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Welcome to this week's newsletter
We have 2 new features this week:
The World Salmon Farming Industry
By Gunnar Knapp, Cathy A. Roheim, James L. Anderson and extracted from The Great Salmon Run: Competition Between Wild and Farmed Salmon, released by TRAFFIC
Vaccine management guide for the control of Enteric Redmouth Disease (ERM) in Trout.
By Schering-Plough Aquaculture - Enteric Redmouth Disease (ERM) is a bacterial disease of farmed rainbow trout and is endemic in Europe, North America and Chile. Losses from ERM due to mortality and poor growth can be high and the economic effects severe.
 Canada
Farmed salmon making their way to Newfoundland's south coast
CANADA - New Brunswick salmon are hitching a ride to Newfoundland's south coast aboard a Norwegian ship specializing in transporting live, farmed fish.
B.C.'s tasty salmon debate
VICTORIA - Fresh or frozen, farmed or wild, Pacific or Atlantic -- nearly every British Columbian has an opinion and is sure they know the difference.
 Ghana
Ministry of Fisheries to assist fish farmers
GHANA - The Ministry of Fisheries is determined to assist individuals and groups to go into large scale fish farming in view of the depleting marine fish catches.
 Viet Nam
Fish farming hit hard by oil slicks
VIET NAM - Showing oil clods and dead shellfish on the beach last Friday, Khong Van Hung, chairman of Bao Thuan Village in Ben Tre Province’s Ba Tri District, said that 1,500 tons of shellfish along a five-kilometer coastline has been lost.
Vietnam seeks $100 mln in fish sales
VIET NAM - Vietnam's largest fish exporter, Navico, expects to earn $100 million in catfish exports to Russia this year, the Vietnam News Agency reported Wednesday.
 United States
New insect protein for fish could help address supply concerns
US - Aquaculture and technology group Neptune Industries has come one step closer to completing its insect-based dietary protein for fish, which the firm claims will be key to addressing the imminent shortage of world fish stocks.
UNH working on offshore fish farming
US - As a growing segment of the world population consumes fish on a regular basis, the United Nations predicts a 40 million ton global seafood shortage by 2030 unless something is done.
Hatcheries' role changing
IDAHO - Fishery biologists in the Pacific Northwest are in the midst of a high-stakes course change on how hatcheries operate, a move intended to boost flagging runs of wild salmon and steelhead.
High-tech farm for fish
US - The bass swimming in these glistening new 80-foot raceways are big enough to make most anglers drool.
Kahuku shrimp farm follow-up tests negative for virus
HAWAII - A state quarantine order issued last week on a Kahuku shrimp farm is expected to be be lifted shortly after cleanup procedures and some additional testing have been completed at the farm.
Palin calls for ban on ocean fish farms
ALASKA - Governor Palin wants Alaska's congressional delegation to go after a five-year ban on new ocean fish farms. Palin's request coincides with an effort by the Bush administration to implement a federal law encouraging fish farms in federally controlled waters of three to 200 miles offshore.
 United Kingdom
Organic salmon quality control launched
IRELAND - Bord Iascaigh Mhara yesterday launched the first nationally recognised Irish organic salmon standard at an Irish Farmers Association special conference at Enfield, Co Meath.
Salmon 'tops' consumer welfare league
UK - UK consumers perceive salmon as having one of the best animal welfare standards, according to a new report.
Well packed mussels up for prize
UK A specially designed packaging system used by Shetland mussel farmers has been nominated for a prestigious industry award.
Salmon industry calls for easing of farming restrictions
UK - The Scottish salmon farming industry needs to innovate to retain its position as one of the leading players in the world industry, according to the sector's trade organisation.
 Philippines
DTI eyes Samar as as tahong capital
PHILIPPINES - In the years to follow, Samar may be the country's Tahong Capital.
 Micronesia, Federated States of
'There's money in shrimp'
MICRONESIA - Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research Education and Extension Service aquaculture consultant Michael M. Ogo said shrimp farming could be a moneymaking venture for small or big businesses in the CNMI.
 Malaysia
Aquaculture to slash fish import by 2010
KUALA LIPIS - The Agriculture and Agro- based Industry Ministry is developing the aquaculture industry on a massive scale by setting up aquaculture industry zones nationwide.
 Thailand
New Australian inspections threaten Thai shrimp exports
THAILAND - The National Food Institute of Thailand reported the country would face export losses of Bt2 billion if Australia implemented its stringent import restrictions - the so-called Import Risk Analysis (IRA) - on prawns and prawn products in the near future.
Making prawns more profitable
BANGKOK - Making prawns more profitable by reducing the frequency of females is the key to a business plan that young local entrepreneurs are ready to take onto the world stage
 Australia
Bribie to house $4m aquarium
AUSTRALIA - The Queensland Government will pour $4 million into a new state-of-the-art fish tank and research aquarium at Bribie Island.
 Nigeria
Fish Production Attracts N7.5 Billion Investment
NIGERIA - About N7.58 billion has been invested in the Fisheries sub-sector in Nigeria as at 2006, according to President Olusegun Obasanjo.
 Yemen
Spanish AFF Minister to visit Yemen
SANA'A - Minister of Fisheries Mahmud Saghiri met with the Spanish ambassador to Sana'a Marcos Vega and
discussed with him arrangements for the visit of the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Elena Espinosa to Yemen
in June.
 Iran, Islamic Republic of
Shrimp Sent Back From Europe
IRAN - More than 6,000 tons of shrimp bound for EU-member states were sent back to the country due to discrepancy in export documents.
Company news
Reminder to boost as ERM vaccination season starts
UK - Trout farmers are being reminded of the benefits of planning an oral boost to follow immersion vaccination for ERM this season. The oral boost is intended to extend the protection induced by primary immersion vaccination. It is included in feed and can be provided up to 4-6 months after immersion vaccination.
Schering-Plough acknowledged for work developing vaccinations
UK - Schering-Plough have been shortlisted for an Aquaculture Today Fit for the Future award for innovation in aquaculture.
That's all for this week!
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