April 2011 - The Aquaculturists

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A monthly review April 2011

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A monthly review April 2011

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April 1 2011

New Zealand Marlborough blue cod fishery reopens Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley will be in Marlborough today to celebrate the re-opening of the blue cod fishery in the Marlbor-ough Sounds Area (MSA) The fishery which has re-opened 18 months ahead of schedule will remain open until 31 August 2011 then will open seasonally from 20 December to 31 August each year

The Minister says he is delighted to participate in the re-opening of what can once again be a truly superb fishery This is a significant day for an iconic fishery says Mr Heatley This opening has been supported by a lot of hard work and research I need to acknowledge the efforts of the Marlborough Sounds Blue Cod Management Group (BCMG) the Ministry of Fisheries and also the contribution of the local Marlborough commu-nity he said Read more

Norway able to measure genetic change in Salmon It is now possible to measure genetic changes in Norwegian wild salmon populations due to interbreeding with escaped farmed salmon The tool Norwegian scientists have developed will provide important knowledge in the debate about escaped farmed salmon

In order to be able to use the tool on salmon from all breeding program and all Norwegian wild salmon stocks the scientists have hunted for gene variants which occur with a different frequency in all farmed salmon compared to wild salmon They have been successful with this task Read more

Safe radioactivity levels in fisheries products In relation to the accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of the Tokyo Electric Power Company the Chiba Prefectural Government has implemented the monitoring inspection on radioactivity level in order to ensure safety of fisheries products in Chiba Prefecture

The result of the inspection is that radioactivity was not detectable (below the provisional regulation value) in the Japanese sardine sample at the Choshi fishing port

The radioactivity level of the raw milk pork sea cucumber mackerel (southern mackerel) and anchovy samples show that all the measure-ments were below the Provisional Regulation Value and that consump-tion of these fisheries and livestock products will not affect human health Read more

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Hi my name is Martin Little I am the Aquaculturists with a background in Marine Zoology and eight years working in the field as a consultant fisheries observer in the North Atlantic I am now part of International Aquafeed magazine and as well as my column in the pages of the magazine I will be running a accompanying blog that can be found at httptheaquacul-turistsblogspotcom

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Mexico and Chile to co-operate on fishing and aquaculture Government authorities in Mexico and Chile have signed the Agreement on Co-operation in Fisheries and Aquaculture in order to strengthen ac-tivities in the technical scientific economic and commercial development of fisheries and aquaculture in both countries

Those who participated in the signing of the agreement included the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Rural Development Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) Francisco Mayorga Castantildeeda the national com-missioner of Aquaculture and Fisheries of Mexico Ramon Corral Avila and the Minister of Economy Promotion and Tourism of Chile Juan Andres Fontaine Talavera Read more

Impacts On The Marine Ecosystems Of Antarctica A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States has warned that the native fauna and unique ecology of the Southern Ocean the vast body of water that surrounds the Antarctic continent is under threat from human activity Their study is published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

ldquoAlthough Antarctica is still the most pristine environment on Earth its marine ecosystems are being degraded through the introduction of alien species pollution overfishing and a mix of other human activitiesrdquo said team member Dr Sven Thatje of the University of Southamptonrsquos School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the UKrsquos National Ocea-nography Centre Read more

Growing Shrimp and Tilapia together When a disease known as white spot appeared in Santa Catarina years ago producers of shrimp in captivity were banned from selling shellfish Instead of closing the marine farms some have tried to diversify produc-tion including producing tilapia in the same pond

The ecological balance generated in this system enabled the production in polyculture farms infected by the virus before the white spot (white spot syndrome virus) says engineer Aquaculture Frederico Santos da Costa who graduated from the University of Santa Catarina

Mr Costa was one of the pioneers in the state to work with this type of system and made the first experiments on a farm in Barra do Sul in 2007 During his Masters Mr Costa tested the technical and financial feasibility of creating tilapia with shrimp and the results were published in 2008 Shortly after he opened the company Marine Aquaculture Eco with a colleague at the Aquaculture Department of UFSC Read more

Some salmon likely to survive climate change Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations while others may be less affected says a new study by University of British Columbia scientists

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia flowing more than 2000 kilometres through the province It is known for its large salmon runs where typically several million sockeye salmon return to the river to spawn each year There are more than 100 distinct populations of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River watershed and to spawn each population completes a unique migration route that varies in distance elevation gain river temperature and river flow Read more

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World Aquaculture 2011 ndash Aquaculture for a Changing World World Aquaculture 2003 in Salvador de Bahia was one of the most highly attended WAS meetings ever held On June 7 ndash 10 2011 the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in conjunction with Fenacam will once again hold a World Aquaculture meeting in Brazil this time in the northeast city of Natal with its beautiful beaches and diversified aquaculture sectors

For this meeting attendance is expected in excess of 3000 participants representing over 50 countries The 4-day program will host in excess of 60 sessions complementing general categories such as Aquaculture and Human Health Crustacean Culture Finfish Culture Mollusc Culture Aquaculture for a Changing World Production Systems and Feedstuffs-Feeds-and Feed Additives finishing up with assorted Special Topics including genetics education engineering economics and much more Read more

Monday April 4 2011

IFIF Appoints New Executive Director The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) announces the appoint-ment of Alexandra de Athayde to the position of Executive Director of IFIF based in Brussels Belgium Alexandra is new to IFIF but brings extensive agriculture and international experience encompassed through her 14-year career representing the industry with governments and businesses

In her new role Alexandra will lead IFIF as the representative body of the global feed industry and an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable safe and nutritious food I couldnrsquot be more pleased with this appointmentrdquo says Dave Cieslak Chairman of IFIF

ldquoAlexandra brings a wealth of global experience to IFIF and with her knowledge of the industry she will strongly support IFIFs mission to provide a unified leadership to represent defend and promote the global feed and food chain and contribute to the supply of safe healthy food and high standards of health for animals and people

Alexandra previously held positions within the Monsanto Company Cor-porate Affairs Department in Brazil USA and Europe She focused on building coalitions with industry partners in the FoodFeed Chain farm industry organizations governments academic community and other stakeholders with an emphasis on agricultural biotechnology policy to create awareness and acceptance in the world regions She has also worked for the Brazilian Government as Adviser to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Adviser to the Foreign Trade Secretary

Alexandra holds an International Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America and a BA degree in Interna-tional Relations from York University in Canada She has lived in Mexico Ecuador Brazil India USA Canada and she speaks English Portu-guese Spanish and French She currently resides in Brussels with her husband and son

About IFIF The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents over 80 per-cent of the global animal feed industry and the members of the federation are dedicated to ensuring the animal feed they produce meets the need for sustainability safety and nutrition For more information on IFIF visit wwwififorg

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Ctaqua proposes new uses for aquaculture by-products In the Autonomous Region of Andalusia in southern Spain 55 percent of aquaculture by-products are included in the Animal By-products Not Intended for Human Consumption category with an estimated annual volume of 1374 tonnes

Because treating the waste generated by the sector in Andalusia is complicated and expensive it is important to research the possibility of providing these by-products with added value optimising sustainability and increasing environmental commitment Read more

Aquaculture may enhance fish production in Cearaacute The state of Cearaacute has today become one of the five largest fish produc-ers in Brazil thanks to the significant development achieved in marine and inland aquaculture

Cearaacute in 2009 produced a total of 88694 tonnes of fish representing 71 percent of the total Brazilian production (124 million tonnes) said the director of the Registration Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Sebastiatildeo Saldanha Neto

Noting that the potential of Brazil is in aquaculture the official said that this state has the potential to further expand aquaculture production as encouraged by cultivation in tank-networks Read more

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points Read more

Oyster aquaculture thrives but consequences loom Growing oysters in Virginia used to be a lousy business venture Only the most ardent farmers could steer the Chesapeake Bay delicacy past diseases predators and other obstacles into adulthood That was before advances most notably the creation of a genetically modified oyster made cultivation easier and profitable

Now everyone from watermen to real estate agents want part of the action And the industry after years of flying under the radar is stirring controversy in Hampton Roads and beyond Waterfront property own-ers worry their serene views will be fouled by the sights and smells of the seafood trade Oyster growers are concerned the tension will prompt lawmakers to zone the bay effectively limiting where they can work

That they say could hamper a business that many believe is the com-mercial fisherys only chance for survival Read more

Recently released market study Aquaculture in Norway Aquaculture in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market share market size (value and volume 2005-09 and forecast to 2014) The profile also con-tains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market

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Essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Norway aquaculture market Includes market size and segmentation data textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends leading companies and macroeconomic information Read more

A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

we look forward to working with them closely

Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

Visit httpwwwaquafeedcoukeditorialpanel to find out more about our editorial panel

Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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April 1 2011

New Zealand Marlborough blue cod fishery reopens Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley will be in Marlborough today to celebrate the re-opening of the blue cod fishery in the Marlbor-ough Sounds Area (MSA) The fishery which has re-opened 18 months ahead of schedule will remain open until 31 August 2011 then will open seasonally from 20 December to 31 August each year

The Minister says he is delighted to participate in the re-opening of what can once again be a truly superb fishery This is a significant day for an iconic fishery says Mr Heatley This opening has been supported by a lot of hard work and research I need to acknowledge the efforts of the Marlborough Sounds Blue Cod Management Group (BCMG) the Ministry of Fisheries and also the contribution of the local Marlborough commu-nity he said Read more

Norway able to measure genetic change in Salmon It is now possible to measure genetic changes in Norwegian wild salmon populations due to interbreeding with escaped farmed salmon The tool Norwegian scientists have developed will provide important knowledge in the debate about escaped farmed salmon

In order to be able to use the tool on salmon from all breeding program and all Norwegian wild salmon stocks the scientists have hunted for gene variants which occur with a different frequency in all farmed salmon compared to wild salmon They have been successful with this task Read more

Safe radioactivity levels in fisheries products In relation to the accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of the Tokyo Electric Power Company the Chiba Prefectural Government has implemented the monitoring inspection on radioactivity level in order to ensure safety of fisheries products in Chiba Prefecture

The result of the inspection is that radioactivity was not detectable (below the provisional regulation value) in the Japanese sardine sample at the Choshi fishing port

The radioactivity level of the raw milk pork sea cucumber mackerel (southern mackerel) and anchovy samples show that all the measure-ments were below the Provisional Regulation Value and that consump-tion of these fisheries and livestock products will not affect human health Read more

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Mexico and Chile to co-operate on fishing and aquaculture Government authorities in Mexico and Chile have signed the Agreement on Co-operation in Fisheries and Aquaculture in order to strengthen ac-tivities in the technical scientific economic and commercial development of fisheries and aquaculture in both countries

Those who participated in the signing of the agreement included the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Rural Development Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) Francisco Mayorga Castantildeeda the national com-missioner of Aquaculture and Fisheries of Mexico Ramon Corral Avila and the Minister of Economy Promotion and Tourism of Chile Juan Andres Fontaine Talavera Read more

Impacts On The Marine Ecosystems Of Antarctica A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States has warned that the native fauna and unique ecology of the Southern Ocean the vast body of water that surrounds the Antarctic continent is under threat from human activity Their study is published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

ldquoAlthough Antarctica is still the most pristine environment on Earth its marine ecosystems are being degraded through the introduction of alien species pollution overfishing and a mix of other human activitiesrdquo said team member Dr Sven Thatje of the University of Southamptonrsquos School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the UKrsquos National Ocea-nography Centre Read more

Growing Shrimp and Tilapia together When a disease known as white spot appeared in Santa Catarina years ago producers of shrimp in captivity were banned from selling shellfish Instead of closing the marine farms some have tried to diversify produc-tion including producing tilapia in the same pond

The ecological balance generated in this system enabled the production in polyculture farms infected by the virus before the white spot (white spot syndrome virus) says engineer Aquaculture Frederico Santos da Costa who graduated from the University of Santa Catarina

Mr Costa was one of the pioneers in the state to work with this type of system and made the first experiments on a farm in Barra do Sul in 2007 During his Masters Mr Costa tested the technical and financial feasibility of creating tilapia with shrimp and the results were published in 2008 Shortly after he opened the company Marine Aquaculture Eco with a colleague at the Aquaculture Department of UFSC Read more

Some salmon likely to survive climate change Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations while others may be less affected says a new study by University of British Columbia scientists

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia flowing more than 2000 kilometres through the province It is known for its large salmon runs where typically several million sockeye salmon return to the river to spawn each year There are more than 100 distinct populations of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River watershed and to spawn each population completes a unique migration route that varies in distance elevation gain river temperature and river flow Read more

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World Aquaculture 2011 ndash Aquaculture for a Changing World World Aquaculture 2003 in Salvador de Bahia was one of the most highly attended WAS meetings ever held On June 7 ndash 10 2011 the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in conjunction with Fenacam will once again hold a World Aquaculture meeting in Brazil this time in the northeast city of Natal with its beautiful beaches and diversified aquaculture sectors

