Israeli Fingerling Prices Soar After Cold Kills Half St Peters Production
ISRAEL - Breeders are warning that a shortage of fresh water fish is likely until the middle of next year.

Fish Farming Goes Urban
ISRAEL - Israeli Professor Yonathan Zohar has developed a land-based production fish farming system that he says might stop the world's dramatic decline in fisheries.

AG Mazuz rejects PMO petition to delay removal of Eilat fish cages
ISRAEL - Attorney General Menachem Mazuz announced Sunday he rejects an additional request from the Prime Minister's Office to put off the removal of fish cages from the Eilat Gulf by two years, despite a cabinet decision two years ago stating that they...

Hadasit study on fluorescent treatment for Saprolegnia parasitica
ISRAEL - Hadasit is involved in an advanced study of specific types of fluorescent whitening agents as a treatment for Saprolegnia parasitica, one of the most prevalent fish pathogens.

NIS 100m fish sales expected as consumption doubles
ISRAEL - Israelis consume an average of 800 grams of fish per month, 10 kilograms per year. However, fish consumption will more than double in September to 1.7kg, during Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year’s) and the holidays, reports the Ministry of Agric...

Israel building share and confidence in EU fish market
ISRAEL - Fish is a very important part of Israeli economy and its agriculture industry. In the past five years, the state has become one of the leading exporters of fish to the European Union, a development that has boosted its economy.

Israelis raise coral out of the blue
ISRAEL - While other criminal lawyers are spending their afternoons preparing court cases, Israeli attorney Ofer Almalam is taking off his tie and heading over to an unusual aquatic farm to dote on some special clients.

Israeli Fish cages leaving Eilat gulf, but delays possible
ISRAEL - After several years of arguments, the disputed fish cages are now being removed from the Gulf of Eilat. However, it is unclear whether they will be gone by the end of 2008, as had originally been planned: Raanan Dinur, the director general of...

From Far Beneath the Israeli Desert, Water Sustains a Fertile Enterprise
ISRAEL - The day’s coppery last light reflects off the backs of sea bass swimming in fish ponds lined in neat rows on this desert farm.