Aquaculture, Fisheries Are Key Areas For NPC
CHINA - The report of the recent National People's Congress (NPC) highlights several areas of interest for food production.

Sturgeon Farms Moved As Threat To Safety
CHINA - Sturgeon farmers in the Three Gorges area of China's Yangtze River are dismantling their fish tanks in order to keep navigation channels safe and clear....

Quality And Safety Of Agricultural Products In 2009
CHINA - In order to implement the spirit of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 17th CCCPC and the No. 1 document of the Party Central Committee, China's Ministry of...

China Launches Feed Safety Campaign
CHINA - The Ministry of Agriculture has launched a new campaign to improve the quality and safety of feed.

Seed Stock Management Improves
CHINA - There has been much progress in the management of aquatic seed stocks this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Costa Rica, Spain to Work Together
COSTA RICA - Costa Rica and Spain are to co-operate on fishing and aquaculture projects.

China to Formulate Food Safety Standards
CHINA - China is now working on a new system of food safety standards that is expected to guarantee people's health and be more compatible with international norms,...

China's Fisheries Still to Adapt to EU Regulations
CHINA - China's fish processing industry has made considerable progress in boosting its traceability procedures but must improve further if it wants to meet new...

Lawmakers Warn of Disease Epidemic in China
CHINA - Lawmakers have warned of a 'grave hidden peril' of epidemic animal disease because of inadequate monitoring facilities and a complex international envir...

China's Role in Global Fisheries
CHINA - With much attention focused on China’s growing naval, shipbuilding and port infrastructure developments, it is easy to forget another important dimension...

Blue Economy to Rise up in Bohai Bay
CHINA - The authorities of Changdao, an island county set at the juncture of Bohai Bay and the Yellow Sea, have announced a major commitment to establishing a...

Environmental Study into Yangtze Dam
CHINA - The Chinese environment ministry has called for an ecological study over a proposal to build a dam on the Yangtze River.

China Gets Tough Over Food Safety
CHINA - Chinese authorities Sunday pledged to use the new Food Safety Law as a platform to intensify monitoring and law enforcement, hoping to curb repeated food...

China's Feed Output Rises Year on Year
CHINA - In 2008, China's feed industry has continued to show a trend of stable development.

FAO and China Team Up on Fishery Project
CHINA - Recently a freshwater aquaculture management project was jointly launched by China's Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization...

Following China's Aquatic Market Trends
BEIJING, CHINA - One of China's leading search platforms recently analysed market trends for aquatic products and found that this year's outlook appeared gloomy...

Feed Supplier Audit Service Launched in China
CHINA - UK-based F.A.C.S. Ltd has launched a new service for the global animal feed and feed additive market, opening an office in Beijing.

Algae Eating Fish to Clean Chinese Lake
CHINA - Millions of algae-eating fish fry are being released into China's third largest freshwater lake, Taihu, in a five-day campaign to curb the blue-green growth....

Eye in the Sky: NASA Chart Aquaculture Expansion
US - In 1970, aquaculture accounted for just 3.9 percent of the world’s supply of shellfish and mollusks for human consumption. By 2000, aquaculture’s share of that...

New Threat Found in Chinese Fish: Melamine
US - The Catfish Institute in Louisiana has warned that the imports could contain melamine, the substance discovered in Chinese milk powder. Currently, FDA does...

Chinese Aquatic Industry Strives Against All Odds
BEIJING, CHINA - China's fishery industry would maintain a stable growth this year with aquatic production growing three percent year-on-year, the Ministry...