For this meeting attendance is expected in excess of 3000 participants representing over 50 countries The 4-day program will host in excess of 60 sessions complementing general categories such as Aquaculture and Human Health Crustacean Culture Finfish Culture Mollusc Culture Aquaculture for a Changing World Production Systems and Feedstuffs-Feeds-and Feed Additives finishing up with assorted Special Topics including genetics education engineering economics and much more Read more

Monday April 4 2011

IFIF Appoints New Executive Director The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) announces the appoint-ment of Alexandra de Athayde to the position of Executive Director of IFIF based in Brussels Belgium Alexandra is new to IFIF but brings extensive agriculture and international experience encompassed through her 14-year career representing the industry with governments and businesses

In her new role Alexandra will lead IFIF as the representative body of the global feed industry and an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable safe and nutritious food I couldnrsquot be more pleased with this appointmentrdquo says Dave Cieslak Chairman of IFIF

ldquoAlexandra brings a wealth of global experience to IFIF and with her knowledge of the industry she will strongly support IFIFs mission to provide a unified leadership to represent defend and promote the global feed and food chain and contribute to the supply of safe healthy food and high standards of health for animals and people

Alexandra previously held positions within the Monsanto Company Cor-porate Affairs Department in Brazil USA and Europe She focused on building coalitions with industry partners in the FoodFeed Chain farm industry organizations governments academic community and other stakeholders with an emphasis on agricultural biotechnology policy to create awareness and acceptance in the world regions She has also worked for the Brazilian Government as Adviser to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Adviser to the Foreign Trade Secretary

Alexandra holds an International Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America and a BA degree in Interna-tional Relations from York University in Canada She has lived in Mexico Ecuador Brazil India USA Canada and she speaks English Portu-guese Spanish and French She currently resides in Brussels with her husband and son

About IFIF The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents over 80 per-cent of the global animal feed industry and the members of the federation are dedicated to ensuring the animal feed they produce meets the need for sustainability safety and nutrition For more information on IFIF visit wwwififorg

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Ctaqua proposes new uses for aquaculture by-products In the Autonomous Region of Andalusia in southern Spain 55 percent of aquaculture by-products are included in the Animal By-products Not Intended for Human Consumption category with an estimated annual volume of 1374 tonnes

Because treating the waste generated by the sector in Andalusia is complicated and expensive it is important to research the possibility of providing these by-products with added value optimising sustainability and increasing environmental commitment Read more

Aquaculture may enhance fish production in Cearaacute The state of Cearaacute has today become one of the five largest fish produc-ers in Brazil thanks to the significant development achieved in marine and inland aquaculture

Cearaacute in 2009 produced a total of 88694 tonnes of fish representing 71 percent of the total Brazilian production (124 million tonnes) said the director of the Registration Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Sebastiatildeo Saldanha Neto

Noting that the potential of Brazil is in aquaculture the official said that this state has the potential to further expand aquaculture production as encouraged by cultivation in tank-networks Read more

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points Read more

Oyster aquaculture thrives but consequences loom Growing oysters in Virginia used to be a lousy business venture Only the most ardent farmers could steer the Chesapeake Bay delicacy past diseases predators and other obstacles into adulthood That was before advances most notably the creation of a genetically modified oyster made cultivation easier and profitable

Now everyone from watermen to real estate agents want part of the action And the industry after years of flying under the radar is stirring controversy in Hampton Roads and beyond Waterfront property own-ers worry their serene views will be fouled by the sights and smells of the seafood trade Oyster growers are concerned the tension will prompt lawmakers to zone the bay effectively limiting where they can work

That they say could hamper a business that many believe is the com-mercial fisherys only chance for survival Read more

Recently released market study Aquaculture in Norway Aquaculture in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market share market size (value and volume 2005-09 and forecast to 2014) The profile also con-tains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market

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Essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Norway aquaculture market Includes market size and segmentation data textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends leading companies and macroeconomic information Read more

A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

we look forward to working with them closely

Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

Visit httpwwwaquafeedcoukeditorialpanel to find out more about our editorial panel

Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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New Zealand Marlborough blue cod fishery reopens Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley will be in Marlborough today to celebrate the re-opening of the blue cod fishery in the Marlbor-ough Sounds Area (MSA) The fishery which has re-opened 18 months ahead of schedule will remain open until 31 August 2011 then will open seasonally from 20 December to 31 August each year

The Minister says he is delighted to participate in the re-opening of what can once again be a truly superb fishery This is a significant day for an iconic fishery says Mr Heatley This opening has been supported by a lot of hard work and research I need to acknowledge the efforts of the Marlborough Sounds Blue Cod Management Group (BCMG) the Ministry of Fisheries and also the contribution of the local Marlborough commu-nity he said Read more

Norway able to measure genetic change in Salmon It is now possible to measure genetic changes in Norwegian wild salmon populations due to interbreeding with escaped farmed salmon The tool Norwegian scientists have developed will provide important knowledge in the debate about escaped farmed salmon

In order to be able to use the tool on salmon from all breeding program and all Norwegian wild salmon stocks the scientists have hunted for gene variants which occur with a different frequency in all farmed salmon compared to wild salmon They have been successful with this task Read more

Safe radioactivity levels in fisheries products In relation to the accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of the Tokyo Electric Power Company the Chiba Prefectural Government has implemented the monitoring inspection on radioactivity level in order to ensure safety of fisheries products in Chiba Prefecture

The result of the inspection is that radioactivity was not detectable (below the provisional regulation value) in the Japanese sardine sample at the Choshi fishing port

The radioactivity level of the raw milk pork sea cucumber mackerel (southern mackerel) and anchovy samples show that all the measure-ments were below the Provisional Regulation Value and that consump-tion of these fisheries and livestock products will not affect human health Read more

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Hi my name is Martin Little I am the Aquaculturists with a background in Marine Zoology and eight years working in the field as a consultant fisheries observer in the North Atlantic I am now part of International Aquafeed magazine and as well as my column in the pages of the magazine I will be running a accompanying blog that can be found at httptheaquacul-turistsblogspotcom

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Mexico and Chile to co-operate on fishing and aquaculture Government authorities in Mexico and Chile have signed the Agreement on Co-operation in Fisheries and Aquaculture in order to strengthen ac-tivities in the technical scientific economic and commercial development of fisheries and aquaculture in both countries

Those who participated in the signing of the agreement included the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Rural Development Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) Francisco Mayorga Castantildeeda the national com-missioner of Aquaculture and Fisheries of Mexico Ramon Corral Avila and the Minister of Economy Promotion and Tourism of Chile Juan Andres Fontaine Talavera Read more

Impacts On The Marine Ecosystems Of Antarctica A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States has warned that the native fauna and unique ecology of the Southern Ocean the vast body of water that surrounds the Antarctic continent is under threat from human activity Their study is published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

ldquoAlthough Antarctica is still the most pristine environment on Earth its marine ecosystems are being degraded through the introduction of alien species pollution overfishing and a mix of other human activitiesrdquo said team member Dr Sven Thatje of the University of Southamptonrsquos School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the UKrsquos National Ocea-nography Centre Read more

Growing Shrimp and Tilapia together When a disease known as white spot appeared in Santa Catarina years ago producers of shrimp in captivity were banned from selling shellfish Instead of closing the marine farms some have tried to diversify produc-tion including producing tilapia in the same pond

The ecological balance generated in this system enabled the production in polyculture farms infected by the virus before the white spot (white spot syndrome virus) says engineer Aquaculture Frederico Santos da Costa who graduated from the University of Santa Catarina

Mr Costa was one of the pioneers in the state to work with this type of system and made the first experiments on a farm in Barra do Sul in 2007 During his Masters Mr Costa tested the technical and financial feasibility of creating tilapia with shrimp and the results were published in 2008 Shortly after he opened the company Marine Aquaculture Eco with a colleague at the Aquaculture Department of UFSC Read more

Some salmon likely to survive climate change Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations while others may be less affected says a new study by University of British Columbia scientists

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia flowing more than 2000 kilometres through the province It is known for its large salmon runs where typically several million sockeye salmon return to the river to spawn each year There are more than 100 distinct populations of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River watershed and to spawn each population completes a unique migration route that varies in distance elevation gain river temperature and river flow Read more

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World Aquaculture 2011 ndash Aquaculture for a Changing World World Aquaculture 2003 in Salvador de Bahia was one of the most highly attended WAS meetings ever held On June 7 ndash 10 2011 the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in conjunction with Fenacam will once again hold a World Aquaculture meeting in Brazil this time in the northeast city of Natal with its beautiful beaches and diversified aquaculture sectors

For this meeting attendance is expected in excess of 3000 participants representing over 50 countries The 4-day program will host in excess of 60 sessions complementing general categories such as Aquaculture and Human Health Crustacean Culture Finfish Culture Mollusc Culture Aquaculture for a Changing World Production Systems and Feedstuffs-Feeds-and Feed Additives finishing up with assorted Special Topics including genetics education engineering economics and much more Read more

Monday April 4 2011

IFIF Appoints New Executive Director The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) announces the appoint-ment of Alexandra de Athayde to the position of Executive Director of IFIF based in Brussels Belgium Alexandra is new to IFIF but brings extensive agriculture and international experience encompassed through her 14-year career representing the industry with governments and businesses

In her new role Alexandra will lead IFIF as the representative body of the global feed industry and an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable safe and nutritious food I couldnrsquot be more pleased with this appointmentrdquo says Dave Cieslak Chairman of IFIF

ldquoAlexandra brings a wealth of global experience to IFIF and with her knowledge of the industry she will strongly support IFIFs mission to provide a unified leadership to represent defend and promote the global feed and food chain and contribute to the supply of safe healthy food and high standards of health for animals and people

Alexandra previously held positions within the Monsanto Company Cor-porate Affairs Department in Brazil USA and Europe She focused on building coalitions with industry partners in the FoodFeed Chain farm industry organizations governments academic community and other stakeholders with an emphasis on agricultural biotechnology policy to create awareness and acceptance in the world regions She has also worked for the Brazilian Government as Adviser to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Adviser to the Foreign Trade Secretary

Alexandra holds an International Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America and a BA degree in Interna-tional Relations from York University in Canada She has lived in Mexico Ecuador Brazil India USA Canada and she speaks English Portu-guese Spanish and French She currently resides in Brussels with her husband and son

About IFIF The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents over 80 per-cent of the global animal feed industry and the members of the federation are dedicated to ensuring the animal feed they produce meets the need for sustainability safety and nutrition For more information on IFIF visit wwwififorg

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Ctaqua proposes new uses for aquaculture by-products In the Autonomous Region of Andalusia in southern Spain 55 percent of aquaculture by-products are included in the Animal By-products Not Intended for Human Consumption category with an estimated annual volume of 1374 tonnes

Because treating the waste generated by the sector in Andalusia is complicated and expensive it is important to research the possibility of providing these by-products with added value optimising sustainability and increasing environmental commitment Read more

Aquaculture may enhance fish production in Cearaacute The state of Cearaacute has today become one of the five largest fish produc-ers in Brazil thanks to the significant development achieved in marine and inland aquaculture

Cearaacute in 2009 produced a total of 88694 tonnes of fish representing 71 percent of the total Brazilian production (124 million tonnes) said the director of the Registration Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Sebastiatildeo Saldanha Neto

Noting that the potential of Brazil is in aquaculture the official said that this state has the potential to further expand aquaculture production as encouraged by cultivation in tank-networks Read more

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points Read more

Oyster aquaculture thrives but consequences loom Growing oysters in Virginia used to be a lousy business venture Only the most ardent farmers could steer the Chesapeake Bay delicacy past diseases predators and other obstacles into adulthood That was before advances most notably the creation of a genetically modified oyster made cultivation easier and profitable

Now everyone from watermen to real estate agents want part of the action And the industry after years of flying under the radar is stirring controversy in Hampton Roads and beyond Waterfront property own-ers worry their serene views will be fouled by the sights and smells of the seafood trade Oyster growers are concerned the tension will prompt lawmakers to zone the bay effectively limiting where they can work

That they say could hamper a business that many believe is the com-mercial fisherys only chance for survival Read more

Recently released market study Aquaculture in Norway Aquaculture in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market share market size (value and volume 2005-09 and forecast to 2014) The profile also con-tains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market

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A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

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Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

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Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Mexico and Chile to co-operate on fishing and aquaculture Government authorities in Mexico and Chile have signed the Agreement on Co-operation in Fisheries and Aquaculture in order to strengthen ac-tivities in the technical scientific economic and commercial development of fisheries and aquaculture in both countries

Those who participated in the signing of the agreement included the head of the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock Rural Development Fisheries and Food (Sagarpa) Francisco Mayorga Castantildeeda the national com-missioner of Aquaculture and Fisheries of Mexico Ramon Corral Avila and the Minister of Economy Promotion and Tourism of Chile Juan Andres Fontaine Talavera Read more

