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Welcome to this week's newsletter
We have 2 new features this week:
Candidate Species for Aquaculture: Atlantic Croaker, Micropogonias undulatus
By R. LeRoy Creswell, Cortney L. Ohs, and Christian L. Miller from University of Florida, IFAS Extension. The Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus is a member of the family Sciaenidae, the drum family.
Pangasius Report November 2007
Report by Truong Tri Vinh - FAO GLOBEFISH 2007. According to Vietnamese customs statistics, the country exported 272,700 metric tonnes (MT) of pangasius (tra, basa) valued at US$710 million during the first nine months of 2007.
 United States
Oysters shell return
US - Brisk December weather did not deter a slew of volunteers, researchers and professors from completing the second phase of a statewide oyster gardening program on Saturday.
Gulf Aquaculture Plans Flawed, say Critics
US - The first of five public hearings across the Gulf Region regarding a plan to open the Gulf of Mexico to industrial fish farming will be in January 2008.
Warning over Mercury in Fish
US - The Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department are advising state residents to be look out for mercury levels in fish they eat.
Aquaculture Farm Expansion Wins OK
RHODE ISLAND — Providence fish farmer Jeffrey Gardner’s request to add two acres to his five-acre aquaculture farm on Winnapaug Pond in Westerly has won unanimous approval from the Coastal Resources Management Council.
Halibut, Cod Could Be Muscling In on Mussel Farm
US - A New Hampshire aquaculture company and a Sorrento fisherman are joining forces in an effort to learn how to raise cod and halibut in floating net pens.
Data to Debate Poor Red Runs
US - New state reports could help shed light on what or who is responsible for the string of dismal red salmon runs in the Susitna Valley.
Fish Farm Plan Raises Concerns
US - Most of those, who gathered at a public hearing, Wednesday, cited environmental concerns over a plan to allow seafood farming operations to use large submerged cages to house live fish off the Mississippi Coast.
Salmon Farming May Doom Wild Populations
US - Intensive farming of salmon for American dinner plates is threatening some wild salmon populations with imminent extinction, according to the most detailed study ever done of the contentious issue. The report comes as the federal government and the aquaculture industry are pushing hard for a major expansion of fish farming in coastal areas.
 United Kingdom
Increasing CO2 Levels Will Damage Marine Food Source
UK - Carbon dioxide increasing in the atmosphere may affect the microbial life in the sea, which could have an impact on a major food source, warns Dr Ian Joint of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
Camera captures trout's great escape
HAMPSHIRE - The owners of a trout farm were left baffled when fish were going missing. But then a wildlife photographer caught their extraordinary escape route on camera. He pictured the trout making giant leaps out of their pond straight into the metal feed pipe three feet above the water level.
Spicing up the MSC
UK - The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has appointed a new Global Marketing and Communications Director, Simon Edwards, to push forward its international brand.
 Slovenia
Rosemary Preserves Prawns, Naturally
SLOVENIA - A rosemary-derived natural preservative is now available to seafood processors to extend the shelf-life of prawns.
 Norway
Studies to Develop the Welfare: Profit Relationship
NORWAY - A group of scientists from six European countries will develop models that will provide answers about the relationships and consequences if the regulating framework for fish welfare changes.
Freshwater Fish Farming on a Roll
NORWAY - Increasingly more people want to start farming freshwater fish such as charr and perch.
 General
UN Sea Law Needs Immediate Attention, says Conservation Group
GLOBAL - Twenty five years on from the launch of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the state of the world’s oceans has considerably deteriorated.
 Chile
Mounting concerns within Chile's Salmon Sector
CHILE - Workers in Chile's salmon sector have voiced concerns over proposals to close a number of disease-hit fish farms in Region X. They are concerned about their jobs, livelihoods and the future of fish farnming in the area.
 India
Indian Shrimp exports under threat
INDIA - India's shrimp exports are facing a serious threat from low-cost Litopenaeus Vannamei shrimp produced in countries such as Thailand, China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
 Philippines
Fish Cages Rise Near Taal Volcano Danger Zone
PHILIPPINES - Fish cage operators can now legally put fish cages in the waters of Taal Lake in Talisay town despite its being declared a permanent danger zone by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).
 China
Farming Fish in Toxic Waters
CHINA - In southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West.
 Canada
Study Suggests Big Risks with Fish Farms
CANADA - A study published in the journal Science has issued a warning that disease could spread from farmed fish to wild stocks.
Lice Research Deals Blow to Fish Farming
CANADA - Rather than benefiting wild fish, industrial aquaculture may contribute to declines in ocean fisheries and ecosystems.
 Ireland
Aquaculture Industry Dismayed by Negative Budget
IRELAND - The representative body for the country’s fish and shellfish farmers, IFA Aquaculture, said the sector was seriously dismayed at the negative direction of the Budget.
 Bulgaria
EC Approves Blugarian Fishery Programme
BULGARIA - The EU has agreed to help Bulgaria's fishery and aquaculture program with the .
 Germany
Sturgeon Investments Pay Dividends
GERMANY - Over-fishing of sturgeon stocks in the wild mean that the high demand for caviar can only be covered using sustainable aquaculture.
 South Africa
R9.2bn Prawn-Farm Facility for Coega
SOUTH AFRICA - A 1 200-ha high-tech prawn-farming facility that will employ some 11,000 people is to be developed at Coega, following a successful pilot phase. A similar venture is aos planned for Zhanjiang in China, through a partnership agreement.
 Nigeria
'How Nigeria can achieve breakthrough in fish production'
NIGERIA - Nigeria can achieve the desired breakthrough in fish production both for domestic consumption and export if fish farmers can embrace modern techniques in fish cultivation.
 Thailand
Shrimp production cut by 20 Per Cent
THAILAND - Thai Shrimp Association plans to reduce shrimp production by 20 per cent next year, to cope with higher costs and lower prices.
 Pakistan
Re-vamped Fish Policy to Rejuvenate Export Market
PAKISTAN - The Government of Pakistan plans to increase fish and shrimp exports to $1 billion from the present $200 million in six years through implementation of the first National Fisheries Policy.
 European Union
Greenpeace Seals Off EU Building
EU - Around 200 environmental activists used barriers and concrete blocks to seal off entrances to a main European Union building in Brussels earlier today to protest at overfishing in European waters.
That's all for this week!
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