Guyana to Export Shrimp to US
GUYANA - Guyana has been re-certified to export shrimp to the United States without the presence of inspection teams. The move is expected to become effective as of May 1.

Aquaculture Earnings to Match Sugar by 2015
GUYANA - A strategic plan for the expansion of Guyana's aquaculture industry says the industry will become a leading economic sector by the year 2015.

Tilapia Test Shipment Sent to Barbados
GUYUANA - A delegation from the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) recently attended a large aquaculture trade show in Florida Just at the time the African state sent its first shipment of farm-reared tilapia has been exported to Barbados....

Tilapia exported to NY
GUYANA - The National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) says its chairman Beni Sankar exported about 1,000 lbs of tilapia to a New York market in August.

Valuable links made at Malaysia meet - aquaculture group
GUYANA - The National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) and the Ministry of Agriculture said that with the latest information on research and technology, they have been able to make valuable links to stakeholders in the industry.

Low-cost fisheries management under scrutiny
GUYANA - Key stakeholders in the fisheries sector are currently engaged in a consultation with international experts on low-cost fisheries management and cost recovery and the need to address the over-exploitation of some species has also emerged.

Agriculture school starts fisheries programme
GUYANA - The Guyana School of Agriculture's (GSA) fisheries programme is aiming to promote its development and the aquaculture industry to maximise the country's production capacity for marine produce.

GSA starts Certificate in Fisheries programme
GUYANA - The Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) will break new ground with the introduction of a Certificate in Fisheries programme from September. It will be the first time such a course is offered locally and with special emphasis on aquaculture.

Aquaculture sector continually expanding
GUYANA - The aquaculture industry, which government is promoting, is expanding as several pioneers have begun placing their products on the local markets and at the same time experimenting at the export level.

Tilapia, Pacu, Hassar set to gain US market foothold
GUYANA - public-private sector partnership in the aquaculture sector is well underway to making its mark in the country's agricultural economy and Tilapia, Pacu and Hassar are the fish receiving the push.

Delivery of supermale tilapias set to boost Guyanan aquaculture
GUYANA - The recent delivery of 250 breeding sets of supermale tilapias from the United Kingdom is expected to provide the boost the National Aquaculture Association of Guyana (NAAG) needs to make aquaculture the leading economic sector in Guyana by 2015....

Agri ministry, US university in aquaculture research pact
GUYANA - The Ministry of Agriculture through its Department of Fisheries has signed an agreement with the University of Arizona to enhance the knowledge of production of fish through aquaculture.