Impacts On The Marine Ecosystems Of Antarctica A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States has warned that the native fauna and unique ecology of the Southern Ocean the vast body of water that surrounds the Antarctic continent is under threat from human activity Their study is published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

ldquoAlthough Antarctica is still the most pristine environment on Earth its marine ecosystems are being degraded through the introduction of alien species pollution overfishing and a mix of other human activitiesrdquo said team member Dr Sven Thatje of the University of Southamptonrsquos School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the UKrsquos National Ocea-nography Centre Read more

Growing Shrimp and Tilapia together When a disease known as white spot appeared in Santa Catarina years ago producers of shrimp in captivity were banned from selling shellfish Instead of closing the marine farms some have tried to diversify produc-tion including producing tilapia in the same pond

The ecological balance generated in this system enabled the production in polyculture farms infected by the virus before the white spot (white spot syndrome virus) says engineer Aquaculture Frederico Santos da Costa who graduated from the University of Santa Catarina

Mr Costa was one of the pioneers in the state to work with this type of system and made the first experiments on a farm in Barra do Sul in 2007 During his Masters Mr Costa tested the technical and financial feasibility of creating tilapia with shrimp and the results were published in 2008 Shortly after he opened the company Marine Aquaculture Eco with a colleague at the Aquaculture Department of UFSC Read more

Some salmon likely to survive climate change Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations while others may be less affected says a new study by University of British Columbia scientists

The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia flowing more than 2000 kilometres through the province It is known for its large salmon runs where typically several million sockeye salmon return to the river to spawn each year There are more than 100 distinct populations of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River watershed and to spawn each population completes a unique migration route that varies in distance elevation gain river temperature and river flow Read more

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World Aquaculture 2011 ndash Aquaculture for a Changing World World Aquaculture 2003 in Salvador de Bahia was one of the most highly attended WAS meetings ever held On June 7 ndash 10 2011 the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in conjunction with Fenacam will once again hold a World Aquaculture meeting in Brazil this time in the northeast city of Natal with its beautiful beaches and diversified aquaculture sectors

For this meeting attendance is expected in excess of 3000 participants representing over 50 countries The 4-day program will host in excess of 60 sessions complementing general categories such as Aquaculture and Human Health Crustacean Culture Finfish Culture Mollusc Culture Aquaculture for a Changing World Production Systems and Feedstuffs-Feeds-and Feed Additives finishing up with assorted Special Topics including genetics education engineering economics and much more Read more

Monday April 4 2011

IFIF Appoints New Executive Director The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) announces the appoint-ment of Alexandra de Athayde to the position of Executive Director of IFIF based in Brussels Belgium Alexandra is new to IFIF but brings extensive agriculture and international experience encompassed through her 14-year career representing the industry with governments and businesses

In her new role Alexandra will lead IFIF as the representative body of the global feed industry and an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable safe and nutritious food I couldnrsquot be more pleased with this appointmentrdquo says Dave Cieslak Chairman of IFIF

ldquoAlexandra brings a wealth of global experience to IFIF and with her knowledge of the industry she will strongly support IFIFs mission to provide a unified leadership to represent defend and promote the global feed and food chain and contribute to the supply of safe healthy food and high standards of health for animals and people

Alexandra previously held positions within the Monsanto Company Cor-porate Affairs Department in Brazil USA and Europe She focused on building coalitions with industry partners in the FoodFeed Chain farm industry organizations governments academic community and other stakeholders with an emphasis on agricultural biotechnology policy to create awareness and acceptance in the world regions She has also worked for the Brazilian Government as Adviser to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Adviser to the Foreign Trade Secretary

Alexandra holds an International Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America and a BA degree in Interna-tional Relations from York University in Canada She has lived in Mexico Ecuador Brazil India USA Canada and she speaks English Portu-guese Spanish and French She currently resides in Brussels with her husband and son

About IFIF The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents over 80 per-cent of the global animal feed industry and the members of the federation are dedicated to ensuring the animal feed they produce meets the need for sustainability safety and nutrition For more information on IFIF visit wwwififorg

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Ctaqua proposes new uses for aquaculture by-products In the Autonomous Region of Andalusia in southern Spain 55 percent of aquaculture by-products are included in the Animal By-products Not Intended for Human Consumption category with an estimated annual volume of 1374 tonnes

Because treating the waste generated by the sector in Andalusia is complicated and expensive it is important to research the possibility of providing these by-products with added value optimising sustainability and increasing environmental commitment Read more

Aquaculture may enhance fish production in Cearaacute The state of Cearaacute has today become one of the five largest fish produc-ers in Brazil thanks to the significant development achieved in marine and inland aquaculture

Cearaacute in 2009 produced a total of 88694 tonnes of fish representing 71 percent of the total Brazilian production (124 million tonnes) said the director of the Registration Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Sebastiatildeo Saldanha Neto

Noting that the potential of Brazil is in aquaculture the official said that this state has the potential to further expand aquaculture production as encouraged by cultivation in tank-networks Read more

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points Read more

Oyster aquaculture thrives but consequences loom Growing oysters in Virginia used to be a lousy business venture Only the most ardent farmers could steer the Chesapeake Bay delicacy past diseases predators and other obstacles into adulthood That was before advances most notably the creation of a genetically modified oyster made cultivation easier and profitable

Now everyone from watermen to real estate agents want part of the action And the industry after years of flying under the radar is stirring controversy in Hampton Roads and beyond Waterfront property own-ers worry their serene views will be fouled by the sights and smells of the seafood trade Oyster growers are concerned the tension will prompt lawmakers to zone the bay effectively limiting where they can work

That they say could hamper a business that many believe is the com-mercial fisherys only chance for survival Read more

Recently released market study Aquaculture in Norway Aquaculture in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market share market size (value and volume 2005-09 and forecast to 2014) The profile also con-tains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market

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A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

we look forward to working with them closely

Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

Visit httpwwwaquafeedcoukeditorialpanel to find out more about our editorial panel

Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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In 2010 the OECD Committee for Fisheries (COFI) chaired an interna-tional workshop entitled lsquoThe Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Changersquo in Korea this workshop was to address the challenges and to provide an insight for future decisions on both catch fisheries and aquac-ulture

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

Contact the Organizer

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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World Aquaculture 2011 ndash Aquaculture for a Changing World World Aquaculture 2003 in Salvador de Bahia was one of the most highly attended WAS meetings ever held On June 7 ndash 10 2011 the World Aquaculture Society (WAS) in conjunction with Fenacam will once again hold a World Aquaculture meeting in Brazil this time in the northeast city of Natal with its beautiful beaches and diversified aquaculture sectors

For this meeting attendance is expected in excess of 3000 participants representing over 50 countries The 4-day program will host in excess of 60 sessions complementing general categories such as Aquaculture and Human Health Crustacean Culture Finfish Culture Mollusc Culture Aquaculture for a Changing World Production Systems and Feedstuffs-Feeds-and Feed Additives finishing up with assorted Special Topics including genetics education engineering economics and much more Read more

Monday April 4 2011

IFIF Appoints New Executive Director The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) announces the appoint-ment of Alexandra de Athayde to the position of Executive Director of IFIF based in Brussels Belgium Alexandra is new to IFIF but brings extensive agriculture and international experience encompassed through her 14-year career representing the industry with governments and businesses

In her new role Alexandra will lead IFIF as the representative body of the global feed industry and an essential participant in the food chain that provides sustainable safe and nutritious food I couldnrsquot be more pleased with this appointmentrdquo says Dave Cieslak Chairman of IFIF

ldquoAlexandra brings a wealth of global experience to IFIF and with her knowledge of the industry she will strongly support IFIFs mission to provide a unified leadership to represent defend and promote the global feed and food chain and contribute to the supply of safe healthy food and high standards of health for animals and people

Alexandra previously held positions within the Monsanto Company Cor-porate Affairs Department in Brazil USA and Europe She focused on building coalitions with industry partners in the FoodFeed Chain farm industry organizations governments academic community and other stakeholders with an emphasis on agricultural biotechnology policy to create awareness and acceptance in the world regions She has also worked for the Brazilian Government as Adviser to the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Adviser to the Foreign Trade Secretary

Alexandra holds an International Executive MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States of America and a BA degree in Interna-tional Relations from York University in Canada She has lived in Mexico Ecuador Brazil India USA Canada and she speaks English Portu-guese Spanish and French She currently resides in Brussels with her husband and son

About IFIF The International Feed Industry Federation (IFIF) represents over 80 per-cent of the global animal feed industry and the members of the federation are dedicated to ensuring the animal feed they produce meets the need for sustainability safety and nutrition For more information on IFIF visit wwwififorg

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Ctaqua proposes new uses for aquaculture by-products In the Autonomous Region of Andalusia in southern Spain 55 percent of aquaculture by-products are included in the Animal By-products Not Intended for Human Consumption category with an estimated annual volume of 1374 tonnes

Because treating the waste generated by the sector in Andalusia is complicated and expensive it is important to research the possibility of providing these by-products with added value optimising sustainability and increasing environmental commitment Read more

Aquaculture may enhance fish production in Cearaacute The state of Cearaacute has today become one of the five largest fish produc-ers in Brazil thanks to the significant development achieved in marine and inland aquaculture

Cearaacute in 2009 produced a total of 88694 tonnes of fish representing 71 percent of the total Brazilian production (124 million tonnes) said the director of the Registration Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Sebastiatildeo Saldanha Neto

Noting that the potential of Brazil is in aquaculture the official said that this state has the potential to further expand aquaculture production as encouraged by cultivation in tank-networks Read more

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points Read more

Oyster aquaculture thrives but consequences loom Growing oysters in Virginia used to be a lousy business venture Only the most ardent farmers could steer the Chesapeake Bay delicacy past diseases predators and other obstacles into adulthood That was before advances most notably the creation of a genetically modified oyster made cultivation easier and profitable

Now everyone from watermen to real estate agents want part of the action And the industry after years of flying under the radar is stirring controversy in Hampton Roads and beyond Waterfront property own-ers worry their serene views will be fouled by the sights and smells of the seafood trade Oyster growers are concerned the tension will prompt lawmakers to zone the bay effectively limiting where they can work

That they say could hamper a business that many believe is the com-mercial fisherys only chance for survival Read more

Recently released market study Aquaculture in Norway Aquaculture in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market share market size (value and volume 2005-09 and forecast to 2014) The profile also con-tains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market

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Essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Norway aquaculture market Includes market size and segmentation data textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends leading companies and macroeconomic information Read more

A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Alkosel R397 the highly consistent source of bioavailable selenium

Agrimos the premium source of yeast Mannan-Oligosaccharides

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

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Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Ctaqua proposes new uses for aquaculture by-products In the Autonomous Region of Andalusia in southern Spain 55 percent of aquaculture by-products are included in the Animal By-products Not Intended for Human Consumption category with an estimated annual volume of 1374 tonnes

Because treating the waste generated by the sector in Andalusia is complicated and expensive it is important to research the possibility of providing these by-products with added value optimising sustainability and increasing environmental commitment Read more

Aquaculture may enhance fish production in Cearaacute The state of Cearaacute has today become one of the five largest fish produc-ers in Brazil thanks to the significant development achieved in marine and inland aquaculture

Cearaacute in 2009 produced a total of 88694 tonnes of fish representing 71 percent of the total Brazilian production (124 million tonnes) said the director of the Registration Department for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Sebastiatildeo Saldanha Neto

Noting that the potential of Brazil is in aquaculture the official said that this state has the potential to further expand aquaculture production as encouraged by cultivation in tank-networks Read more

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points Read more

Oyster aquaculture thrives but consequences loom Growing oysters in Virginia used to be a lousy business venture Only the most ardent farmers could steer the Chesapeake Bay delicacy past diseases predators and other obstacles into adulthood That was before advances most notably the creation of a genetically modified oyster made cultivation easier and profitable

Now everyone from watermen to real estate agents want part of the action And the industry after years of flying under the radar is stirring controversy in Hampton Roads and beyond Waterfront property own-ers worry their serene views will be fouled by the sights and smells of the seafood trade Oyster growers are concerned the tension will prompt lawmakers to zone the bay effectively limiting where they can work

That they say could hamper a business that many believe is the com-mercial fisherys only chance for survival Read more

Recently released market study Aquaculture in Norway Aquaculture in Norway industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including market share market size (value and volume 2005-09 and forecast to 2014) The profile also con-tains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market

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Essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Norway aquaculture market Includes market size and segmentation data textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends leading companies and macroeconomic information Read more

A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

we look forward to working with them closely

Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Norway aquaculture market Includes market size and segmentation data textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends leading companies and macroeconomic information Read more

A couple in Leon Iowa launch Tilapia farm Kevin and Liza Hassevoort have a set of chores that is highly unusual for a farm in Iowa At some point every day they have to feed and care for tilapia Thats right - tilapia - a firm mild-tasting white-fleshed fish usually raised in China that has become increasingly available at major grocery stores around Des Moines

Virtually unknown in the United States as a food fish less than a half cen-tury ago the species was originally indigenous to the waters of the Middle East or Africa But over the past 50 years or so tilapia has gone global and is one of the top farm-raised fish in the world Read more

