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Welcome to this week's newsletter
We have 3 new features this week:
Haddock Culture: Current Knowledge and Challenges
By Dr. Jim Treasurer, Research Manager, Ardtoe Marine Laboratory. Intervet. The cod Gadus morhua is receiving the greatest current interest in the diversification of north temperate aquaculture, but the haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, a related gadoid species, is another promising species for culture.
Fishmeal Market Report - December 2007
By Helga Josupeit FAO Globefish. Fishmeal production in the five major exporting countries declined in 2007.
US Aquaculture Outlook Report - December 2007
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the December 2007: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture Industry data.
 United States
NOAA Director steps down
US - Dr. Bill Hogarth (pictured) is to leave the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he has been director of NOAA Fisheries since 2001.
Yellow Perch May Spark Indiana's Fish Farming Industry
US - Supporters of Indiana's fish farms are hoping Midwesterners' taste for yellow perch can help spur the growth of the fledgling industry in the state.
EPA reduces mercury levels in fish
US - The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved a plan to reduce mercury levels in fish throughout New England and New York.
Georgia Extends Shrimp Season
GEORGIA - A below-average season has prompted Georgia officials to extend for another month the harvest of food shrimp.
Greening Shrimp: Oregan Fishery Earns MSC Standard
US - Oregon's pink shrimp fishery has become the first large-scale commercial shrimp fishery in the world to be certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.
Future Holds Promise for High-end Wild Fish Products
ALASKA - Aquaculture, which includes fish farming, will dominate the future world seafood industry, but there will be increased opportunities for wild products in the upper end of the market, says economics professor James L. Anderson.
Prevention is the only defense for VHS, the latest disease attacking fish
US - VHS can kill at least 40 species of fish and 20 of those species live in Colorado, writes Dave Buchanan.
Farm May Yield Future for Maryland Oyster Industry
MARYLAND - Down a one-lane road past barren fields teeming with squawking Canada geese is something that hasn't been found on the Eastern Shore for more than two decades - a river filled with oysters.
Farmed Pacific Salmon Invade Atlantic
US - A study published in a recent issue of the journal Conservation Biology has confirmed that introduced Pacific salmon are successfully invading the Atlantic.
Huge Swarms of Stinging Jellyfish Should Ring Alarm Bells
US - Just about anyone who has boated off the West Coast has observed the luminous, translucent beauty of a jellyfish pulsing through dark waters.
Oyster Farmers Raising The Bottom-Dwellers
US - There aren't many oysters on the floor of the Choptank River - but there are millions floating near the surface in floats owned by an oyster hatchery getting statewide attention for its success raising oysters where they'd nearly been wiped out.
Upstream Battle for BC Salmon
US - A report co-authored by BC fisheries researcher Alexandra Morton and published recently in Science magazine, says pink salmon stocks in the Queen Charlotte Strait’s Broughton Archipelago have declined 80 per cent over the last four years — and if current trends continue, the species could be headed for extinction.
Aquaculture Farming Increasing
US - Aquaculture is on the rise in the local rural areas in an attempt by farmers to diversify and replace crops that were once more in demand.
Fish Farm Owner Wants Out of Factory Farm Rule
US - The owner of a fish farm wants Delaware County officials to exempt aquaculture from a proposed new ordinance that would govern confined animal feeding operations.
 China
China Moves to Improve Quality of Its Seafood
CHINA - In response to growing global concerns about the quality and safety of chinese seafood, China has said it will introduce an array of production standards to improve safety and guard against the use of illegal veterinary drugs.
Shrimpers Finding a Bonus in Jellyfish
CHINA - Somewhere in China right now, there is a cannonball jellyfish from the waters off Panama City just waiting to be eaten.
 Viet Nam
All Imported Breeding Shrimps Quarantined
VIET NAM - Management agencies under the National Fisheries Quality Assurance Veterinary Directorate (Nafiqaved) have quarantined all breeding shrimps imported through border gates in 2007 nationwide.
Catfish Exporters Let Off US Hook
VIET NAM - Twenty-seven companies that export catfish to the US have been removed from the list of companies that have been subject to administrative review by request of the America's Association of Catfish Farmers(CFA).
Fisheries Sector Makes Great Achievements
VIET NAM - In 2007, exports of aquatic products has achieved high growth rate despite great difficulties and challenges.
Exporters Confused by Russian Seafood Ban
VIET NAM - An official from the National Fisheries Assurance and Veterinary Directorate (Nafiquaved) said the Russian quarantine authority’s ban imposed on 1 January should now have been lifted.
