Global Fish Farming News
Friday, May 25, 2012
AQUACULTURE UK - Is Fish Industry Meeting Market Demands?ANALYSIS - Consumption of fish around the world appears to be growing and at the same time major concerns have been brought forward about the sustainability of the...
Thursday, May 24, 2012
AQUACULTURE UK - Economic Factors Hinder New SpeciesUK - If new species are to be added to the global aquaculture market, they have to be products with a low production cost and a good market price, writes Editor...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
AQUACULTURE UK - Research Foundation of Aquaculture IndustryUK - Research and development are the foundations of the aquaculture industry Neil Robertson from Novatis said in his key note speech at the opening of the Aquaculture...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Mainstream Canada Salmon Farm Hit With IHN VirusGLOBAL - Mainstream Canada suffered this week after Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus was detected at its Dixon Bay site in British Columbia. An infectious...
Monday, May 21, 2012
Failure of CFP Reform is too High a CostEU - The price of a failed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is high, said Guus Pastoor, President of the European Fish Processors Association and the European Federation...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Confusion Surrounds Assurance SchemesANALYSIS - The global aquaculture and sustainable fisheries industries are finding themselves under more and more scrutiny and increasing requirements to prove their...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Portuguese Industry Works to Reinstate MSC CertificationANALYSIS - Back in January 2012, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Portuguese sardine purse seine fishery was suspended. Charlotte Johnston,...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
WFC: The Environmental Cost of Reducing World Fish Production?ANALYSIS - There is much hype around sustainable fisheries, but this morning at the opening of the 6th World Fisheries Congress, Professor Ray Hilborn from the University...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Alaskan Salmon to Continue to be MSC CertifiedALASKA, US - The Purse Seine Vessel Owner’s Association (PSVOA) has said that it will re-enter the Alaska salmon fishery into assessment toward Marine Stewardship...
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Salmon Industry Hits Back at Claims of New VirusCANADA - The British Columbia (BC) Salmon Farmers Association has hit back at claims made by biologist Alexandra Morton that Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
US and South Pacific Tuna Treaty - Where will Negotiations Lead?ANALYSIS - The South Pacific Tuna Treaty is currently being renegotiated. Tuna is the the largest economic interest shared by the US and the Pacific Islands.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Living under the Shadow of Pesticides and AntibioticsANALYSIS - In the livestock sectors there has been great concern recently over the use of antibiotics both as therapeutic measures and also as growth promoters,...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Vietnam's Aquaculture Success Boosts EconomyANALYSIS - The robust growth of Vietnam's aquaculture industry is expected to continue, providing jobs for nearly 5 per cent of their population, writes Sarah Mikesell,...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Indian Exporters Struggle with Export RequirementsINDIA - Failing to pass Chinese quality inspection tests and not registering fishing fleets is leaving Indian seafood exporters out of pocket, writes Charlotte Johnston,...
Monday, April 02, 2012
Mackerel Certificates Suspended by CertifiersGLOBAL - The certifiers for seven Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified mackerel fisheries in the North East Atlantic ocean have now suspended the fisheries’...
Monday, March 26, 2012
Judge Withdraws Approval for Antibiotics in Feed US - A judge in the US last week issued a landmark ruling that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must act to limit the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals....
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Discard Ban Opposition Unseen, General Support from European States ANALYSIS - This week, European members of parliament are meeting in Brussels to discuss the future of discards. Yesterday, although there was no declaration made,...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Tackling the Abalone Black Market ANALYSIS - Despite New Zealand having one of the best protected and well monitored seafood industries in the world, the black market trade in New Zealand Paua (abalone)...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Salmon Farming in Canada - a Challenge?CANADA - Salmon farming in Canada has created a great deal of controversy over the years. While the country is one of the world's largest salmon producers, the industry...
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Fishery Unlikely to Collapse but the Pressure Still OnANALYSIS - Despite claims that the NorthEast Pacific sardine fishery is facing collapse, Kevin Hill from NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center says the stocks...
Friday, March 09, 2012
Organic Sales Bucking the TrendANALYSIS - Despite the tough economic times, the organic market around the world is growing and going against the trend of generally falling sales, cuts and reduced...
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Methods to Reduce Escapes and Identify EscapeesGLOBAL - Escaped farmed salmon are a major problem for the aquaculture industry. There impact on wild fish stocks is still a huge area of debate and concern.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Reducing Discards - How will it Really help? ANALYSIS - Late last week the European Commission used its emergency powers to reduce and avoid excessive discarding of haddock in the West of Scotland. But will...
Thursday, February 23, 2012
No Agreement Reached; But What About the Mackerel?EUROPE - With the final mackerel talks taking place and no agreement reached, what will be the fate of the Northeast Atlantic mackerel fishery in 2012, writes Lucy...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
New Technology Developed to Deal With Sea LiceGLOBAL - Sea lice are one of the biggest problems in the salmon industry, hampering growth and promoting other diseases. Whilst current medications used are working,...
Opposition to Marine Harvest Expansion in IrelandANALYSIS - Opposition is growing in regard to Marine Harvest's announcement that it would invest €3.5 million in developing a new salmon farm site in Bantry Bay,...
Friday, February 10, 2012
More Salmon on the Market, How are Companies Improving Profit?SCOTLAND, UK - As many salmon companies report their annual profits for 2011, many have felt the sting of recent drops in salmon prices. The Scottish Salmon Company...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
New Report Reveals Use Of Irradiation In EU FoodsANALYSIS - A new report published by the European Commission (EC) recently reveals that more than 9,000 tonnes of food were irradiated in the European Union in 2010....
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Chinese Govt Needs To Act To Save FishermenANALYSIS - Depleted stocks are forcing Chinese fishermen to enter other fishing grounds and tension continues to mount between China and South Korea, things are...
Friday, January 13, 2012
Affect of EU/ Morroccan Deal on Spanish Fishermen?Speaking about the withdrawal of the EU fishing fleet from Moroccan waters, Javier Garat, secretary general of the Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) describes...
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