Canary Islands advances the use of microalgae for food and biodiesel A team of researchers from the Technological Institute of Canarias (ITC) have been able to produce new foods and enrich others generate biodie-sel and treat waste water with some microalgae and its

derivatives

According to the director of the R+D Division at the ITC Gonzalo Pierna-vieja the Canary Islands is a world leader in the matter as for the last 20 years several research groups working on seaweed at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the National Bank of Algae as well as the institution he represents

Biotech experts from the ITC proposed to promote research develop-ment and innovation of the microalgae present in the Canaries and be-come a commercial and industrial property in the short to medium term Read more

Letter Oyster farmrsquos costs outweigh the benefits I have been intimately involved in the current oyster farm proposal in Nanaquaket Pond for over a year as the director of the Nanaquaket Neighbourhood Association Before NIMBY or anti-aquaculture judge-ment is passed on opinions and attitudes of pond residents recreational users and quahoggers of the pond please read on We are NOT anti-aquaculture

Nanaquaket Pond is one of Tivertonrsquos little jewels and has a long-estab-lished tradition of use with generations of water enthusiasts and fisher-men The proposed farm would only pave the way to maximise the statersquos five percent projection for any body of water in the state of Rhode Island to be used for aquaculture Read more

Marine technology holds a bright future for Ireland Revolutionary medical treatments based on new compounds from the deep oceans sustainable power from wave energy and a network of sen-sors feeding back a spectrum of marine environmental information in real time are all developments predicted by Dr Peter Heffernan Chief Execu-tive of the Marine Institute in an innovative presentation to the Engineers Ireland 2011 in Galway last week

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Alkosel R397 the highly consistent source of bioavailable selenium

Agrimos the premium source of yeast Mannan-Oligosaccharides

Laltide a well balanced supply of available nucleotides

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

we look forward to working with them closely

Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

Visit httpwwwaquafeedcoukeditorialpanel to find out more about our editorial panel

Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Projecting the audience forward in time to the year 2021 Dr Heffernan reported on the careers of three fictional engineers - a biotechnologist a marine energy engineer and an expert in sensors technology Each of the reports was grounded in actual projects being conducted in Ireland today as part of the Sea Change Marine Knowledge Research and Innova-tion Strategy for Ireland 2007-2013 and clearly demonstrate the potential of each area to contribute to jobs and economic growth in the decade ahead Read more

Tuesday April 5 2011

ITI project adds value to fish waste A Total of 50 to 60 percent of the annual fish harvest is discarded as fish waste or by product due to the processing methods practised by the fish-ing industry This leads to environmental problems and disturbance of off shore fishing activities

Fish heads viscera (gut) gills skin and fins are discarded as fish waste ITI and with the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Re-search under a NORAD funded project commenced a project to find methods to add value to fish waste Prior to the implementation of the project the fish waste collected in the harbours too were dumped into the sea causing environmental and other problems Read more

Alcala urges tilapia growers to skip-feed To cut on production costs amid rising costs of consumer goods Agricul-ture Secretary Proceso G Alcala urges tilapia growers to try skip-feeding their fish ldquoDuring these times of impending food crises and rising costs of consumer goods we advise our fish growers to follow proper fish cage management practices so that they would be able to benefit more from their fish farming venturerdquo Alcala said

He said that by skip-feeding fish farmers would be able to cut by half the cost of feeds which would be beneficial to them their consumers and the environment The alternative feeding scheme of skip-feeding is one of the important findings of extensive studies conducted by the Depart-ment of Agriculturersquos Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in collaboration with the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center-Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC-AQD) to determine best fish cage management practices in the countryrsquos major lakes Read more

Achill fish farm in awards forum A Mayo couple who are growing farmed fish in the picturesque Achill Islands have made it to the final of the 201011 JFC Innovation Awards with a prize fund worth euro40000 (US$ 56691) The awards for rural busi-ness are an all-island competition for farmers and rural entrepreneurs who have a business that have commenced trading in the last five years

Michael Flanagan and Aishling Roche of Achill Island Turbot grow sus-tainable farmed turbot using new technology in the form of a fully trace-able recirculation aquaculture system We farmed and saw this as simple a new farming opportunity said Michael Not only that we saw it as a farming system with no production restrictions and where demand is greater than supply Read more

Montana Hutterite colonies diving into commercial salmon farming In the shadow of the Rocky Mountains miles from salt water salmon are growing in Montanas first commercial fish farm In December batches of 10000 and 12000 tiny salmon eggs arrived at the Miller Colony just outside of Bynum and the East End Colony north of Havre

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Alkosel R397 the highly consistent source of bioavailable selenium

Agrimos the premium source of yeast Mannan-Oligosaccharides

Laltide a well balanced supply of available nucleotides

Go to the engormixcom site to view the video about VIV Asia 2011

Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

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Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Alkosel R397 the highly consistent source of bioavailable selenium

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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The fish already have grown to between 2- and 3-inches long By fall they will be nearly 6 pounds large enough to fillet eat and sell The Hut-terite colonies rely on cutting-edge technology to filter the waste from the water and to essentially re-create a stream in a 30-foot-in-diameter steel tank

This is a very expensive operation Miller Colony secretarytreasurer and spokesman David Wipf said Theres a lot more going into it than people realise but I think the opportunity is out there and that had to do a lot with our decision Wipf said aquaculture is the fastest growing seg-ment of the agriculture industry

According to the US Department of Agriculture fish farms reported US$11 billion (euro776 million) in sales in 2005 Catfish accounted for 40 percent of sales but there are a growing number of farms raising trout salmon tilapia striped bass sturgeon walleye and yellow perch Read more hellip

Oxygen sensor invention could benefit fisheries to breweries Monitoring oxygen levels in water has applications for oil spills fish farm-ing brewing beer and more and a professor at Michigan State University is poised to help supply that need The concept of oxygen sensors isnt new

The challenge however has been manufacturing one that can withstand fluctuations in temperature salinity carbon dioxide phosphates and biological wastes Ruby Ghosh associate professor of physics was able to overcome those obstacles as well as build one that provides real-time data and is relatively inexpensive

We have been able to take advantage of steep price drops in compo-nents used for telecommunications and medical imaging said Ghosh who will be presenting her research at the Bio-Optics Design and Ap-plication meeting April 4-6 at Monterey Calif We were able to build a sensor with relatively inexpensive components yet it is sensitive reliable and can operate in a variety of environments Read more

Value of Norwegian salmon exports highest ever Exports of Norwegian salmon in the first quarter of 2011 set a new record of NOK 75 billion (UKpound841 million) This is an increase of 17 percent or NOK 11 billion (UKpound123 million) compared with the same period last year according to the latest figures from the Norwegian Seafood Export Council In the same period the volume of exports showed a slight de-cline of two percent to 177000 tonnes

rdquoThe growth in Norwegian Salmon exports is attributable to high stable prices resulting from a general increase in demand for salmon globallyrdquo says Paul Aandahl market analyst with the Norwegian Seafood Export Council Read more

Adaquate processing capacity for sockeye salmon

The annual Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFampG) preseason survey of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity is complete Results indicate that there will be adequate processing capacity for the number of sockeye salmon expected to be available for harvest during the 2011 Bristol Bay season

This conclusion is obtained by comparing the processing capacity survey data with the ADFampG sockeye salmon forecast for 2011 For 2011 the combined daily processing capacity reported in the survey is 207 million sockeye salmon This is approximately 200000 fish higher than 2010 The seasonal processing capacity is estimated at 337 million sockeye salmon 52 million fish above the ADFampG estimate of the commercial sockeye salmon available for harvest in Bristol Bay during the 2011 sea-son Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Alkosel R397 the highly consistent source of bioavailable selenium

Agrimos the premium source of yeast Mannan-Oligosaccharides

Laltide a well balanced supply of available nucleotides

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

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Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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In 2010 the OECD Committee for Fisheries (COFI) chaired an interna-tional workshop entitled lsquoThe Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Changersquo in Korea this workshop was to address the challenges and to provide an insight for future decisions on both catch fisheries and aquac-ulture

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Xenohaliotis Californiensis How it affects Abalone Xenohaliotis Californiensis is a disease which affects abalone often causing large scale mortalities This article from the OIE looks at the causes of the disease its life cycle and advise if the disease is present in stocks

ScopeIntracytoplasmic infections with Xenohaliotis californiensis a rickettsial bacterium in gastrointestinal epithelia causes disease (termed withering syndrome) in wild and farmed abalones Haliotis spp (Vetigastropoda Mollusca) Gross signs of the disease include pedal atrophy mottled digestive gland anorexia weakness and lethargy Read more

How much wild fish is there in fish farming feed Fishmeal and fish oil have traditionally been the main ingredients in feed for farmed salmon Today less is used of these ingredients To find out how much fish oil and fishmeal goes into the production of farmed fish Fish In Fish Out (FIFO) is calculated which is the ratio between the amount of wild fish in the feed and the amount of farmed fish produced

Fishmeal and fish oil have an optimal nutritional composition for farmed fish and they were previously both affordable and readily available in-gredients Today fishmeal and fish oil produced from wild fish are limited resources and global growth in seafood production requires less use of wild fish as a raw material in fish feed Examples of alternative raw mate-rials are plant protein ingredients and vegetable oils Read more

Salmon farming comes ashore in Denmark The environmentally friendly Danish Model fish farms are to be expanded from the current freshwater farms to also include saltwater fish farms This requires new technological solutions which in itself could become something of an export bonanza according to

Fish farming is currently one of the worlds fastest growing food indus-tries Denmark has a long tradition for fish farming and today is among the world leaders in equipment for green production thanks to the devel-opment of so-called Model fish farms

The high-tech and environmentally friendly Model fish farms use water from boreholes rather than from rivers and are based on water recircu-lation technology This means that the fish farm recycles more than 95 percent of the water instead of merely letting it drain away into the water course Read more

Wednesday April 6 2011

Lallemand introduces probiotic applications for aquaculture at VIV Asia 2011 Based on scientific research amp performance trials conducted with lead-ing international research centers universities Aquafeed industrials amp commercial farms Lallemand is launching aquaculture applications for its range of microbial-based nutritional solutions to safeguard health amp performance of aquatic farmed species in a natural way

We offer 2 probiotics solutions

Bactocell the dietary probiotic to secure fish amp shrimp performance is the first probiotic strain authorized for use in aquaculture in the European Union Its application is even covered by a patent in several countries around the world

Levucell SB the unique dietary live yeast probiotic now available for ap-plications in shrimp culture

And specific yeast fractions for targeted applications

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

International Aquafeed secures its final Editorial Panel member International Aquafeed has now secured their final member to the Edito-rial Advisory Panel

we look forward to working with them closely

Editorial Advisory Panel members

Abdel-Fattah M El-Sayed (Egypt)

Professor Antoacutenio Gouveia (Portugal)

Dr Daniel Merrifield (UK)

Colin Mair (UK)

Dr Dominique Bureau (Canada)

Dr Elizabeth Sweetman (Greece)

Dr Kim Jauncey (UK)

Eric De Muylder (Belgium)

Dr Pedro Encarnacao (Singapore)

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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In 2010 the OECD Committee for Fisheries (COFI) chaired an interna-tional workshop entitled lsquoThe Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Changersquo in Korea this workshop was to address the challenges and to provide an insight for future decisions on both catch fisheries and aquac-ulture

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Oyster aquaculture creating water-use conflicts

A co-operative of watermen want to place thousands of oyster growing cages in the shallows off her backyard We put the pier in to give the kids access to the cove said Queen who worries the cages may injure kayakers and jet skiers Her neighbors are concerned about the noises and odors that typically accompany the seafood trade

I dont want to look at it I dont want to listen to it said Julian Cox who grows oysters off his dock to help clean the bays murky waters Water-men counter that the operation will hardly be noticeable Youre not going to see anything aside from boundary markings and low-powered workboats said Ken Smith chief operating officer of the cooperative Oyster Company of Virginia The conflict is one that government regula-tors expect to see more of as oyster aquaculture becomes more common in the bay and its tributaries Read more

Norway and Brazil progress in fisheries co-operation The Governments of Norway and Brazil have given the initial go-ahead for the launch of an Action Plan for the development of fisheries and aquaculture activities between the two countries The head of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) Ideli Salvatti and the Ambassador of Norway in Brazil Tured Euzeacutebio met on April 1 in Manaus where they agreed on the first collaborative activities in these areas

The Norwegian Ambassador stressed the importance of Brazil for invest-ments in his country particularly in the field of sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture Aquaculture represents the generation of healthy foods and that is of interest to our country and around the world said Euzeacutebio Read more

Flooding to cost shrimp industry US$116 million Floods in the countryrsquos southern provinces have ruined 15 percent or around 50000 tonnes of the yearrsquos shrimp production and will make it impossible to meet the export target said Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) President Panisuan Jamnarnwej He estimates the loss of export revenue at THB 5 billion (USD 116 million) reports Bangkok Post

Not only that but Thai shrimp exporters are also seeing the consequenc-es of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan Panisuan said The country has reduced its imports of frozen Thai shrimp since the catastrophic disaster that started last month Read more

