China's food processing machinery seeing rapid growth
CHINA - China's food processing and packaging machinery sector has made significant strides and is closing the gap on the products made in other parts of the world, according to a new report. Sales of Chinese food packaging machinery have almost...

American farmers afraid of losing soybean market in China
CHINA - The Wall Street Journal recently published an article saying that "China's imports of soybeans [have been] a boon for US farmers in recent years." Now the farmers are becoming concerned they will lose their market as China increases...

300,000 fish fry donated to Shaoguan
CHINA - To help flood affected regions resume production, a batch consisting of 300,000 fry or baby fish were released into ponds in Shaoguan's Lechang on Aug 24. These baby fish are the first donation of their kind in Guangdong Province since...

China becomes net soybean meal importer
CHINA - China’s imports of soybean meal in 2005/06 are estimated to increase 13-fold (69,000 MT to 900,000 MT) from 2004/05.

INTERVET AT CAA2
CHINA - The 2nd International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia (CAA2) was held in Hangzhou, China July 4 – 6, 2006. The symposium was organized by the Asian Fisheries Society with support from Zhejiang University and several other organizations....

Chinese firms to invest in Philippine aquaculture
CHINA - Investors from China's Shandong province have decided to invest in aquaculture projects in the Philippines after a group of them visited recently, House Speaker Jose de Venecia said (Aug 9).

HQ secures organic tilapia supply
CHINA - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, a leader in zero-toxin integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, announced today it has signed a conditional agreement with the Government of Tayang Town, Qionghai City, Hainan Province, to partner...

Intervet Plays Active Role At CAA2
CHINA - The 2nd International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia recently took place in Hangzhou, China. The recent advances, potentials, challenges and problems of cage aquaculture in Asia were discussed at the symposium.

Completion Of One-Year Epidemiology Study In Marine Fish Cultivated In South China
CHINA - April 10, 2006 marked the successful completion of a year-long collaboration project among Sun Yat sen University, the local Fisheries Bureau and Intervet Norbio Singapore.

Shrimp firms win case in US court
CHINA - Nine Chinese shrimp enterprises have won their year-long campaign against a ruling by the US Department of Commerce. The US Court of International Trade ruled on Wednesday that the department had used unfair surrogate prices in its dumping...

China's Jan-Feb shrimp export volume drops 36.4 percent
CHINA - China exported 896 tons of shrimp meat valued at 4.315 million US dollars in February 2006. China exported 896 tons of shrimp meat valued at 4.315 million US dollars in February 2006. The export in January-February reached 3,621 tons...

Chinese want Portuguese partner for aquaculture in Mozambique
CHINA - Chinese group Weihai International Economic and Technical Cooperation (WIETC) is looking for a Portuguese partner for an aquaculture project in the city of Beira, in Mozambique, the group’s deputy chairman, Wu De Dang said Friday. "As...

Report On Regional Workshop: The Future Of Mariculture
CHINA - The workshop was organized by FAO and NACA, and hosted by the Chinese government between March 7 and 11, 2006 in Guangzhou, China.

China Starts up 1st Nuisance-Free Aquaculture Plan in Guangdong
CHINA - China recently starts up a plan of nuisance-free aquatic farming in southern China's Guangdong Province. The nation's Ministry of Agriculture has committed itself to fully boosting the development of healthy aquiculture from this...

China Fishmeal Market Weekly
CHINA - In this weeks China Fishmeal Market Weekly, eFeedLink report that Fishmeal prices in China continued to edge higher in the week ending Jan 8, with gains generally seen in the range of RMB100-200/tonne at Chinese ports.