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Welcome to this week's newsletter
Editorial: Profitability Versus Consumer Protection
A group of Canadian researchers made bold claims over the origin of Chile's Infectious Salmon Anaemia this week when their report -- suggesting that the virus may have first been transported from Norway to Chile back in 1996 -- was published in Virology Journal. The researchers also claimed that the current virus, which first gained attention in mid 2007, likely began two years earlier.
Regardless of where and when the virus arrived, it cannot be doubted that its effects have been disastrous for Chile's salmon workers, made worse by a serious of industry and governmental failures.
In an effort to revive the national salmon farming industry and determine improved sanitary conditions, the Chilean government have just announced a plan to establish three Norwegian research centres in the country. However, later this week, The New York Times revealed that Chile used almost 350 times more antibiotics in its farmed salmon in 2008 than Norway.
Alex Munoz, Oceana’s vice president for South America, responded to these figures by saying that the Chilean government has abused its position by placing "a higher priority on ensuring the profitability of a business sector than protecting consumers and the nation’s ecosystems.”
In contrast, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries recommends no new salmon licenses in 2010 to maintain sustainable aquaculture.
Last but not least, we welcome Cablevey Feeding Systems as a Supporting Partner on TheFishSite.
Adam Anson
Book Focus
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Statistics for Aquaculture
This book begins with an introduction to basic concepts such as experimental units and data collection, transitions through the fundamentals of experimental design and hypothesis formulation, and culminates with a discussion of experimental analysis and advanced topics in the latest research.
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We have 3 new features this week:
The Changing Face of Australian Fisheries
Tough market conditions are forcing big changes on the way Australian Fisheries operate. The real gross value of fisheries products has fallen by 22 per cent in nine years, falling another one per cent over 2007/08 - but a rapidly expanding aquaculture industry may soon be about to change all that, writes Adam Anson, TheFishSite.
Climate Change Challenges Facing Fisheries and Aquaculture
Climate change poses new challenges to the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture systems, with serious implications for the 520 million people who depend on them for their livelihoods and the nearly 3 billion people for whom fish is an important source of animal protein, says the World Fish Centre.
Trends in the International Trade of Seafood Products
Compared to other animal proteins, the seafood sector is the most complex and diverse, write James L. Anderson and Diego Valderrama
Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode. This article is taken from the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Proceedings 13.
Antiparasitic Drug for Farmed Salmon Gains Approval
CANADA — SLICE® (emamectin benzoate), Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health's leading product for controlling immature and adult stages of sea lice in farm-raised salmon, has received full approval from the Veterinary Drugs Directorate in Canada.
» New Technology Detects Toxins in Shellfish Waters
» Modest Fishing Reduction: Huge Ecosystem Reward
» New Funds for Yellowtail Research in Newfoundland
» Monitoring and Managing B.C. Sea Lice
» Aquaculture Critics Seek Closure of Five B.C. Farms
» Chile's Virus Unlikely to Spread in British Columbia
» Reduced Sea Lice Brings Hope, but No Promise
» CA$413,000 to Study Sea Lice at VIU
» ISA Introduced in Chile in Mid 1990s
» Chile Establishes Salmon Research Centres
» Chile Abuses Antibiotic Use on Salmon Farms
» Monitoring Fish Through Ultrasound
» Mississippi Catfish Farmers Phasing Out
» Catfish Feed Deliveries
» Virginia Grants to Sustain Aquaculture Industry
» New Eco-assured Standard for Irish Wild Fisheries
» Catfish Processing Down 9 Per Cent from Last Year
» NOAA Fisheries Scientist Honoured By Obama
» Maine May Pay Dearly for Red Tide
» Ailing US Catfish Industry Speaks Up for Inspections
» Are Property Rights Key to Saving U.S. Fisheries?
» US Favour Tuna and Shrimp
» Does Decay Lie at Root of Future Fish Farms?
» Oceanspheres Environmental Study Accepted
» Army of Alien Jellyfish on Route to Japan
» Malta Research Amberjack Production
» Australian Fish Farmers Expected Boom
» Industry Demands Compensation for Oil Spill
» Certificate to Curb Illegal Fishing in Indian Ocean
» A New Approach to Fishmeal Production
» Burmese Delegation Study Indian Aquaculture
» Agreement Aids Vietnam’s Seafood Exports to Japan
» Blue Economy to Rise up in Bohai Bay
» Seeking a New Editorial Challenge?
» Nutritional Advice Conflicts with Falling Stocks
» Seafish Appointment Boosts Seafood Image
» Court Rules in Favour of Seafish
» Sanford Acquire Mussel Farm in Marlborough Sounds
» New EU Import Controls on Feed Ingredients
» No New Licences for Norwegian Salmon in 2010
» FTA with ASEAN May Have Adverse Effect
» Tough EU Measures Sink Indian Seafood Exports
» Brunei Constructs New Shrimp Research Facility
» Germany Joins on Bluefin Ban Proposal
» From the Black Sea Comes EU's Largest Mussel Farm
That's all for this week!
Ed.
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