Global Fish Farming News: Taiwan
Thursday, April 25, 2013
11 Taiwanese Tilapia Farms get ASC CertificationTAIWAN - The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) hosted a joint ceremony with the Taiwan Frozen Seafood Industries Association and the Taiwan Tilapia Alliance...
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Extreme Weather Impact on Fishing DiscussedTAIWAN - Taiwan held a seminar to share its experiences in dealing with the impact of extreme climate on its aquaculture industry and fisheries. Held in Taipei on...
Monday, January 09, 2012
Buy Cheaper Cultured Fish For Lunar New YearTAIWAN - Government officials are urging people to buy cultured fish instead of saltwater fish, as the prices of saltwater fish soar due to limited supplies and...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
NCKU Transfers Grouper Aquaculture TechnologyTAIWAN - National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in southern Taiwan has transferred a novel immune-inhibition technology on grouper aquaculture to a farming firm,...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Fishermen Seek Help Pushing Milkfish In ChinaTAIWAN - Fishermen in Greater Tainan recently expressed their hope that the government would help increase the marketing of Taiwanese milkfish in China as they seek...
Monday, May 23, 2011
Success In Yellowfin Tuna Breeding TAIWAN – Pingtung county is experiencing success in its yellowfin tuna breeding. This success enhances Taiwan's position as the leader of all other Asian countries...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Greenpeace Blocks Tuna Ship Leaving PortTAIWAN - A Greenpeace blacklisted tuna factory ship was blocked from leaving port earlier this week by Greenpeace climbers from the Rainbow Warrior. ...
Friday, November 12, 2010
Two-Year Abalone Ban SuggestedTAIWAN - Experts have suggested that Taiwan's aquatic farmers stop raising a popular type of marine mollusk to eliminate a virus that has nearly wiped out the entire...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Damage To Aquaculture Sector Totals NT$470 MillionTAIWAN - Aquaculturists in southern Taiwan's Kaohsiung County suffered combined total losses of NT$470 million (US$14.84 million) as a result of flooding caused...
Monday, September 06, 2010
Aquaculture Industry Back After Typhoon DestructionTAIWAN - More than 90 per cent of Taiwan's aquaculture industry, hit by Typhoon Morakot in August 2009, is back in business a year later, the Fisheries Agency said...
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Grouper Aquaculture Set To Grow In TaiwanTAIWAN - Grouper farmers are planning to expand their grouper ponds and even fishermen have expressed interest in entering the lucrative market, as demand from China...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Oceanus Group for Stock Exchange FloatTAIWAN - Aquaculture production and abalone processing company Oceanus Group is to convert 150 million existing shares into Taiwan Depository Receipts or TDRs....
Monday, June 28, 2010
New Trade Deal Benefits Taiwan's Grouper FarmersTAIWAN - Grouper aquaculture is to benefit from a new economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA) with China....
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Taiwan Investigates Hairy Crab AquacultureTAIWAN - An eastern region has potential for the farming of hairy crabs. ...
Monday, September 14, 2009
Typhoon Hit Taiwan's Grouper Farmers HardTAIWAN - Typhoon Morakot devastated the country's aquaculture industry, particularly the new grouper sector. It also revealed that many of the farms are illegal...
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Low-Interest Loans to Be Expanded for AquacultureTAIWAN - The government will expand its low-interest loans to Pingtung County's NT$3.2 billion aquacultural industry to help it rebuild, in the wake of the 8 August...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Greenpeace Talks Tuna to TaiwanTAIPEI, TAIWAN - Greenpeace and a Taiwan conservation group on Tuesday called on Taiwan to cut down its tuna catch, because overfishing could cause tuna's extinction...
Monday, August 24, 2009
Grouper Fish Ponds Almost Wiped OutTAIWAN - The fisheries industry in southern Taiwan suffered unprecedented losses in floods triggered by Typhoon Morakot this month....
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Typhoon Morakot's T$1.53 billion Toll on Fish FarmsTAIWAN - Tyhoon Morakot had soared to NT$4.2 billion (US$127.9 million) as of yesterday, according to statistics released that day by the Cabinet-level Council...
Monday, April 20, 2009
Eel Industry Fights BackTAIWAN - The eel farming industry is staging a comeback with the public and private sectors joining forces to regain market share in Japan. ...
Monday, April 06, 2009
Bamboo Charcoal Can Boost Fish GrowthTAIWAN - Feeding fish with food blended with ground bamboo charcoal can be a natural way to boost their growth and greatly enhance the efficiency of aquaculture,...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Cold Front Puts a Freeze on Taiwan's AquacultureTAIWAN - The losses suffered by fish farmers in southern Taiwan as result of the low temperatures over the past few days have reached NT$4.78 million (US$143,811)...
Friday, December 05, 2008
More Farms in VietnamTAIWAN - Taiwanese food conglomerate Uni-President Group plans to build two more farms to supply young shrimp to Vietnamese exporters, the company said Wednesday....
Monday, November 10, 2008
Algae Gene Could Aid Fishing IndustryTAIWAN - Marine biologists at National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) have identified a gene, called “ScDSP,” that can control cell death in algae, sources at...
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Researchers Find Way to Extract DHA from AlgaeTAIWAN - Taiwanese Researchers have discovered a way to extract pollution-free docosa hexaenoic acid (DHA) from an indigenous species of algae that could revolutionize...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Fish Release Marks Future in AquacultureTAIWAN - Thousands of newly hatched fish, or fry, were released off Penghu on Friday in hopes of restoring the coastal ecosystem and boosting fish stocks for local...
Monday, February 25, 2008
Penghu Sector Severely DamagedTAIWAN - The abnormal cold spell of the past several weeks has devastated much of Penghu island's fishing industry. Observers say recovery could take years....
Friday, October 26, 2007
The Department of Health probing flow of illicit Chinese shrimpsTAIWAN - A shipment of frozen white shrimp imported from China in June has been found to contain Enrofloxacin, an illicit antibiotic in animal husbandry and fish...
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
University to assist in Saudi aquaculture projectTAIWAN - National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan City in southern Taiwan will sign a contract with an American venture Tuesday to assist in developing aquaculture...
Friday, October 12, 2007
NTU researchers gain understanding of shrimp virusTAIWAN - Aquaculture researchers from National Taiwan University (NTU) say that genetic analysis is yielding new insight into the workings of a virus that has devastated...
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