Editorial: Boost for Scottish Salmon Farming Industry

The Scottish salmon farming industry received a welcome boost this week with a grant of £100,000 from the Shetland Island Council and funds of more than £1 million from European fisheries funds to help those companies that have been affected by the outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia.

Meanwhile, attention has also turned towards the growth in cod farming.

In Maine, new cod farming ventures are proving to be developing at a pace and in Australia, scientists have developed means of manipulating the environment to have cod spawning all year to ensure continuous supplies.

However, the World Wildlife Fund has also raised concerns in Norway about the rate of growth of the industry and it has called for environmental impact studies to be carried out.

Chris Harris

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Company News

IATTC WORKSHOP: Trials Come to a Close
PANAMA - Yellowfin tuna trials, conducted over the last fortnight at Achotines Laboratory in Panama, are coming to a close, reports Alex Mühlhölzl, CleanSeas, from the IATTC 7th Annual Workshop.

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Global Aquaculture Industry News

Viet Nam

 » Protectionism? Vietnamese Rue US Catfish Duties
 » US Maintains Antidumping Tax on Vietnamese Fish Fillets
 » Is the Golden Age for Vietnamese Tra Over?
 » Viet Nam Battles for Share of US Market

Philippines

 » Philippine Project May Fully Develop Aquaculture Park
 » Aquaculture Park Proposed in Philippines

United States

 » Kids and Conservation: Shellfish Farms
 » Oyster Science Leaves Washington Farmers Uneasy
 » A Letter of Disapproval for Offshore Aquaculture Plan
 » Farmed Fish May Pose BSE Risk
 » CDC: Leading Causes of Foodborne Disease in 2006
 » HQ Sustainable Raises $10.4 million Through Shares
 » Florida's 2008 Aquaculture Grant Programme
 » Modern Oysters for a New Sustainable Era
 » Catfish Processing Down 10 Per Cent from Last Year
 » Cod Farming Returns to Maine
 » Mississippi Announces New Assistance Programme
 » Ocean Acidification Damaging Shellfish
 » Senator Lincoln Honoured
 » Aquaculture Enterprise Zone Public Meeting
 » Gulf Fish Farm Plans Attacked
 » Catfish Feed Deliveries

Norway

 » New Methods Monitor Health-related Loss in Salmon
 » Conservationists Concerned over Cod Farming

Panama

 » Trial Examines Live Shipment of Yellowfin
 » Results Compiled as Trials Come to a Close

Chile

 » Catch to Chile's Salmon Farm Law

Canada

 » Protecting Migrating Salmon

Spain

 » Heavy Metals in Huelva Estuary Jeopardise Fish

Indonesia

 » NACA Announce Grouper Hatchery Training Course

Oman

 » Sultanate of Oman Maps Out Aquaculture Venture

Australia

 » SSA Reaccredited as Developer of Seafood Standards
 » Queensland Seafood Sets the Standard
 » Scientists Manipulate Cod Spawning Cycle

United Kingdom

 » Stirling's Aquaculture Expert Celebrated for Career
 » New UK Training Programmes for Bivalve Purification
 » Deadly ParasiteThreatens UK Salmon and Trout
 » Fusion Marine in New Drive into Norwegian Market
 » £100,000 Boost for ISA Hit Firms

European Union

 » Joe Borg Attends Consultations on Future of EU Fish

Mexico

 » Report Looks Beneath the Surface of Hypoxic Zones

Saudi Arabia

 » Constructing the World's Largest Prawn Farm

General

 » Fish Found to Have Human Learning Abilities
 » Grouper Course Open

New Zealand

 » Union: Minister Takes a Bite Out of Employment

Brunei Darussalam

 » Co-Op Aims to Breed Grouper in Brunei

Mozambique

 » France to Fund Mozambique Shrimp Farms

Malaysia

 » Malaysia Sets 507,558 Tonne Production Target

That's all for this week!

Ed.