Catfish Sales Value Down Eight Percent in Two Years
US - Catfish growers in the US had sales of $445 million during 2007, down eight per cent from $484 million the previous year.

Salmon Population Nears All Time Low for California
SAN FRANCISCO — The number of chinook salmon returning to California's Central Valley has reached a near-record low, pointing to an "unprecedented collapse" that could lead to severe restrictions on West Coast salmon fishing this year, writes Terence...

NOAA/USDA Targets Industry and Science for Fishmeal Alternatives
US - The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking information and ideas on ways to lessen dependence on fish-based feeds for the aquaculture industry.

VHS: Great Lakes Strain is Different , say Geneticists
US - A devastating virus that has killed thousands of fish in the Great Lakes over the past few years is different from other strains of the same virus found in Europe and the West Coast of the United States, according to new genetic research by the US...

What's free about free-market aquaculture?
US - In December, Randy Parker of the Utah Farm Bureau published a case for private aquaculture in the free marketplace. Within it he aimed to justify Mike Noel's Private Aquaculture Revitalisation bill - a bill that if passed, could subsidise private...

Genome Research Aims to Yield Bigger, Better Catfish
US - Catfish farmers hope that research at Auburn University will make the state's haul of catfish bigger, healthier and cheaper than ever before.

Anglers Thrown a Line by Hatcheries Plan
US - Florida wildlife officials have embarked on an ambitious plan that would create a statewide network of about 12 new and existing fish hatcheries.

Tank Farmed Marine Species Win Fans
US - As populations of wild fish dwindle, researchers at University of North Carolina, Wilmington, are finding ways to farm marine species in tanks.

Kona Fish Farm Facing Opposition
US - A Kona open ocean fish farm is facing opposition as it seeks to double its capacity.

Catfish Feed Deliveries Rise
US - Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during December 2007 was 7,434 tons, up 24 per cent from December 2006, but down 67 per cent from the previous month.

Catfish Processing Down Marginally
US - Farm-raised catfish processed during December 2007 totaled 39.1 million pounds round weight, down 6 per cent from December 2006. This total is the lowest reported December round weight processed since December 1996 when 36.9 million pounds were processed....

Cormorant Nuisance for Southern Farmers
MISSISSIPPI - Catfish producers are stringing along to fight cormorant invaders. Mississippi' fish farmers are having to patrol ponds to curb the pillaging pests.

Consumer Group Challenges Gulf Fish Farm Plans
US - Gulf of Mexico fishery managers can not legally move forward on a plan to allow development of large scale fish farms in the region, says Food & Water Watch (FWW).

$2.6M Moves Kona Expansion Forward
HAWAII - Kona Blue Water Farms says it has raised $2.6 million from private investors to expand its Kona facilities.

Chinese Seafood Is Safer Say Officials
US - Americans may be assured that a recent crackdown on the use of illegal veterinary drugs by China's agriculture ministry has significantly improved the quality and safety of the country’s seafood production.