Radioactive fish lead to first legal limits for radiation in seafood High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium were detected by Japans Fisheries Ministry in fish caught near the Fukushima nuclear power plant this week Japan has responded to the findings by announcing its first legal limits for radiation in fish and said it is considering a ban on exports of some marine products

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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As well the country communicated that there has been a tremendous surge in ocean contamination radioactive iodine-131 has been found to exist at 75 million times the legal limit near the damaged nuclear reactors in Daiichi on Friday On Monday levels were down to five million times the legal limit reports Business Insider After radioactive iodine of more than double that concentration was found in a variety of fish known as launce a local fishing cooperative plans to impose a ban on the species Read more

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Bringing fish farming into the modern age Salmon farming has long been a controversial issue especially in British Columbia But is the tide starting to turn We think it is Many problems with salmon farming have yet to be addressed but thanks in part to the work of organisations like the David Suzuki Foundation and its allies in the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform consumers retailers and industry are all paying more attention to seafood sustainability

We can now envision a future when Canadian seafood wild and farmed will provide healthy choices regional food security innovation and jobs while allowing us to live in balance with the natural world Were not there yet though Some fisheries and aquaculture systems continue to put too much stress on our water and ocean environments But with salmon farming the tide is starting to turn Read more

Southern Bluefin Tuna growing in sea cages Successfully moving 60 baby fish into sea cages off South Australia is a big leap for a company that plans to breed grow and sell southern bluefin tuna Theyre the second batch of fingerlings to be transferred from on-shore nursery cages at Arno Bay on SAs Eyre Peninsula to Clean Seas Tunas offshore aquaculture facility for grow-out trials

Managing director Clifford Ashby says its a major major step for the world-first research and development trials they hope will close the lifecy-cle and lead to production of 10000 tonnes of aquaculture-bred southern bluefin tuna As a company it gives us the feeling and the comfort that what we are doing is right and that we will be successful Mr Ashby told AAP on Wednesday Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

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Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

ISBN 978-92-64-09036-1

In 2010 the OECD Committee for Fisheries (COFI) chaired an interna-tional workshop entitled lsquoThe Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Changersquo in Korea this workshop was to address the challenges and to provide an insight for future decisions on both catch fisheries and aquac-ulture

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Biologist Alexandra Morton launches a vote salmon campaign to coincide with federal election Before the election biologist and wild-salmon activist Alexandra Morton mused publicly about whether or not she should run for the NDP in the riding of North Island She decided not to enter federal politics as a can-didate But now shes launching a different sort of campaign to coincide with the federal election

Today she announced that she will visit candidates offices and ask them three questions

1 Will you stake your reputation that these Norwegian aquaculture com-panies are not releasing foreign viruses into BC

2 Will you work to build an innovative land-based Canadian aquaculture industry to provide jobs to the 1259 people directly employed by salmon feedlots

3 Will you remove salmon feedlots from BC waters within 12 months of being elected

This Vote Salmon campaign as she calls it was developed because the wild species are dying of politics Read more

Epizootic ulcerative syndrome confirmed In Canada Epizootic ulcerative syndrome has been confirmed in a wild adult catfish in Lake Ontario Canada This event was not associated with a visible die-off of finfish This finding represents a new geographic location and a new species (brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus)

On September 25 2010 sick fish were found in Hamilton harbour The water temperature at the time of collection was 19 degrees Celsius Seven adult brown bullheads were sent to Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) for diagnostic work up Another sample 16 morbid adult brown bullheads was submitted to DFO from the same location on November 2 2010 Read more

Thursday April 7 2011

Projects in place to make aquaculture sustainable through soy feeds US seafood producers and US soybean farmers continue to join in efforts to improve the national aquaculture industry as a sustainable source of finfish and shellfish The United Soybean Board (USB) is investing in projects meant to benefit domestic aquaculture producers The majority of the projects entail one of two categories

The first entails research to improve fish farming output This includes researching new soybean traits to boost soybean meal characteristics for diets fed to farmed fish and upgrading the efficiency of aquaculture production by using best practices and standard operating procedures at critical control points

Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-western town of Toliara The government sent its condolences to the victims families promising to foot the medical bills of those being treated in hospital

Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis In previous inci-dents researchers said the contaminated sardines had eaten poisonous seaweed They say seaweed has proliferated among Madagascars coral reefs as global warming changes the sea conditions Read more

Omega Protein Co (OME) posts large volume increase hits US$1471

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

ISBN 978-92-64-09036-1

In 2010 the OECD Committee for Fisheries (COFI) chaired an interna-tional workshop entitled lsquoThe Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Changersquo in Korea this workshop was to address the challenges and to provide an insight for future decisions on both catch fisheries and aquac-ulture

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Shares of Omega Protein Co (OME) saw unusually high trading volume on Wednesday Approximately 667639 shares changed hands during mid-day trading an increase of 3321 percent from the previous session The stock last traded at US$1471 (UKpound9008) Separately analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Omega Protein Co from a ldquoneutralrdquo rating to an ldquooutperformrdquo rating in a research note to investors on Monday March 7th

Omega Protein Corporation (Omega) is a processor marketer and distrib-utor of fish meal and fish oil products in the United States The Company produces and sells a variety of protein and oil products derived from men-haden a species of wild herring-like fish found along the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts The fish are not genetically modified or enhanced The Company processes several grades of fish meal as well as fish oil and fish solubles Read more

Anchovy growth is key to survival The more anchovies grow the greater the probability of their survival and it is precisely those born at the peak of the season of egg-laying and promptly moving out to the ocean area which enjoy optimum growth These are the key factors to good recruitment according to the conclu-sions of biologist Naroa Aldanondo in a thesis drawn up at Azti-Tecnalia and defended at the University of the Basque Country (UPVEHU)

Dr Aldanondo investigated patterns of growth and movement of young anchovies in order to elucidate their connection with survival The thesis is entitled Young-of-the-year European anchovy in the Bay of Biscay study of recruitment-determining processes based on otolith microstruc-ture analysis Furthermore she has just received the CAF-Elhuyar Prize for the best article on science and technology for the general public based on the authorrsquos PhD thesis Read more

Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation Study Examines Impact of Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation on Pink Salmon Product Development PWSAC Hatcheries Produced Nearly Half (46 percent) of the Statewide Pink Salmon Harvest in 2010 Forecast Strong for 2011 Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation [PWSAC] recently released findings from an economic report that exam-ines the impact of its hatchery program on the pink salmon market

PWSAC played a critical role in the recent economic recovery of the Alaska salmon industry Since 2006 PWSAC has produced one in four of Alaskas commercially caught pink salmon Large harvests of PWSAC pinks have provided the industry with the volume and economies of scale needed to fulfill demand Read more

Inspections reveal sea lice breaches in salmon farms Official inspections of Scottish salmon farms have raised concerns over high levels of sea lice and the proper containment of fish a report claims The Scottish government Fish Health Inspectorate reports were obtained by the Salmon and Trout Association

The anglers body said there were 68 instances of fish farms having sea lice above recommended threshold levels The claims were dismissed by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation as part of an orchestrated campaign However the Salmon and Trout Association claimed the re-ports showed the true extent of the threat to wild fish conservation from salmon farms Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores New research shows aquaculture discharge may not disperse evenly in open water Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be pub-lished in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechan-ics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Canadian fish exports rise by seven percent Despite a strong currency Canada has announced a seven percent increase in the export sales of its fish and seafood products last year Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said this was good news adding Fish and seafood is Canadas second largest single food export commodity Our government is working with all stake-holders to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries Consumers can be confident that Canadian products are among the best in the world

She said Canadas fisheries were a valuable natural resource and a significant driver of the national economy Canadian fish and seafood products are exported around the world and generated more than US$39 billion in export revenues in 2010 an increase of more than seven per-cent from 2009 The biggest market was Canadas next door neighbour the United States The increase in Canadas landings and exports for 2010 demonstrates the trust consumers place in our products worldwide We are proud of this industry and will continue to support it added Minis-ter Shea Read more

Marine Harvest product quality manager An exciting opportunity has arisen for the appointment of a Product Quality Manager within Marine Harvestrsquos Quality Department based in Fort William The primary focus of the role will be to manage fish quality through the value chain from pre-harvest to customer processingdeliv-ery and provide a closer link between departments for all harvesting and product quality areas

Principle responsibilities of this role will include operational manage-ment of product quality during harvesting transportation and processing stages customer interface providing pro-active resolution to any issues that are highlighted The successful candidate will be results focused and be expected to actively manage cross-departmental communication and interaction related to product quality Read more

Monday April 11 2011

A Review Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Change

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In 2010 the OECD Committee for Fisheries (COFI) chaired an interna-tional workshop entitled lsquoThe Economics of Adapting Fisheries to Climate Changersquo in Korea this workshop was to address the challenges and to provide an insight for future decisions on both catch fisheries and aquac-ulture

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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This publication is the result of that workshop and its agenda to build a comprehensive picture of the economics of fisheries and aquaculture adaptation to climate change The information gained from this workshop will help those that make the policies in the future

Chapter one looks at fisheries management and governance challenges in climate change How and where does global warming potentially impact on fisheries With an overview of the global warming relevant to fisheries the social economic and environmental consequences of the impact of climate change on the fisheries sector How can policy makers respond

Chapter two deals with economic and policy issues related to the impact of climate change on fisheries as well as the physical changes and bio-logical effects in the marine environment The economic effects of climate change and governance effects of climate change The Policy responses to climate change and finally conclusions Insights on climate change and capture fisheries

Chapter three covers from an ecosystem approach to assess climate change impacts on fisheries with an introduction The IFRAME model as an EAF approach Elements and structure Also demonstration of the IFRAME approach on the Korean large purse seine fishery and implica-tions for fisheries management under a changing climate

In later chapter the subjects covered are dealing with uncertainty impli-cations for fisheries adaptation Fisheries management and governance challenges in a changing climate Is the current fisheries management toolbox sufficient to address climate change The economics of climate adaptation and marine capture fisheries

The final two chapters look at Korearsquos effective approach to adapting climate change in the fisheries sector and the Chinese Taipei The impact of climate change on coastal fisheries Understanding the economics of fisheries and aquaculture and how the climate will affect both is of key importance for the future of world food stability

This publication is the result of many top level experts in their fields rang-ing from policy makers to fisheries managers biologist and economists A well-presented and comprehensive publication That in my opinion will guide future policy makers and scientists alike as well as those who are making policies today I believe this would be of use to students of eco-nomics and fisheries as well as aquaculture and to academics in general

Vietnam Rising fuel prices reduce shrimp production The executive director of the Chamber of Nicaraguan Fisheries (Cap-enic) Armando Segurawarns that the situation surrounding the domestic shrimp industry is worrying He says that shrimp catch levels are low in the country as a result of increased operating costs mainly due to an increase in fuel prices

Currently only five of the 25 boats that make up the industrial fishing fleet are operating in the Caribbean Sea In addition some 250 people are now no longer working because numerous vessels are no longer going out to fish resulting in shrimp processing plants receiving less raw materi-als The reduction in raw materials is also impacting export volumes

The cost of fuel has a direct impact on production costs and the shrimp fishery is the most affected in this case by the rising price of diesel Right now most of the shrimp boats have remained docked affecting produc-tion and employment Mr Segura said Read more

Stirling breakthrough first Genome Sequencing for Tilapia

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

Contact the Organizer

LeeLin Tan (Ms) Marketing Team

CMT - Centre for Management Technology

Tel +65 63469146

Fax +65 6345 5928

Email leelincmtspcomsg

wwwcmteventscom

wwwfutureenergyeventscomalgae

Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Researchers have made a breakthrough in sequencing the complete genome of the Nile tilapia one of the worldrsquos most important cultured food fishes Using DNA from a special line of tilapia developed in the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling the sequencing was carried out by the Broad Institute (part of MIT near Boston in the USA) This is the first commercial aquaculture species to have its genome sequenced

The Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the most important cultured foodfish globally after carp even outstripping salmon and is closely related to the huge flocks of cichlid species in the East African Rift Valley lakes which are studied by evolutionary biologists Dr David Penman of the Institute of Aquaculture explained ldquoThis tilapia line was devel-oped to have two identical copies of every part of its genome (normally vertebrates show some differences between the genes inherited from the mother and father) which simplified the processing of the genome sequence data Read more

The Salmon amp Trout Association exposes sham of salmon farming industry A dossier of material obtained under freedom of information reveals alarming results of Government inspections of Scottish salmon farms including high levels of sea-lice - the major concern for wild fish conserva-tion

The Salmon amp Trout Association (SampTA) has published a dossier based on hitherto unpublished Scottish Government Fish Health Inspectorate reports of inspections of Scottish salmon farms from 2009 and 2010 obtained under freedom of information law

The reports of inspection visits to Scottish salmon farms made by Gov-ernment inspectors over the last two years reveal

68 instances of fish-farms recorded as having sea-lice levels above the thresholds recommended in the industrys own Code of Good Practice during the period for which records were inspected

