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Welcome to this week's newsletter
Editorial: The Hidden Harm of Sentiment Over Science
Food & Water Watch Executive Director, Wenonah Hauter, put President Obama's budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under scrutiny this week, claiming that it contains a "glaring flaw." According to the statement, the NOAA budget narrative requests $2 million dollar to help fund fish farming plans that have not yet been federally authorised. This would include studies on life-cycle cost analysis of aquaculture, marine fish hatcheries for stock enhancement, the environmental impacts of escapes from aquaculture, as well as sustainable feeds. "Federal money given to a potentially environmentally destructive and economically devastating programme like ocean fish farming would be misspent," she said. The American Soybean Association (ASA) did not agree.
"This funding is critical to NOAA’s research efforts that will help study the potential for offshore aquaculture," ASA President Johnny Dodson said. Aquaculture is the fastest growing form of food production in the world, and most of this growth is offshore and overseas. Seafood imports are the second biggest contributor to the U.S. trade deficit at over $9 billion per year.
Meanwhile, human rights and environmental groups from around the world were protesting over the planned launch of the World Wildlife Fund's Aquaculture Stewardship Council. They fear that the certification will legitimise environmentally damaging forms of aquaculture. The World Wildlife Fund, which is the world leader of wildlife conservation, says it will be working with independent, third parties to certify farms that are in compliance with the standards for responsible aquaculture. With many wild fish stocks in a state of collapse and global demand soaring, such an initiative is an essential step towards sustainable fish production. For all the good that environmental groups can do, sometimes they must look to the practical science behind such initiatives to realise the greater issues that are at stake.
Adam Anson
We have 5 new features this week:
Window of Opportunity Opens for Canadian Aquaculture
According to the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, the time has come for Canadian aquaculture to escape the ghosts of its past and become a world leader in aquaculture. Adam Anson, writing for TheFishSite, takes a closer look.
UK Organic Aquaculture Market Report 2009
The Soil Association has released their organic market report for 2009, which says that demand and production of organic aquaculture remains strong. However, environmental issues are beginning to have detrimental repercussions on some sectors.
Trends in Consumer Attitude and Selection
This paper focuses on the understanding of consumer trends, consumer attitudes and consumers’ selection and preferences in relation to seafood. By Karen Brunsø, Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus and published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Gene Flow from Farmed to Wild Salmon
Wild salmon are done spawning in the rivers for this year, but a few too many farmed salmon have escaped from their cages, spreading their roe and milt, writes Reidun Lilleholt of Nofima.
US Feed Outlook - May 2009
Forecasted feed grain area planted in 2009, based on the 31 March Prospective Plantings, is down by two per cent from 2008, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.
» Turkish Fleets Chase Bluefin to its End
» Australian Fisheries Budget Drops
» Clean Seas Raise $24 Million for Breeding Bluefin
» Obstacles to Overcome Before Clean Seas Commercialise Bluefin
» Airlift for Tuna
» VHS Virus Infects Fish via Their Gills
» Nofima Recycle Waste Heat to Aquaculture Centre
» Three Year Study on Toxaphene in Fish Feed
» Finland Gives 1.76 million euros to Kyrgyzstan Fishery
» Is There Anarchy at Root of SalmonChile Fire?
» New Network Helps Chilean Salmon Workers
» Royal Society Eyes Danger in Fish Farm Clusters
» SFF Reacts to EC Fishing Opportunity Document
» Seafish Stress Significance of Rural Shellfish
» SFF Welcome Seafood Consumption Drive
» Scots Urged to Eat More Fish
» Ocean Acidification a Real Threat to Shellfish
» Scientists Discover Whitebait Can Climb Ropes
» NZ Import Catfish to the Peril of the People
» Global Warming Hits Wild Salmon Hard
» Canada Funds Deep Sea Mussel Culture
» Call for Help to Save Lobster Industry
» New Light as Mekong Shrimp Farmers Cooperate
» Viet Nam to Send Fish Fry Experts to Cambodia
» Viet Nam to Take a Closer Inspection of Seafood
» Government to the Rescue of Flooded Fish Farmers
» Spotting Flaws in NOAA Fish Farm Plans
» Sustainable Group Exceeds Targets and Moves On
» ASA in Supports of Obama's Aquaculture Research
» Hatchery Fish Eating Wild Fish
» Researcher Studies Microbes of Eels and Molluscs
» Thailand's Seafood to Thrive in Place of Pig, Poultry
» Annual Report of Grieg Seafood Aquaculture
» Nutreco Develop All-vegetarian Salmon Feed
» Asian Countries Join in Shrimp Alliance
» Protest Over WWF’s Aquaculture Certification
» Bay of Plenty Receives German Funding
» World Bank Loans US$2 Billion to Mekong Delta
» SIFSE 2009 to Take Place in Shanghai
» China's Fishmeal Prices Dragged Down by H1N1
» Bahrain Expresses Interest in Big Shrimp Investment
» New Survey on Prevalence of Arcobacter in Foods
» Workshop on Ecosystems and Aquaculture
» Indian Prawn Project Ends in Pollution
That's all for this week!
Ed.
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