Chinese Food Safety Under Eye of BAX® System
CHINA - The inspection and quarantine administration of China has announced that Dupont's BAX® system will be used as an official method for pathogen detection in food imports and exports.

Qingdao Harvests Benefits of Aquaculture and Fishing
CHINA - Qingdao's fishing and aquaculture have developed rapidly in recent years to become crucial to the city's marine economy.

HQS Exhibiting 6th International Fisheries and Seafood Processing China Show
CHINA - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries is to present the company's range of tilapia products at the 6th International Fisheries Seafood Processing Show.

DuPont Opens Facility in Asia for Animal Health Solutions
CHINA - DuPont has expanded its biosecurity offering in Asia with a new DuPont Animal Health Solutions facility in Shenzhen, China. The plant produces Virkon® S, the leading virucidal disinfectant. DuPont plans to manufacture other animal health product...

The USA: A Significant Market for the Chinese Seafood Industry
CHINA - The USA is a significant market for the Chinese seafood industry accounting for around 15-20% of all seafood exports from China annually.

HQ Sustainable Sees Gross Profit Soar
CHINA - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. saw sales reach $9.2 million in the first quarter of the year, up 17.3 per cent from the first quarter of 2007.

Tilapia Trump Card in HQ Profits
CHINA - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc. a vertically integrated aquatic product producer, processor and distributor of tilapia and other aquatic products, and Marine-bio and healthcare products has recorded record sales in aquaculture and Marine-bio...

Food Safety for Olympic Sailors
CHINA - The Chinese authorities have launched a system to ensure food safety for the Olympics in Qingdao, the venue for Olympic sailing competition.

More Government Aid goes to $Multi-Million Storm Losses
GUANGDONG - As of 4 March, Guangdong's agricultural and livestock industries had lost more than 3 billion yuan ($423 million) to the snowstorms.

Scientists hope aquaculture will save bluefin tuna
CHINA - Overfished to the brink of commercial collapse, scientists are coming to the rescue of the Atlantic bluefin tuna by learning how to breed these huge fish in captivity, which could reduce pressure on wild tuna.

Early Easter Puts Crawfish Farms Under Extra Pressure
CHINA - Crawfish and rice complement each other in more than just etouffee.

Three Gorges Dam Water Gets Worse
CHINA - The water quality in several branches of the Three Gorges Dam area in China is getting worse even though the main body of water is reported to be getting slightly cleaner.

Local Shrimper Eyes Japanese Market
CHINA - Saipan SyAqua Aquaculture one day hopes to sell fresh chilled shrimps to one of the largest importer of seafoods in the world, Japan.

Shrimpers Finding a Bonus in Jellyfish
CHINA - Somewhere in China right now, there is a cannonball jellyfish from the waters off Panama City just waiting to be eaten.

ACC Accreditation for HQS
CHINA - Integrated aquaculture producer, HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, has received Aquaculture Certification Council accreditation for its China-based processing operations.

Cold front Caution
TAIPEI - Council of Agriculture officials are advising livestock producers to take extra precautions to deal with plummeting temperatures.

China Moves to Improve Quality of Its Seafood
CHINA - In response to growing global concerns about the quality and safety of chinese seafood, China has said it will introduce an array of production standards to improve safety and guard against the use of illegal veterinary drugs.

New fishery standards in pipeline
CHINA - The country's first fishery production standards will be introduced next year as part of efforts to ensure food quality, officials have said.

HQ Sustainable Receives ACC Certification
CHINA - First Major Tilapia Company Certified, Highlights Quality of HQS's Toxin-Free Products

Shandong expands artificial reefs for fish stocks
CHINA - The eastern coastal province of Shandong plans to expand its artificial reefs to 3,000 hectares from 550 hectares over the next three years, buoyed by marked increases in fish stock yields since it first implemented the project in 2005.

Farming Fish in Toxic Waters
CHINA - In southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West.

HQ Sustainable Maritime Announces Share Pricing
WENCHANGE - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., a leader in toxin-free integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, has announced that its registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a follow-on public offering...