52 instances of fish-farms recorded as having other sea-lice related is-sues such as damage or mortality caused by sea-lice or high lice loads on sampled fish

48 instances of fish-farms reported as not recording farm sea-lice num-bers in accordance with industry standards

21 instances concerning evidence of a lack of efficacy of or tolerance to or potential resistance to available sea-lice treatments including unexpectedly low sea-lice clearance rates using licensed treatments and failure to control sea-lice numbers

Concerns related to the proper containment of farmed fish including the presence of misshapen cages nets with holes or tears either deliberately or otherwise made and nets sagging at or below the water line Read more

Additional 53 Vietnamese businesses export seafood to EU Vietnam - The European Commission has recognised an additional 53 Vietnamese businesses which have good enough conditions to export seafood to the market according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP)

Businesses had to join strict quality inspection program conducted by the EU delegation to get the certificates for export to the EU Earlier 330 businesses were allowed to export their products to the market In 2010 the EU imported more than US$ 1 billion seafood from Vietnam Cur-rently the EU is still a big market for Vietnamese seafood products Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

Contact the Organizer

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Amino acids gain growing popularity as feed additives Despite witnessing a temporary deceleration in growth in the recent years primarily due to the recent global economic recession the world market for compressors and vacuum pumps is expected to recover poise and gain steady momentum in the short to medium term period to reach US$18 billion by 2015

The market will be primarily driven by factors such as the ever increasing number of health conscious individuals growing number of medicated as well as non-medicated applications for poultry pig aquaculture com-panion animals and ruminant feed and focus of market participants on innovative feed additives

Animal feed additives have long profited from the rising global demand for responsible and healthy food and the growing emphasis on animal nutrition and health Feed additives market has always been influenced by growing demand for meat products which represents a key end-use segment animal feed additives Read more

Tuesday April 12 2011

Fish farm waste can drift to distant shores Concentrated waste plumes from fish farms could travel significant distances to reach coastlines according to a study to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics available online now Roz Naylor Oliver Fringer and Jeffrey Koseff of the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University found that relatively high concentrations of dissolved waste from fish pens do not consistently dilute immediately

The paper is the first detailed look at how real world variables such as tides currents the earths rotation and the physical structure of the pens themselves influence the flow of waste from fish farms The research which was funded by the Lenfest Ocean Program can serve as an impor-tant tool for determining the impacts of aquaculture discharge on water-ways and surrounding shorelines Read more

Gene tech to grow Omega-3 canola An alliance of Australian research organisations is hoping to use gene technology to develop a canola plant that is naturally rich in long-chain Omega-3 Long-chain Omega-3 is a nutrient which is useful in maintain-ing heart and brain health It is traditionally obtained from fish oils but declining fish stocks mean the supply is limited

Now a $A50 million alliance which includes CSIRO will take the genes that produce Omega-3 from microscopic algae in the oceans and insert them into canola plants The CSIROs Bruce Lee says the research alli-ance hopes to be trialling the new canola in the next two years What we are trying to do is to produce an alternative source of long-chain Ome-ga-3 that is sustainable he said

That will be in canola and it will be a consistent supply that we can ei-ther use directly in supplements or that we can feed in aqua-feeds to the growing aquaculture industry of the world Read more

Gas prices putting a stink on Region 8 fish farms As gas prices continue to rise the Region 8 farming industry is prepar-ing for the summer however in the fishing industry there are fewer farms in operation this year partly due to fuel and feed costs According to Dr Carole Engle Director of AquacultureFisheries Center and Chair of the Department of AquacultureFisheries at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff several fish farms closed last year when they werent able to make money

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

Contact the Organizer

LeeLin Tan (Ms) Marketing Team

CMT - Centre for Management Technology

Tel +65 63469146

Fax +65 6345 5928

Email leelincmtspcomsg

wwwcmteventscom

wwwfutureenergyeventscomalgae

Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Engle said catfish farmers were unable to make money She said the fish processing companies gave farmers 80 cents per pound in 2010 This year that same pound of fish is being sold for US$125 She said the outlook for catfish farmers now is positive Read more

Dilution fish farm waste is not an automatic solution One of the fastest-growing segments of livestock farming in the United States is aquaculture according to Roz Naylor a Stanford professor of environmental Earth system science And like any other form of livestock fish generate waste But just what happens to the waste produced by coastal aquaculture has largely been a matter of conjecture

For many years people have assumed that because of the oceans size because of the energy in its currents that any substance you introduced into the ocean would quickly be diluted into concentrations that were barely detectable said Jeff Koseff professor of civil and environmental engineering Now Koseff and Naylor together with Oliver Fringer as-sistant professor of civil and environmental engineering and a team of colleagues have developed a computational model that allows research-ers to predict where the effluent from a coastal fish farm would go Read more

Kiotech sales and profits soar Kiotech International unveils a significant increase in sales and profits for the year to the end of December The firm which supplies natural high performance feed additives to enhance growth health and sustainability in agriculture and aquaculture said it had also largely completed the inte-gration of the Optivite Group and its results are included for the full year

Kiotechs underlying profit before tax and exceptional items rose by 146 percent to UKpound19million (US$3096million) while earnings per share increased 58 percent to 727p Sales rose to pound216m (US$35195million) up from pound110million (US$17923million) and the proposed final dividend of 20p per share is 74 percent up on 2009 Read more

Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Martek among 3rd Algae World Europe Experts Addressing ProductAp-plications from Microalgae Macroalgae amp Cyanobacteria

The third edition of the Algae World Europe series will kick off with a half morning session dedicated to topics on products amp applications from microalgae macroalgae and cyanobacteria Be sure not to miss out on our top speaker line-up including key algae industry players

Highlights include presentation by Martek Biosciences Corp a leader in the production and sale of high-value products from microbial sources Martek was recently acquired by the worldrsquos largest vitamins maker DSM at the sum of about euro790 million The acquisition adds a new growth platform for infant formula and other food and beverage applications from natural sources especially focused on Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) such as microbial Omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and Omega-6 ARA (arachidonic acid)

The presentation led by Dr Bill Barclay Chief Intellectual Property Officer will review the potential of algae and other marine organisms for humananimal nutrition and health as well as outline challenges faced in applica-tion

Additionally draw first-hand insights from other authoritative experts who will address the production amp applications of cyanobacteria and mac-roalgae

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

Algae Biofuel

Algae for Environmental Mitigation (waste water treatment and carbon capture)

Algae Production amp Processing

Hurry click here to register online now before seats are fully subscribed For any questions do send an email to Ms Lee Lin at leelincmtspcomsg

Contact the Organizer

LeeLin Tan (Ms) Marketing Team

CMT - Centre for Management Technology

Tel +65 63469146

Fax +65 6345 5928

Email leelincmtspcomsg

wwwcmteventscom

wwwfutureenergyeventscomalgae

Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Cyanobacteria for the Production of Biomass and BiofuelsDr Miguel G Guerrero Head of the Microalgal Biotechnology group Insti-tuto de Bioquimica Vegetal y Fotosiacutentesis (Institute of Plant Biochemistry and Photosynthesis)

Mass Production of Macroalgae Bioethanol and Value Added Ingredient

Dr Stefan Kraan Scientific Director and co-founder Ocean Harvest Tech-nology Ltd

Functional Properties of Ulvan a Polysaccharide from Green Seaweed

Mr Herveacute Balusson President CEO SA Olmix

The conference will also have sessions on

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Algae Production amp Processing

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Charoen Pokphand Foods to focus on more outlets amp channels

Thailands Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) expects more distribution outlets and new marketing channels especially social networks will strongly drive the sales of its CP brand food products this year

The company which produces and sells more than 50 items of frozen ready meals and snacks for domestic and export markets forecasts that its sales will reach THB16 billion baht ( US$53174400 million) this year a 55 percent rise from last year according to Bangkok Post

Of the revenue THB10 billion (US$330 million) is expected from over-seas markets mainly from the US where CP shrimp wonton soup sells briskly at 500 branches of Wal-Mart

Local sales will grow significantly thanks to the a larger distribution network of about 10000 branches ndash 5800 outlets of 7-Eleven and the balance CPFs retail stores such as CP Freshmart Chesters Grill and the Five Star Chicken franchise Reads more

Aquaculture and inland fishery CFP Reform European Union Ministers will be briefed on a declaration supported by six member states concerning the future role of freshwater aquaculture and inland fishery within the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform at the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council

In the perspective of the upcoming reform of the CFP the landlocked countries Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia endeavour to draw attention to their common priorities in relation to fresh-water aquaculture and inland fisheries and have adopted a joint declara-tion that was already presented to the Commission in the margins of the Agriculture Council in February 2011 Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Wednesday April 13 2011

Waubetek to develop First Nations fishing strategy The Waubetek Business Development Corporation on Manitoulin Island will develop a fishing strategy for 27 First Nations across Northeastern Ontario after receiving funding from FedNor The Whitefish River-based organisation received Can$44306 from the funding agency on March 18 and will use the funds to enhance First Nations involvement in commer-cial fisheries aquaculture fish processing and related industries through a fisheries strategy

ldquoTodays announcement demonstrates the government of Canadas com-mitment to work with First Nations to build a strong economy in Northern Ontariordquo said Tony Clement minister responsible for FedNor in a news release ldquoBy supporting this strategy we are helping to increase the capacity of existing Aboriginal businesses which will result in greater eco-nomic benefit for First Nation communitiesrdquo Read more

Fisheries and aquaculture sector to receive EUReuro136 million The Fisheries Sectoral Conference has approved the distribution of EUReuro136 million for the Spanish fishing sector of the autonomous com-munities of Spain This money will go to projects selected by each com-munity under the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and on the other hand to National Marine Aquaculture Plans

The Conference met on Monday in Madrid under the chairmanship of the head of the Ministry of Environmental Rural and Marine Affairs (MARM) Rosa Aguilar To date the transfers from the General State Budget for the years 2007 to 2010 of the Directorate General of Fisheries Management were not entirely used by the state government so there are still funds re-maining which are available from the payment of EFF co-financing Read more

Finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf On December 17 2010 the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a proposal to establish a marine farming zone available for finfish farming in the Hauraki Gulf and initiated a consultation process in respect of the proposal Justine Innes was appointed as one of three members of a ministerial panel to lead that consultation hear com-munity iwi and stakeholder views and make a recommendation to the minister as to whether the proposal should proceed or not

These consultations are continuing and Justine obviously have an open mind as to what they might reveal This article does not therefore consider the merits of the proposal in any way but looks at the current process the steps that might follow it and how they illustrate some of the options that might be available should the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment (No 3) Bill pass into law in its current form Read more

Complex question of wild salmon survival deserves discussion says BC Salmon Farmers Wild salmon cannot be protected using misrepresentations and incorrect information - and trying to do so only risks harming responsible business-es in BC said BC Salmon Farmers today The challenges faced by wild salmon are complex and need our attention said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association They are not assisted by those who twist information to make people fearful and who ignore the complexity and simply blame salmon farming

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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44

DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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The comments come as anti-salmon farm campaigner Alexandra Morton launches a lsquoMayday for Wild Salmonrsquo Starting on 14th April in Vancouver Alexandra Morton and the Wild Salmon People will travel to communities asking people to lead government by flying the flag for wild salmon with events in Campbell River Cultus Lake Harrison River Fish Lake Horse-fly Quesnel Lake Adams River Saltspring Island Read more

Aquaculture The next ten yearshellip Seafood is in Australiarsquos top five most valuable primary industriesThe product that is harvested in Australia is regarded as the healthiest food you can put in your mouth and is worth more than four billion dollars per annum Aquaculture is the fastest growing primary industry in the world

Food-obsessed Melbourne is therefore the perfect destination to host the Australasian Aquaculture International Conference and Trade Show from May 1-4 2012 the largest primary industry conference in Australia This is the fifth biennial event held in Australia as a joint venture between the National Aquaculture Council and the World Aquaculture Society ndash Asian Pacific Chapter and follows on from the excellent event held in Hobart Read more

Candidates offer synopsis on fish farming Now that aquaculture jurisdiction has moved from Victoria to Ottawa are you satisfied with the current state of fish farm regulations and enforce-ment If so why If not what changes should be made

Sue Moen Green Party

I welcomed the reversion of fish farm oversight to DFO jurisdiction It is becoming clear however that the system is broken Changes to the Fisheries Act have had the effect of changing DFOs focus to promotion of the aquaculture industry Our governments mandate should be to make protection of critical stocks and habitat mandatory DFO must return to ensuring equitable access to resources for citizens and communities in preference to industry Read more

Morton takes her battle back to the streets Anti-open-net cage fish farming activist Alexandra Morton is once again taking her battle to the streets Her new campaign begins in Campbell River today Morton says she is inviting federal candidates to attend and offer their views on wild salmon policies and salmon farming issues The theme of the campaign which will take in other communities on the west coast is Vote Salmon

Her questions will be political hot potatoes on North Vancouver Island especially after a release March 15 of a study outlining the importance of fish farming to the economy The study was commissioned by the Mount Waddington Regional District and the Living Oceans Society Read more

