10.3 per cent at...
Researchers Discuss Climate Change Impact to Irish Sea ShellfisheriesIRELAND - SUSFISH researchers from Wales and Ireland recently met at University College Cork to discuss the impacts of climate change to commercial shellfish productivity...
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