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Welcome to this week's newsletter
We have 2 new features this week:
Parasitic Diseases Of Tilapia
By Dr. Cedric Komar and Neil Wendover (Intervet Norbio Singapore) In the last three issues of the Intervet Aquatic Animal Health Newsletter, we presented a series of articles on tilapia diseases.
The World's Aquatic Genetic Resources: Status and Needs
By FAO.
 United Kingdom
Fish stocks: There's plenty more
UK - Traditionally popular fish in the UK, such as cod and haddock, are inshort supply, but what's wrong with megrim, coley and gurnard? Antony Adshead checks out the underutilised species and fish-farm alternatives.
Salmon nets £197m for Scottish business
UK - Salmon farming generates more than £197m a year for Scottish businesses, a new survey of producers has claimed.
Organic shellfish standard announced by Soil Association
UK - Consumers will soon, for the first time, see the familiar Soil Association organic logo on one of our most nutritious and sustainable food products. Farmed shellfish - such as mussels, scallops, oysters and clams – are about to be certified organic for the first time in the UK.
Eels in danger of slipping off the menu
UK - They can be flambéed in brandy, thrown into a Genoese fish stew, sautéed with persillade or stir-fried with black-bean sauce: eels are very much in fashion.
 United States
The Promise of the Blue Revolution
Aquaculture can maintain living standards while averting the ruin of the oceans says Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
Deadly Fish Virus Spreads in New York State
US - A deadly, fast-spreading virus is affecting freshwater fish in several lakes in New York state. In the past, the fish virus had a catastrophic impact on fish populations in Europe, Japan, and the U.S. Pacific northwest.
Domestic farmed fish go under the microscope
US - It's been in the news quite a bit in recent weeks: Much of imported farmed seafood is unsafe. And, the skyrocketing demand for fresh seafood has pushed many wild fisheries into crisis mode. And that's especially true for salmon.
Judge says farmed fish can't be counted
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in Spokane, Wash., has ruled that only wild fish can be counted in determining which species are endangered.
Testing for fish virus causes wholesaler concern
US - One Wisconsin bait whole-saler is upset with in-state requirements to test for VHS, because not everyone plays by the same rules.
 Malta
Award for creator of Fort San Lucien's aquacentre
MALTA - The Institute for Maltese Culture and The Institute of Cellular Pharmacology recently created an award called the Marie Amélie Gleizes-Dewavrin Award for Art and Science. The recipeient of this award was Professor Carmelo Agius of the Department of Biology, University of Malta.
 Italy
UN says tighter controls on genetic resources will aid sustainability
ROME - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has called for better policies to conserve fish genetic resources and enhance global food security. Failing to do so will cause adverse environmental and social impacts, warns the FAO.
 Canada
Cooperative effort sought in negotiations with Cooke Aquaculture
CANADA - Former FPI Fortune plant workers agreed in a union meeting to a cooperative approach between the FFAW and the new plant negotiating committee. They will join forces in an attempt to work out a collective working agreement with Cooke Aquaculture.
More Effort Need to Help Wild Stocks
CANADA - Prince Edward Island is doing practically nothing when it comes to preserving and conserving Atlantic wild salmon. The province had its knuckles wrapped during an international conference in the US earlier this month - some say that without help the fish could become extinct in regions rivers.
 Philippines
Creation of new fisheries agency sought
PHILIPPINES - Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte is pushing for the creation of a new full-fledged fisheries department to enable the country to save P23 billion in losses yearly.
SEAFDEC/AQD urges biosecurity for shrimp farms
PHILIPPINES - In a recent biosecurity forum, Dr. Joebert Toledo, Chief of the Aquaculture Department (AQD) of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), has offered to provide shrimp farmers free diagnostic services as soon as they begin suspecting or experiencing a disease outbreak.
 Viet Nam
Fisheries work towards regional processing hub
VIET NAM - The Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) met in Hanoi, on June 11, to draw up an action plan for 2007-08 and to serve its long-term goal of establishing a seafood-processing hub for Southeast Asia inside the country.
Temasek to hold 10% in leading local seafood company
VIET NAM - Singaporean-based investment company, Temasek Holdings Limited, will hold 10 percent in Minh Phu seafood joint stock company.
Russia to inspect Vietnam catfish exporters
VIET NAM - RusSia's food hygiene inspectors will arrive in Vietnam next month to look into 24 local catfish exporters that have registered to ship their products to the Russian market.
 New Zealand
Council pushes for payout
NEW ZEALAND - The Marlborough District Council wants an early multi million dollar settlement of Maori aquaculture claims, to allow the region's stagnating marine farming industry to progress.
Aquaculture will become a big earner in the years ahead
NEW ZEALAND - It is understandable that anyone with an interest in coastal developments, whether it be aquaculture or housing development, will be watching with hawk-like intensity every move the Government makes.
Adopt Fishing Convention Work, ICSF Tells ILO
NEW ZEALAND - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) has urged the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to adopt the proposed Work in Fishing Convention, 2007, which will address issues related to minimum requirements for work on board fishing vessels, and living and working conditions, as well as the social security, of fishers.
Rabobank Supports Aquaculture New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - A significant lender to the aquaculture industry both globally and in New Zealand, agribusiness banking specialist, Rabobank has announced its support of the newly formed Aquaculture New Zealand, a single unified organisation for the aquaculture industry.
 India
Shrimp duty final hearing on July 24
INDIA - The final hearing of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) anti-dumping panel, crucial for domestic shrimp exporters, has been scheduled for July 24.
Take up fish production to fight crisis, farmers told
INDIA - Farmers should not depend wholly on agriculture. They should take up fish production, rearing of sheep and goats and allied activities. It will help pull them out of the present crisis, Karnataka Veterinary, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Sciences University Vice-Chancellor R.N. Srinivas Gowda has said.
 Thailand
Firms to press US complaints
THAILAND - Shrimp exporters will ask the Commerce Ministry this week to file separate complaints against the United States at the World Trade Organisation.
Company news
Aquatic Animal Health Team Thinks “Outside The Box”
US - AQUAVAC-ESC®, first launched in the USA in 2000, was marketed to the aquaculture industry to prevent Edwardsciella ictaluri from devastating catfish production.
That's all for this week!
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