Profit up 100 Percent and New Contracts Will Fuel Expansion
SEATTLE - Fish farmer and processor HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc, has reported net income of $1.8 million for its fourth quarter, which ended 31 Dec 2007. That's up 100 percent from the same period last year.

NY Salmon Article Provokes Angry Response
MIAMI - Salmon of the Americans Inc. has responded to an article published in the New York Times that slates Chilean fish farming.

Algae Causes Fish Kill At Buffalo Springs Lake
US - Management at Buffalo Springs Lake says algae is to blame for a large fish kill.

Support for Harmonisation of State Fish Health Standards
US - The US National Aquaculture Association has backed a plan to harmonise regulatory standards across states.

Shellfish Production to get share of Proposed $29M Development Fund
FLORIDA - State representative Ginny Brown-Waite is looking to secure US$29 million federal funds to regenerate for Florida's ailing services and resources - an aquaculture will get a share.

Net Gains from Self Catching
BOSTON - Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves and if it works, the system could have significant implications to aquaculture and sea fisheries.

State Demands Legislation to Protect Against VHS
MINNESOTA - The scourge of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a deadly fish virus that is spreading through the Great Lakes, is pushing Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources to demand new legislative powers through an emergency Bill.

Catfish Processing Up Eight Per Cent
US - Report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, US Department of Agriculture.

Another Asian Oyster Trial Wanted in Chesapeake Bay
VIRGINIA — State and federal officials are being asked to approve the largest trial for growing Asian oysters. It will be the greatest undertaking for the industry in Chesapeake Bay since testing oysters began in 2000.

Vancouver Scallop Company Ripe for US Investment
NEW YORK - Edgewater Foods International Inc. has announced that it has engaged New York-based Consulting For Strategic Growth 1 (CFSG1) to provide strategic counsel on investor and public relations.

New Research Center Where Three Rivers Meet
URBANA - The point at which three rivers - the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri - come together will be the location of a new research field station. The official construction launch will take place on Thursday, 17 April at the National Great Rivers...

Tour Aims for Total Oyster Experience
US - The Oyster Advisory Commission are set to get the full taste of oyster farming during a complete tour of Marinetics, the Choptank Oyster Company, this coming weekend.

Catfish Report: Feed Deliveries
US - Report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant (IISG) Funds More 'Sustainable' Research
URBANA — Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant has announced funding awards for four research projects up to 2010.

Much Merit in Collaboration
CAPE COD - A One day conference addressing the need to grow more food in the Cape Cod region attracted good support this week.