Macquerie Perch bred for 1st time in captivity Victorian Government scientists have successfully bred large numbers of Macquarie perch in captivity for the first time Minister for Agriculture Peter Walsh said the breakthrough was made by aquaculture scientists from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) at Snobs Creek

Mr Walsh said the scientists used improved diet management and ad-vanced hormone therapy to induce egg maturation and spawning ldquoFour fish spawned over summer resulted in the hatching of 11700 larvaerdquo Mr Walsh said

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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ldquoDuring the 1980s and 1990s Fisheries Victoria produced Macquarie perch for stocking programs using broodstock caught from the wild during the spawning season ldquoBut despite numerous attempts over the last half century we have been unable to breed Macquarie perch using fish held in captivity at Snobs Creek until nowrdquo Read more

Thursday April 14 2011

Effects of dredging on shrimp farming to be evaluated The president of the Aquaculture Health Committee of Sonora (Cosaes) Reyes Eugenio Molina Moreno announced that Northwest Center for Biological Research (CIBNOR) will coordinate a series of surveys to determine whether dredging in the bays of Toacutebari in Benito Juaacuterez and Lobos in San Ignacio Riacuteo Muerto have a real impact on shrimp farming

The experts will performCrebit analysis to determine corrosivity reactivity explosive toxic and infectious biological characteristics of sediments in both bays

Analysis of organic matter and heavy metals in sediments and bioaccu-mulation in benthic organisms

Besides of finding out if the dredging impacts on the aquaculture industry of Sonora the initiative foresees that the results will allow an appropri-ate decision and sustained for the future Moreno Molina said so after meeting with the head of the Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (Conapesca) Ramon Corral Avila and Undersecretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture of the State Government Prisciliano Barrios Melendrez reports Kiosco Mayor Read more hellip

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them ldquointo statements based on misleading information and incomplete explana-tionsrdquo about salmon farming The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC

We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circu-lated before candidates form their position on our business said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneous-ly enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives Read more

SA company fined over bizarre dive Aquaculture company Clean Seas Tuna has been fined more than $A 27000 over an industrial accident in which a worker blacked out following a bizarre dive into a large fish cage out at sea In a judgement handed down in the Magistrates Court of South Australia on Thursday Industrial Magistrate Michael Ardlie said Chris Norman had to be rescued by an-other diver and spent a week in hospital after the incident in September 2007

He had come to work at the companys Arno Bay facility off Eyre Pe-ninsula affected by alcohol and initially went to sleep in the cabin of the companys vessel Sultana after it left shore to conduct maintenance work on the fish cages Read more

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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Cod ranching could keep fishermen flush Analysis shows training wild fish to herd is economically advantageous Ranching cod off the coast of Iceland is far more financially sensible than conventional fishing methods or keeping the fish in cages according to a new analysis

Fish ranching where the animals are free to roam but trained to return to a certain point so they can be caught could one day become a significant part of global fisheries fitting between traditional catching and aquac-ulture says Bjoumlrn Bjoumlrnsson the lead author of the study published in Marine Policy on 1 April 2011 Read more

Fish farm expansion plans Three Tasmanian aquaculture companies have revealed plans to double their farmed salmon production at Macquarie Harbour on the west coast Tassal Huon Aquaculture and Petuna Seafoods have jointly applied to the State Government to expand their leases by 120 hectares each

The companies also want to create an aquaculture hub at Strahan where they can share some facilities Huon Aquacultures managing director Peter Bender says the companies decided the best approach is to work together on the application Read more hellip

Kodiak sockeye crash has cure Sockeye salmon stocks have bottomed out at some of Kodiaks biggest producing systems The Karluk dubbed the green goddess by sports anglers along with its two sister systems on the islands west side for decades produced yearly harvests that topped one million reds Last year catches were a quarter of that

Its a massive drop said Gary Byrne operations manager for the Kodiak Regional Aquaculture Association explaining that the crash hit in 2008 Those fish are averaging five pounds each so youre talking about millions of dollars just in ex-vessel value never mind what it means to the communities as those fish move through Read more

Invasive mussels cause massive ecological changes The ongoing spread of non-native mussels in the Great Lakes has caused massive ecosystem-wide changes throughout lakes Michigan and Huron two of the planets largest freshwater lakes according to a new University of Michigan-led study

The blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of mussels the ze-bra and quagga is stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae result-ing in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multi-billion-dollar US commercial and recreational Great Lakes fisheries

Previous studies have linked the mussels to far-reaching changes in Lake Michigans southern basin Now a paper by two University of Michigan ecologists and a colleague shows that the same dramatic changes are occurring in northern Lake Michigan and throughout Lake Huron as well Read more

Mapping out BCs salmon farming activities A new series of maps showing all operating Atlantic salmon farms during the out migration periods of 2007 to 2010 is being released by the Britsh Columbian Salmon Farmers Association today At this time of year we hear questions about farms operating during the spring out-migration of wild salmon said Mary Ellen Walling Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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As well as explaining how we manage our farms to protect those wild smolts we wanted to create a resource for the general public research-ers and others who are interested in farm site locations The series of four maps show all farms that were in operation at any point between March 1 and July 1 2007 to 2010

It also indicates which were first-year farms and which had second year fish during those operations The dots marking those locations are greatly amplified from the scale proportion of an actual farm so that people can easily see where these sites are located Read more

Feed grains database from the USDA This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn grain sor-ghum barley and oats) foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye millet and mixed grains) hay and related items This includes data published in the monthly Feed Outlook and previously annual Feed Yearbook Data are monthly quarterly andor annual depending upon the data series Of related interest is the interactive Feed Grains Database on the ERS- Economic Research Service website

Available data include

Supply beginning stocks production and imports

Demand utilization for food seed and industrial uses feed and residual exports and ending stocks

Prices farm and market prices

Quantities fed concentrates oilseed meals and animal- and grain-pro-tein feeds

Feed-price ratios for livestock poultry and milk

And much more

Current Documents

Feed Outlook 04122011 [pdf]

Press Release Gleadell Market Report

GRAIN MARKETS - David Sheppard managing director

WHEATThe Ukrainian parliament has allowed the government to sell grain export quotas at auctions Pakistan is expected to produce at least 25million tons of wheat in its 201011 crop higher than initial thoughts following the lifting of an export ban in December The country has already exported or contracted to sell about 15million tons of wheat

Algeriarsquos Agriculture Ministry has issued preliminary drought warnings for several grain-growing regions and reported that the absence of rain since the start of the month was stressing cereal crops

USDA reported corn plantings at three percent complete as of Monday similar to last year and the average However traders believe that farm-ers are sowing the crop more slowly than expected increasing concerns they may not expand acres as much as previously projected to rebuild low stocks

USDA reported 36 percent of the winter wheat crop in goodexcellent condition down one percent on the week This represented a fall of one percent in HRW unchanged ratings in SRW and a three percent increase in White wheat

AgriMer reported yesterday that French soft wheat exports outside the EU will likely hit a record 128 million tons for the season Endings stocks were projected at 23 million tons down from 34 million tons in 2009-10 Strategies Grains leaves its EU-27 2011 soft wheat production estimate unchanged at 1352million tons up seven percent from 2010

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

FERTILISER market information contact Calum Findlay fertiliser trader on 01427 421244 calumfindlaygleadellcouk

Press queries or for further Gleadell contacts call Ahead PR on 01904 634040 mailaheadpreu

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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The USDA report released last week leaving US corn stocks unchanged did little to calm the markets as corn continued to rally to new highs Plantings have only just started and over the next few weeks markets will remain nervous as weather issues and plantings progress becomes closely monitored

Market fundamentals still point to a bullish scenario with tight global stocks and many weather related issues regarding new crop wheat pros-pects

However a Goldman Sachs recommendation to lsquobook profitsrsquo before a market reversal has encouraged investors to cash out long positions bringing markets off the recent highs and consumer buyers of old crop wheat in the EU and the UK are few and far between It remains to be seen who will be proved right in the end

OILSEED MARKETS - Jonathan Lane trading managerOilseeds opened on a strong footing on Monday initially attempting to shrug off bearish USDA data but gains were limited and prices trended lower as South American Soybean supplies relieve the strain on the tight US balance sheet

Chinese demand for the oilseed complex appeared to be slowing China announced that it might cancel some of its Soybean booking on the belief that it has overbooked purchases This coupled with an escalating threat of radioactive release from the damaged nuclear power plants in Japan (a disaster which has been compared to Chernobyl) added further weight to a market that has seen some strong gains over the course of the previous weeks

Markets finally broke sharply lower as Goldman Sachs issued a recom-mendation to investors to trim and book profits on commodity positions This added pressure to a market that was already on the back foot due to demand concerns from China and fresh South American supplies provid-ing some relief to the US balance sheet

On the domestic market prices were very volatile and trade was lim-ited Cash markets lagged behind the futures as crushers have mostly covered old crop requirements Going forward global tight supplies are still a concern as farmers are seen to expand corn plantings at the cost of soybeans Tight supplies and uncertainty surrounding the acreage planted in a year where oilseed supplies are limited may underpin prices going forward

Gleadell Fertiliser Market Report Following the continued trend from last week Global Urea prices are all still increasing As Urea prices rise in a lively market buyers are con-vinced that prices have bottomed out and these have come back with force It is unsure whether the market is in recovery mode or just experi-encing a bounce after a downturn

In the UK the wide spread currently between Urea and Ammonium Ni-trate prices is prompting some farmers who have already sold grain in the forward positions to buy Urea for the 2012 season to lock in input prices

The Potash market remains bullish as end crop prices climb and invento-ries dwindle However there has been minimal activity this week as many producers are holding off making deals in anticipation of Indian MOP contract settlements which are expected in the current weeks

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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44

DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Friday April 15 2011

Salmon farm project defeated in the Outer Hebrides Scotland Fish Legal is celebrating with local protestors on the Isle of Lewis follow-ing the Western Isles Councilrsquos (ldquoComhairle Nan Eilean Siarrdquo) refusal of planning permission for a salmon farm in Broad Bay near Stornoway one of the last pristine bays on the island to be free of fish farms

The application for planning permission was made by Lighthouse Cal-edonia a company which already has 35 fish farms in the Hebrides and the West Coast of Scotland The company has a productive capacity of over 20000 tonnes per annum which amounts to 20 percent of Scottish farmed salmon production The company is now known as lsquothe Scottish Salmon Companyrsquo although the vast majority of the company is owned by Swiss and Norwegian investors Read more

Vietnamese production and exports increase Vietnam - In February 2011 Vietnamese seafood production was expect-ed to reach 355400 million tonnes up 24 percent in comparison with the same period last year Of this shrimp volume was 27200 million tonnes up 63 percent This boosted total seafood volume of the country in first two months to 711800 million tonnes up 24 percent against the same period last year

Due to the forecast on shortage of food and growing demand most ag-ricultural products recorded a rise in both export price and value There-fore exports are predicted to boost to US$36 billion (UKpound2203 billion) increasing 507 percent in comparison with the same period a year ago Read more

Investing in marine biotechnology Norfimarsquos bioprocessing pilot plant in Tromso will be co-located with the new biotechnology facility being built in kaldfjord near Tromso and ex-panded from 150 m2 to around 1000 m2

This expansion will enable companies to take what they do in the labora-tories a step further than what is possible at Nofimarsquos current bioprocess-ing pilot plant from production on a pilot scale to a larger scope of prod-uct and process development on both a pilot and industrial scale

ldquoMarine bioprospecting deals with mapping the active substances found in marine species Marine bioprocessing involves taking a step further so that the research results in new products The new plant will be able to assist the companies with this This bioprocessing pilot plant will be marketed to industrial players not only nationally but also internationallyrdquo says project manager Even Stenberg at Nofima Read more

Reformed CFP to include new measures to boost European aquaculture European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has emphasised the growing role of aquaculture saying that the upcoming Common Fisher-ies Policy (CFP) reform will include organisational and funding changes designed to boost the sector The comments came after the April Council meeting of Fisheries Ministers held in Luxembourg yesterday

Commissioner Maria Damanaki thanked the Hungarian Presidency for chairing the meeting and stated We are going to do our best to boost the aquaculture sector in the framework of our proposal for the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy We need to develop more aquaculture projects as fish is a particularly healthy and nutritious product and there is an increasing demand which is now covered largely through imports Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Sustainable fishing no longer an option says Faroese Premier The Faroese Prime Minister Mr Kaj Leo Johannesen has said that sus-tainable seafood is no longer a choice but is now a necessity He made the comments while opening the recent 2011 North Atlantic Fish Fair in the Faroese fishing port of Klaksvik However there was no direct refer-ence to the current dispute between Iceland and the Faroe Islands on one hand and the European Union and Norway on the other over the long running mackerel dispute

The EU is expected to shortly announce details of sanctions against the two countries over their large self declared mackerel quotas Welcoming visitors to the fishing exhibition Mr Johannesen said the fish fair stated the importance of people having personal contacts and being able to talk face to face sharing their experiences and opinions Strategic networks created values and growth and he hoped it would create innovative solu-tions to many of the problems facing the industry Read more

