Consumers Warned off Poultry and Shrimp
VIET NAM - Experts have warned people in two wards of Bien Hoa City in the southern province of Dong Nai not to eat locally produced food as local water supplies are polluted by extremely high levels of Agent Orange and other dioxins.

Studies Clash over Threat to Salmon Numbers
CANADA - Research on the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia watersheds predicts that sea lice infections originating on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)farms will cause the extinction of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) in the archipelago...

Parasites Leap Across Salmon
US - Sea lice on salmon, jump ship when their host gets nabbed by a bigger fish--and they then latch onto the predator, according to research published in the journal Science.

Monthly Catfish Processing Report
US - Catfish Processing is up by 18 per cent, according to a report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Salmon Farm Expands
AUSTRALIA - Tasmania based Huon Aquaculture is expanding with teh purchase of Southern Ocean Trout.

Catfish Feed Deliveries Report
US - Catfish feed deliveries have fallen month on month in May, but have risen compared to the previous month according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Concern over Export Price Cuts
VIET NAM - A surplus of Pangasius (tra and basa catfish) in Viet Nam is has made exporters cut prices, sometimes under cost.

Catfish Industry Hit by Rising Costs
US - Catfish farmers in Mississippi are growing more and more concerned about the effect rising costs from fuel to feed are having on their businesses.

Maui Fresh Fish Proposes Fish Farm for Lanai
US - Representatives from Maui Fresh Fish LLC will present plans for an aquaculture venture on Lanai at the Governor’s Lanai Community Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday at the Lanai Senior Center.

EU Project Stages Fisheries Workshops
EU - The PROFET Policy, an EU funded research programme is organising a series of workshops to look at aquaculture and fisheries throughout Europe.

Commissioner Assures Fish Farmers of Support
NIGERIA - Akwa Ibom State commissioner for agriculture and natural resources, Prof Etok Ekanem, has assured farmers in the state of government support for increased fish production.

Projects Ensure Supply For Fish Cage Culture
BRUNEI - Fish cage culture operators are experiencing losses by relying on the supplies of fish fingerlings from abroad, which is inconsistent and insufficient. The quality of the supplies is also not guaranteed.

Project Protecting Oysters from Green Crabs
AUSTRALIA - An on-going marine project is helping to save oyster beds on the Sapphire Coast from the threat of the European Green crab.

Seafood Industry Fed up with Government’s Plans
NEW ZEALAND - The New Zealand Government is intent on the destruction of the seafood industry according to the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council chief executive Owen Symmans in response to the Government's emissions trading Bill.

Guide to Safety of Salmon
CANADA - The North Atlantic Aquaculture Council has made a bid to clean up the image of Atlantic salmon through a guide about the safety of eating harvested fish.

Trout Stocked in South-West Waterway
AUSTRALIA - The Brumby Government is stocking 8000 brown trout into Merri River this year to enhance fishing opportunities for recreational anglers in the south-west, a 700 increase on last year.

Zeigler Takes Up Insect-based Feeds
US - Neptune Industries has received a Letter of Intent to purchase more than 40 tonnes per month of its Ento-Protein(TM), an insect-based alternative to fishmeal, from Zeigler Bros.

Rhode Island Aquaculture Shows Strong Growth
US - The aquaculture industry in Rhode Island is growing strongly with the farm gate value up by 18 per cent to $1.6 million last year.

Cell Aqua on Course to Secure Funding
AUSTRALIA - Australian comapny Cell Aquaculture has completed sales of Cell proprietary equipment for finalisation of the first 100 plus tonnes per annum production facility, for its joint venture with the Terengganu state government, Malaysia.

Developing Fish Feed of Tomorrow
NORWAY - Scientists at Nofima have developed a salmon feed that strengthens the immune defence among salmon so the survival rate after a natural outbreak of the IPN virus increases dramatically.

Bluefin Tuna Fishery Closed to Save its Future
EU - The European fisheries commissioner Joe Borg has decided to close the fishery for Bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic as for all purse seiners flying the flags of Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy and Malta.

Marine Farms Gets Funds for Organic Growth
NORWAY - Norwegian aquaculture company Marine Farms ASA has signed a preliminary agreement for a NOK240 million multi-currency credit facility with DnB NOR Bank.