Golden Prospects for Yellow Perch Business
INDIANA - America's largest yellow perch farm is now in operation. Bell with product expected to be available for restaurateurs by spring 2009 and consumer purchase soon after.

Tenacity Drives Successful NC Oyster Business
US - To raise a good oyster, it helps to have the tenacity of one, says Jim and Bonnie Swartzenberg have set their minds to making oyster farming a viable enterprise in North Carolina.

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.