Global Fish Farming News
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Scottish Sea Farms Opens Remote Salmon Farm in EdaySCOTLAND, UK - Scottish Sea Farms, a leading aquaculture company, has opened a new salmon farm in Eday, north of Orkney, following a £1.3 million investment, writes...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
US Drought Impacting on Fish Feed IndustryANALYSIS - The current dry weather in the US is drastically impacting on the soybean crop. With yields down and prices rising, the situation is affecting the fish...
Monday, July 30, 2012
Global Weather Conditions Hitting Grain and Oilseed ProductionGLOBAL - The prospects for global grain stocks and prices for 2012/2013 could be bleaker than some analysts are already predicting, writes editor-in-chief Chris...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
European Commission's Bottom Trawling Ban for North-East Atlantic Met With Opposition ANALYSIS - The European Commission has proposed new measures to regulate fishing for deep-sea species in the North-East Atlantic, but the proposal has been met with...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Weekly Roundup: US Shrimp Imports GrowingANALYSIS - In the US, the latest figures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have shown that US shrimp imports are continuing to rise,...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
ISA Confirmed at Farm in NewfoundlandANALYSIS - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) has been found at a commercial aquaculture facility in Newfoundland...
Wednesday, July 04, 2012
EU Can Now Take Action Against Unsustainable Fishing ANALYSIS- In a move to further protect EU fisheries, the European Council, European Parliment and Danish Presidency have reached an agreement to introduce sanctions...
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Auditors Organic Report - a Model for EU Regulation?ANALYSIS - The European Commission is to tighten up on controls on marketing of organic foods across the EU to ensure a fair and even handed approach, writes Chris...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Broad Welcome for CFP ReformsEUROPE - The recent changes to the Common Fisheries Policy including an introduction of a ban on discards has been broadly welcomed across the European Union. ...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Ministers Reach Agreement on Discards, MSY at Council MeetingEU - The the EU fisheries Ministers have now reached an agreement on a general approach on a proposal for a regulation on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and a...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Seafish Project to Improve Sustainability of UK FisheriesUK - A new project led by Seafish is to work with the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCA) around the UK to map all the fisheries around the UK...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Suspected Illegal Bluefin Tuna Fishing in the MediterraneanANALYSIS - Last week the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reported the sighting of two non-Mediterranean fishing fleets in some of the main Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishing...
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)...
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