Global Fish Farming News: Japan
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Hokkaido Scallop Fishery Gains MSC CertificationJAPAN - The Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Association’s scallop fishery has achieved certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) global...
Monday, April 29, 2013
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Confirmed in JapanJAPAN - An outbreak of Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia has been detected on a open salt water fish farm in Japan....
Friday, April 26, 2013
Fishing Rights Extended Around TakeshimaJAPAN - Fishing rights in the waters around the Sea of Japan islets of Takeshima have been extended by a further 10 years for local fishermen. ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Live Eel Imports Up More Than SixfoldJAPAN - Imports of live eels soared more than sixfold from a year earlier during the year through July to nearly 40 tons, due apparently to an acute scarcity of...
Thursday, July 12, 2012
EU and Japan Cooperate on Fight Against Illegal FishingJAPAN - The EE Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has signed with Japan a joint statement on mutual cooperation in the fight against Illegal, Unregulated and...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Japan to Tighten Import Regulations of Vietnamese ShrimpJAPAN - The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced its decision to conduct laboratory testing of 30 per cent of shrimp imported from Viet Nam...
Monday, July 09, 2012
EU Fisheries Commissioner Visits Japan to Discuss CooperationJAPAN - Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries will visit Japan from 9-13 July. ...
Monday, June 25, 2012
Fukishima Resumes Seafood SalesJAPAN - The Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations has decided to resume sales of some types of seafood caught in seas off the prefecture....
Monday, February 06, 2012
New Fly Fish Feed is Cheaper & Boosts ImmunityJAPAN - A new fish feed made using housefly pupae is cheaper than other feeds and boosts fish's immunity to disease, says one of the researchers who created it....
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Yamanashi to Farm Newly Found Endangered SalmonJAPAN - The Yamanashi Prefectural Government plans to raise an endangered deepwater salmon species discovered in 2010 in Lake Saiko at the foot of Mount Fuji —...
Friday, October 14, 2011
Biomin.net Now Available In JapaneseJAPAN - Biomin has now launched a Japanese version of the corporate web site....
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Greenpeace: Contaminated Seafood & Cover-UpJAPAN - Greenpeace radiation experts have found high levels of radiation in seafood caught by Japanese fishermen off the coast of Japan. This, along with the news...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
AgriMarine To Rear Bluefin TunaJAPAN - AgriMarine Holdings, a producer of floating closed containment technology for sustainable aquaculture, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a...
Friday, May 20, 2011
Aquaculture Damage Over ¥100 BillionJAPAN - The Japanese aquaculture industry suffered more than ¥100 billion in damage, or a quarter of its annual output, from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami,...
Friday, April 01, 2011
Safe Radioactivity Levels In Fisheries ProductsJAPAN - In relation to the accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the Chiba Prefectural Government has implemented...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Fishery Awarded 20th Global Environmental AwardJAPAN - The Kyoto Danish Seine Fishery Federation (KDSFF) has won the 20th Global Environmental Award from Japanese media group, Fiji-Sankei Group and WWF Japan...
Monday, March 07, 2011
Abalone Infected With Xenohaliotis CaliforniensisJAPAN - Dr Toshiro Kawashima, from the Japaense Ministry Of Agriculture has announced that a case of Xenohaliotis californiensis has been found on a farm breeding...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Honda Execs Ousted Over Seafood ScamJAPAN - Honda Motors has said that five executives at its subsidiary Honda Trading Corporation, including its president, Motohide Sudo, have resigned to take the...
Friday, December 17, 2010
Fishing Ban to Save Extinct Salmon SpeciesJAPAN - A fishermen's organisation in Japan is to establish a "no fishing" zone on Lake Saiko in a bid to protect a species of salmon that was though to be extinct. ...
Friday, September 24, 2010
Success For Japanese Aquaculture And DDGS TrialJAPAN - The April 2010 distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) fish feeding trial in Japan recently concluded with favourable results both in lower input...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Low Fishmeal Feed Finds Favour In JapanJAPAN - This spring Skretting in Japan introduced a feed for yellowtail with the lowest fishmeal content to be offered in that market. ...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
AEON Commit To Sustainable SeafoodJAPAN - A wider range of MSC eco-labeled products was launched last week across 1,200 stores of AEON, a Japanese retailing giant. ...
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Japanese Scallop Fisheries Enter MSC AssessmentJAPAN - Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis) fisheries represented by Hokkaido Gyoren (Hokkaido Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations), with the...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Probiotics And Immunity: A Fish PerspectiveJAPAN - New research from Nihon University, Japan looks in further details at the involvement of probiotics in nutrition, disease resistance and other beneficial...
Monday, October 05, 2009
Hormone Disrupter Scare Halts Fish ShipmentsJAPAN - A fishery cooperative in Owase, Mie Prefecture, stopped shipments of farmed fish following th discovery that a farm in the region had used a banned hormone...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Army of Alien Jellyfish on Route to JapanJAPAN - Japan has been hit by an invasion of giant Nomura's jellyfish which are stifling the fishing industry. ...
Friday, July 03, 2009
Cracking the Code: Genetics of Super Bluefin TunaJAPAN - Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin...
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Peak Fish Prospect Threatens Japanese DietJAPAN - Japan’s little secret is out. All over Asia, and indeed the rest of the world, people are discovering what the Japanese have known for centuries: fish...
Monday, January 26, 2009
Aquaculture: Keeping Tuna on the MenuJAPAN - In December 2007, the Fisheries Laboratory fish farm of Kinki University in Wakayama Prefecture became the first facility in the world to "close the cycle"...
Friday, January 02, 2009
Bluefin Tuna Farming Gaining GroundJAPAN - Farming tuna, one of the staples of sushi restaurants, is an expensive and risky endeavour but some are prepared to take the risks....
News By Advertiser
News By Country
News By Fish
News By Category
Our Sponsors
Partners
© 2000 - 2012. 5m Publishing, Benchmark House, 8 Smithy Wood Drive, Sheffield, S35 1QN, England.