 Qatar
Fish Prices Fall Sharply
QATAR - Thanks to abundant supplies due to the pleasant weather, fish prices in the local market have come down considerably.
 General
Sea's bounty to science provides some great gifts
GLOBAL - The DNA from salmon sperm is fueling the world's first biological light-emitting diodes, used everywhere in electronic and digital devices.
Trout Market Mixed
GLOBAL - The European trout market was hoping for an increase in average trout prices during the latter half of 2007, as the industry went from a period of flat sales into one of short supply and heavy demand from smokehouses for the Christmas period.
 Philippines
ADB to Save Asian Wetlands
MANILA - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) says it will help China protect Yancheng, one of Asia's largest coastal wetlands, which is an important winter site for threatened red-crowned cranes.
Training Centre Provides 411 Jobs for Fish-loving Samarnons
CATBALOGAN CITY - The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Fisheries Training Center (BFAR-RFTC) based in the Samar State University Mercedes Campus, provided some 411 jobs to Samarnons in 2007, says Ronnie Berida, Training Director of BFAR-RFTC.
 Australia
Cell Aquaculture Raises $1.2m, But Postpones Vegas Venture
AUSTRALIA - Global fish farming company Cell Aquaculture Ltd has placed 8m shares at 15c each to institutional investors, raising $1.2m.
Fishermen stymied by million dollar salmon escape
TASMANIA - The escape of tens of thousands of salmon from a fish farm in the Tasman peninsula in Tasmania's south-east has thrown the local scalefish industry into turmoil.
Next Big Thing for Farm Sector
AUSTRALIA - Aquaculture has been tipped as the next big market in the Australian farming sector.
 Chile
Disease May Force Marine Harvest to Move Chile Farms
CHILE - The world's biggest fish farmer Marine Harvest said that it may have to move some production following a fresh outbreak of disease in Chile.
 Russian Federation
Russia Imposes Fish Import Restrictions
RUSSIA - Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Control (Rosselkhoznadzor) decided to impose temporary restrictions on fish imports from a number of foreign companies starting January 1, 2008.
 Malaysia
RM30m plan to make Labuan fish exporter
MALAYSIA - The newly-formed Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce (MICC) division here is initiating a RM30 million project to make the island a significant supplier of crabs, fish, prawns and other marine species to markets in China, Hong Kong, Europe, etc.
 United Kingdom
Fisheries Research Agency Highlights Achievements
SCOTLAND - The Scottish centre for fisheries, aquaculture and the marine environment research has achieved or exceeded all its performance targets in its latest financial year.
Supermarket flies fish 5,000 miles from country where millions are starving
UK - A major supermarket chain has outraged human rights activists by selling fish from Zimbabwe. The campaigners said it is wrong to fly in food more than 5,000 miles from a country where millions are on the brink of starvation.
 India
Govt May Approve New Shrimp in Bid to Hike Production
INDIA - The government is likely to approve the cultivation of the exotic vannamei (white) shrimp in a move that could increase its production in India.
Scampi production proves successful
BALASORE - Dillip Nayak, a social worker and a politician of a tribal dominated block Nilgiri has proved himself as a successful fish farmer by producing scampi in the rocky soil.
 New Zealand
Cumbersome Regulations prevent AMA Progress
NEW ZEALAND - Not a single new Aquaculture Management Area (AMA), anywhere in the country, has been created in the 1,097 days since the aquaculture reforms came into effect in January 2005, says NZ National Party Fisheries spokesman Phil Heatley.
 Canada
Energy Co Aquires Agrimarine
VANCOUVER - AXEA Energy Inc, a capital pool company has announced that it entered into an agreement at the end of December 2007 for the arm's length acquisition of 100 per cent of the common shares of Agrimarine Industries Inc.
Opportunities Exist Even in Bad Times
NEW BRUNSWICK - When just about everyone’s losing money—which happens in every sector of agriculture at one time or another—it’s easy to lose faith, writes Glenn Cheater.
 Nigeria
OSOPADEC Disburses N80.9m to Individuals and Cooperatives
NIGERIA - The Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) has in the last one year disbursed N80.9 million to 748 individuals and 11 co-operative societies to promote large-scale fish production.
Company news
SP Highlights Vaccination Benefits in SE Asia
HANOI- A series of key aquaculture events and presentations have confirmed Schering-Plough's increasing presence and support in South East Asia.
That's all for this week!
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