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Welcome to this week's newsletter
Editorial: Sustainable Solutions and the Race Against Time
"Clean, environmentally friendly, sushi-quality fish, delivered to the restaurant a few hours after harvesting." These were the words of Yonathon Zohar, director of the Center of Marine Biotechnology at UMBI, who has helped develop a new recirculating marine aquaculture system which many believe holds the key to sustainable seafood. The new system counters aquaculture critics by filtering and recycling the water it uses whilst simultaneously managing the methane from fish waste to offset energy use.
However, aquaculture may not be the only answer to depleting fish stocks. New data to be released by ICES, the independent international scientific body, will reveal that numbers of cod in the North Sea sufficiently mature to reproduce are now 40 per cent higher than their average since the turn of the 21st century. Seafish Chief Executive John Rutherford said: "This latest data from independent scientists is evidence that fishermen’s own ideas for catching less but landing more fish can work."
Tuna has also been cast a new life line. According to reports out this week, Japanese scientists will have bred a new "super-tuna" within a decade that will be stronger, more resistant to disease and taste better than the bluefin presently in the oceans. The tuna would be raised in farms, potentially protecting and preserving limited ocean stocks. A team from Japan’s Fisheries Research Agency is close to completing the genome sequence of the bluefin tuna. They will begin a breeding programme next year.
Yet despite of progress, Greenpeace keep their eye on the passing of time. After a week of discussions on the huge problems facing the tuna industry, countries attending the second joint meeting of tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) in Spain failed once again to take any action to solve extinction threats. In light of this failure, Greenpeace is calling on retailers and markets to stop the sale of species that are being overfished.
Adam Anson
We have 4 new features this week:
Surveying a Year of Scottish Shellfish Farms
During 2008 Scottish Mussel production increased by 22 per cent in comparison with the previous year, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite.
Fish Welfare at Marine Harvest
Fish welfare is addressed under two headings, Farming practices and Health management, says Marine Harvest in their sustainability report 2008. Here, the the world’s leading seafood company outlines its recent efforts to improve the welfare of its fish over the course of the last year.
Production Methods for the Whiteleg Shrimp
This fact sheet produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations explains how the different systems of Whiteleg Shrimp production work.
Seafood Production and Trade in the Russian Federation
In the first quarter of 2009 production of fish and seafood reportedly declined by 10 per cent due to the collapse in consumer demand.
» Tough Times for Vietnamese Seafood Sector
» Vietnamese Fisheries Output up 7.7 Per Cent
» Virginia's Oyster Farms See Rapid Expansion
» Tuna Steaks Recalled in New England
» EPA to Regulate Gender Changing Fish Chemicals
» Maryland Unveils Green Recirculating Aquaculture
» Dive Into Aquaculture at Purdue Workshops
» Sabah to Plant Fish Seeds of the Future
» Marine Institute Working to Prevent Escape
» Industry Calls for Renewed Aquaculture Licences
» New Irish Abalone Farm Reveals Industry Potential
» FAO Praise Australian Wild-caught Prawns
» Australia's Largest Abalone Company in Deep Waters
» EU Collaborates on Modern Farming Project
» Brazilian Company to Export Fish to the Arabs
» North Sea Cod Stocks See Big Improvement
» Avoiding the Dangers of Mercury
» ONC Partners Silliker for Omega 3 Testing
» HQ Sustainable Raises $1.5 million by Over-Allotment
» Freshwater Fish a Part of Staple Diet 40,000 Years Ago
» Advantages of Krill Oil Come to Light
» Rafferty Takes Role of COO at Cermaq
» Scottish Mussels to Go to Belgium Markets
» Survey: Pacific Oyster Production Up 45 Per Cent
» Double Award Win for Scottish Sea Farms
» £200,000 Salmon Lost From Farm in Boat Crash
» European Fisheries Fund Boosts Scottish Companies
» Cracking the Code: Genetics of Super Bluefin Tuna
» Milas Fish Farms Pollute Sea as they Leave
» Angola Government Turns Towards Sustainability
» Thai Government Launches Shrimp Farm Aid
» NPC to Become World's Largest Shrimp Supplier
» Brazils' New Fisheries Ministry Shows Commitment
» Failed Tuna Talks Draw Concern from Greenpeace
» Poor Salmon Run Could Threaten Treaty
» Philippine Bangus Industry Gets Room to Grow
» Cheap Imports Threaten New Zealand's Fisheries
» AquaChile Begin Refinancing of US$380 million Debt
That's all for this week!
Ed.
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