Alaska Predicts Largest Salmon Harvest for 58 Years
JUNEAU - The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its statewide forecast of 2008's Alaskan commercial salmon harvest. It is projected to be approximately 137 million for all salmon species, making the 2008 harvest the 18th largest harvest since...

Freeze Lethal for Tropical Fish Stocks
US - Freezing winter weather dealt a devastating blow to some of southern Hillsborough County's tropical fish farms, with seven losing more than half their stock.

Plans for Oyster Farm in Kingston Bay
US - Three entrepreneurs in the Kingston Bay area near Boston in the US have put forward plans to launch an oyster farm in the district.

Lease Approval Could Signal Arrival of Commercial Cod Farming
US - Pen-raised Atlantic cod may be grown commercially for the first time in Maine if an experimental aquaculture lease application by co-applicants Great Bay Aquaculture and James West is approved.

World Seafood Market to Exceed US$388.9 Billion by 2010
SAN JOSE - World Seafood (Frozen, Canned and Fresh) market is forecast to maintain a CAGR in excess of 5.4 per cent over the 2001-2010 period and exceed US$388.9 billion by 2010.

State Opts for New Fisheries Plan
BOSTON - Massachusetts intends to draw up its own management plan for groundfish (flatfish) in a bid to move the federal government away from its days-at-sea system. The industry has suffered from the regime which has proved inefficient said Energy and...

Weather Responsible for Salmon Starvation
OREGON - Scientists examining the sudden and widespread collapse of West Coast salmon returns are pointing to the unusual changes in weather patterns that caused the bottom to fall out of the ocean food web in 2005, writes Jeff Barnard on Capital...

Manitowoc to Host Fish Farming Conference
WISCONSIN - A key conference, 'Wisconsin Aquaculture: Meeting Global Challenges Locally' , will be held on 14-15 March 2008 in Manitowoc. Also, a pre-conference trout workshop will be held the day before.

Army Permit for Aquaculture Research
MASSACHUSETTS - A proposed aquaculture project near the Weepeket Islands in Buzzards Bay is seeking a permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers to allow biological investigations to be carried out in federal waters.

All-time Low Expected for Sacremento Chinook
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pacific Fishery Management Council says that Sacramento's Chinook salmon abundance will fall to an all�time low this autumn.

Five Percent Ceiling Recommended for Rhode Island Aquaculture
US - Recommendations that no more than five percent of any water body in Rhode Island be devoted to aquaculture operations have been put forward a group of scientists and fishermen.

Local trout farm wins international sustainability award
US - Sunburst Trout Company in Canton has received recognition for sustainability in the seafood industry.

Landlocked Virginian Farm Has Sights Set On Salmon
US - Salmon production is what Blue Ridge Aquaculture wants to farm at is land-based unit in West Virginia.

Milwaukee - A National Leader for Aquaculture?
US - Jon Bales has worn lots of hats in his life, from Navy flight instructor to coffee plantation owner, but now Bales� thoughts are pretty much caught up in fish.

Pioneering Oyster Men Move On
MAINE - The phytoplankton is terrific. That's why oysters like it. That's why Dick Clime and Gil Jaeger like it too. Clime and Jaeger, both of Bristol, pioneered oyster farming on the Damariscotta River beginning in 1977.

Oyster Havest Resumes in Apalachicola
FLORIDA - Oyster harvesting has resumed in Apalachicola Bay after test results confirmed that the water was safe and of good quality.

Facts for a Green Generation
US - Sustainability, environmental protection and efficient production are the watchwords for modern agriculture, and finding ways to feed the world's poor, in a 'green' way must also be a goal.

More Funds for Makapuu Shrimp
US - The Oceanic Institute will receive $3.1 million of federal money this fiscal year in spite of losing US$millions in federal funding last year in the controversy over the congressional practice of earmarking funds for projects.

Environmental Concerns Over Proposed Salmon Site
NEW BRUNSWICK - An environmental group is raising concerns about plans for a salmon aquaculture site near to a federally protected marine area west of Saint John in New Brunswick.

Engle Receives Top Aquaculture Award
ARKANSAS � Dr Carole R. Engle, director of the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), has received the 2008 National Aquaculture Association (NAA) Joseph P. McCraren Award for outstanding contributions...

New Offshore Aquaculture Trade Organisation Reveals New Board
US - The Ocean Stewards Institute - a newly established offshore aquaculture trade organisation for the Americas, has announced its first board of directors.

Catfish Report: Processing Down 12 Percent
US - Report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.