Are we losing fight against farmed salmon Looking as the tempting platter of sushi I asked ldquois it wildrdquo I was refer-ring to the small chunks of pink salmon I could see encased in white rice and dried seaweed After receiving confirmation that the seafood in ques-tion was not farmed I went to reach for a piece when the sound of nerv-ous laughter stopped me and I looked up The host admitted he didnrsquot know or care one way or another and had extended the ldquoyesrdquo out of politeness I shrugged and selected a roll that was undeniably vegetarian instead

My personal bias against farmed salmon began when I was a fledgling reporter on Vancouver Island asked to write about the new seal man-agement measures at a local fish farm Rather than continue a policy of shooting seals the company had installed a secondary net system that acted as a barrier preventing the seals from coming into contact with the underwater nets full of farmed fish Read more

Monday April 18 2011

Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform to include boosting aquaculture Fisheries ministers from all 27 Member States of the European Union (EU) advocated increasing aid to boost aquaculture in the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in Luxembourg according to a plan proposed by the European Commission (EC) Several EU countries that are landlocked - Austria Czech Republic Hungary Luxembourg and Slovakia - presented a project that claims more support to fisheries and aquaculture in fresh water

The EU commissioner of Fisheries Maria Damanaki pledged at a meet-ing of the Council of Ministers to do everything possible to strengthen the aquaculture sector as there is growing demand for seafood Damana-ki also mentioned that the EC intends to launch an advisory committee on aquaculture with the participation of countries producers retailers and environmentalists She also promised greater co operation to push aquaculture management plans reports the EFE news agency Read more hellip

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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44

DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Abu Dhabi closer to building worlds largest caviar factory In another addition to their list of biggest and splashiest the desert city of Abu Dhabi is closer to building the worlds largest caviar farm after two dozen live sturgeon were flown in last month The fish were flown in from Frankfurt and arrived at the worlds largest aquaculture plant in Abu Dhabi a new 60000 square meter facility that is expected to produce 32 tons of caviar a year

The notion of building a caviar market was an audacious and ambitious one for a desert city But as appetites for luxury goods continue to climb in this affluent city - Abu Dhabi has one of the highest GDPs in the world thanks to its oil and gas reserves - spiking demand for one of the most decadent food products was destined to follow Read more

Okisollo and Hoskyn Channel salmon farms update Canada - Seven of nine salmon farm sites in Okisollo and Hoskyn chan-nels are fallow right now as it moves into the second month of the out-mi-gration period for wild smolts This is the fourth monthly update from the BC Salmon Farmers Association regarding the channels in response to questions from the public about current status of operations in the area Okisollo Channel is located just north of Campbell River and is home to five farms two of Marine Harvest Canadas two of Mainstream Canadas and one operated by Grieg Seafood

Hoskyn Channel on the east side of Quadra Island has four Marine Har-vest Canada leases (To see a map of where all these leases are located click here) The Conville Bay site located in Hoskyn Channel has been sub-leased from Marine Harvest Canada to Grieg Seafood is stocked and as per regulation are following all fish health and sea lice manage-ment programs Read more

Insights ahead of the third Algae World Europe Spain - The algae industry as a renewable energy and feed source will be the focus of the 3rd Algae World Europe conference in Spain

UK - In an exclusive 3rd Algae World Europe interview Augusto Rodriacutegu-ez-Villa president of AlgaEnergy says ldquoAlgaEnergy was first attracted to venture into the algae industry due to the revolutionary manner of the business being able to work on the development and fine tuning of CO2 reduction technology while at the same time producing food and clean and sustainable energy ensuring environmental stewardship

ldquoThis is in line with one of AlgaEnergyrsquos functions which is to improve processes and make profitable products derived from microalgae that will contribute to improving the welfare of society worldwiderdquo Read more

University of Arkansas to offer Doctoral Program in Aquaculture The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is set to begin offering a doctoral degree program in aquaculturefisheries this autumn allowing the univer-sity to expand its research to address problems facing the aquaculture industry The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved the program at its meeting today in Mountain Home

ldquoThis is a great day for UAPB but an even greater day for the industryrdquo said UAPB Chancellor Dr Lawrence A Davis Jr ldquoMy accolades go out to Dr (Mary) Benjamin Dr (Carole) Engle and all those that worked to bring this together and especially the industry that supported us in moving in this directionrdquo Benjamin is UAPBrsquos vice chancellor for academic affairs and Engle is director of the UAPB AquacultureFisheries Center of Excel-lence Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Government to Cap antibiotic use for Poultry Fish amp Shrimp India - The Government is to introduce a cap on the use of antibiot-ics and ban some products altogether in poultry shrimp and fish during production in order to tackle the problem of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens Antibiotic shots used at will to make chickens fatter or shrimps bigger will be regulated soon reports Times of India

For the first time National Policy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resist-ance has put a cap on how much antibiotics can be pumped into seafood or poultry products including shrimps prawns or fish and fishery prod-ucts

The policy has named common antibiotics like tetracycline oxytetracy-cline trimethoprim and oxolinic acid and clearly mentioned it shall not exceed the prescribed tolerance limit The use of over 20 antibiotics or pharmacologically active substances has been prohibited in seafood and poultry products Read more

Astaxanthin is the new supplement trend in Sacramento what are the effects Sometimes numerous Sacramento supermarket fish retailers will tell you that farmed salmon usually is coloured orange with astaxanthin Inter-estingly Sacramentans are taking astaxanthin as the latest supplement (antioxidant and carotenoid) that passes the blood-brain barrier Check out the April 14 2011 guide Astaxanthin Information | Evidenced-Based Supplement Guide

Astaxanthin is found in microalgae yeast salmon trout krill shrimp crayfish crustaceans and the feathers of some birds Astaxanthin is also used in aquaculture and may be derived from natural or synthetic sources

Farmed salmon may be fed astaxanthin to make the salmon flesh appear to be a bright orange Sacramentos interest in supplements now finds astaxanthin promoted as a supplement an antioxidant with health effects andor benefits still undergoing research mostly on lab animals Read more

Farmed seaweed could feed Eyre Peninsula abalone Eyre Peninsula abalone companies could soon benefit from a differ-ent kind of feed for their produce as a result of a new research project launched by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) The project which also involves scientists from Flinders Univer-sity and the University of Adelaide will look at growing seaweed on land that has the potential to be used as abalone feed

Currently importing seaweed costs Australia more than AUS$15 million (UKpound 97 million) a year SARDI project leaders Steven Clarke and Dr Sasi Nayar said the small quantity of seaweed currently available in the state was only obtained once it washed up onto beaches The best way for the industry to grow is through aquaculture Mr Clarke said

Dr Nayar said a large part of the project would be developing a sea-weed-based manufactured product that could be used to feed abalone As an abalone feed a modest 10 percent replacement of manufac-tured feed with the seaweed could lead to savings for growers of about AUS$200000 (UKpound129404771) per annum on a typical farm Dr Nayar said Read more

Mariculture should flourish in India says expert With sustainable aquaculture fish farming practice it has gained incred-ible potential globally Fifty percent of global seafood has been pro-duced by adopting the best aquaculture methods according to Michael Schwarz an expert of aquaculture Virginia Tech USA

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Mr Schwarz was addressing students and scientists at a lsquoworkshop on cobia and other marine finfish farming and celebration of World Veterinary Year 2011 which was organised by the Fisheries College and Research Institute Tuticorin on Monday

Since global aquaculture assumed greater significance to provide food for people its growth would be doubled phenomenally by 2030 Based on the availability of natural resources stakeholders could well materialise opportunities to employ themselves Read more

Tuesday April 19 2011

Feed Outlook - April 2011 The recent grains stocks report confirms that supplies are tight accord-ing to Tom Capehart and Edward Allen in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research ServiceThe Grain Stocks report issued by USDArsquos National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) at the end of March shows relatively tight March 1 stocks for each of the feed grains

US corn feed and residual use is lowered 50 million bushels due to the recent run-up in corn prices and increased prospects for wheat feeding this summer Corn used to producer ethanol is increased by 50 million bushels this month as ethanol production continues at near-record levels The midpoints of the forecasts of the marketing year average prices re-ceived by farmers for corn sorghum and oats are unchanged this month but the price ranges were narrowed Read more

New catfish feed formulations tested High ingredient prices in 2008 led feed mills to begin manufacturing new less expensive feed formulations untested under commercial catfish farm-ing conditions New feed formulations have been tested at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff (UAPB) for the past three years by professors at UAPB and researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

In 2008 three 32 percent protein diets (an industry standard an alter-native and a corn gluten feed diet) and a 24 percent protein diet were tested The 32 percent industry standard diet resulted in significantly greater yield of carryover fish Feed conversion ratios of the standard and alternative diets were significantly lower than those of the 32 percent corn gluten and 24 percent protein diets but visceral fat content was higher for the standard and alternate diets Read more

Vertical integration key to sea cucumber success Large numbers of larvae of the sea cucumber (Australostichopus mollis) have settled in the intensive settlement system at the Ahumoana a Toi Aquaculture Centre writes Andrew Morgan Currently the ability of this pilot intensive commercial settlement system to produce large numbers of juveniles is being assessed This system is also part of a production platform designed as a pilot for selective breeding

The nutritional requirements of larvae and its impact on growth and development and how this relates to the rearing environment is used for successful intensive and sustainable pilot commercial-scale production Larval competency and the ability of large numbers of larvae to complete the larval cycle settle and become juveniles are very dependent on this Handling techniques during larval rearing have a significant impact on the numbers of larvae completing the larval cycle and settling Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Probiotics ndash An alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Probiotics are generally defined as bacteria that promote the health of other organisms Carolyn Gunn DVM Assistant State Fish Patholo-gist at Colorado Division of Wildlife looks at probiotics as an alternative treatment for bacterial coldwater disease Specifically probiotics are live microorganisms which when consumed in adequate amounts provide a health benefit for the host

Probiotics have been used to promote the health of humans and terres-trial livestock for a considerable period of time Probiotics are available in foods and dietary supplements Yogurt fermented and unfermented milk miso and soy beverages are examples of foods that contain probiotics Read more

Fortunes turn for Marine Harvest Norwegian aquaculture and fish processing company Marine Harvest has seen profits more than double last year compared to 2009 In its annual report the company shows that profits rise to NOK3108 billion (US$573 million) from NOK1302 billion(US$238 million) the previous year

Sales rose from NOK1465 billion (US$268 billion) to NOK1519 billion (US$278 billion)

However the rise in sales and profits comes on the back of lower harvest volumes last year with production at 295683 tonnes last year compared to 327100 tonnes in 2009 In its annual report Marine Harvest said that strong underlying demand and tight global supply resulted in a solid mar-ket and increased prices for salmon in 2010 Read more

Virus may be causing Pacific salmon mortalities Pacific salmon may be dying from a leukemia-type virus according to a new theory to explain falling wild salmon numbers in the Fraser River In Canadas Fraser River a mysterious illness has killed millions of Pacific salmon and scientists have a new hypothesis about the cause The wild salmon may be suffering from viral infections similar to those linked to some forms of leukemia and lymphoma reports McClatchy newspapers

For 60 years before the early 1990s an average of nearly eight million wild salmon returned from the Pacific Ocean to the Fraser River each year to spawn Now the salmon industry is in a state of collapse with mortality rates ranging from 40 to 95 per cent The salmon run has been highly variable The worst year came in 2009 with 15 million salmon followed by the best year in 2010 with 30 million salmon But the overall trend is downward Read more

Sustainable indoor urban fish amp vegetable farms in Sacramento With all the new hydroponics stores opening in Sacramento the green health trend thats emerging in Sacramento emphasises indoor farms in urban areas sometimes in basements Check out the Sustainable Urban Gardens website Also watch this video capture carbon in soil with organic farming The popular trend goes beyond hydroponics or aquacul-ture Its about aquaponics growing indoors fish and vegetables together so that fish and plants coexist under the same roof

An April 18 2011 article by Chicago Tribune writer Melissa Harris reprinted today in the Sacramento Bee Sustainable urban farms are cropping up indoors fish plants coexist at aquaponic sites explains how people are turning former factories and even meatpacking plants into urban indoor farms in various cities Lets say you want to start on a tiny scale in Sacramento and you cant afford to buy or lease large aban-doned industrial buildings or lease stockyard space Instead on a smaller scale you grow vegetables and fish indoors creating sustainable urban farms Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Sea Urchins turning into cannibals Sea urchins have becomes a trendy food and because of our feeding and overcrowding them theyre even starting to eat each other Sea ur-chins prized for their edible gonads resort to cannibalism when starved and forced into overcrowded tanks according to new research

There are no documented reports of cannibalism among wild sea urchin populations according to the study so little doubt exists that man-made conditions are driving this behaviour Aquaculture of sea urchins is par-ticularly popular in Japan and China where millions of tons are harvested each year

Certain fish raised for human consumption such as Cobia trout and flounder as well as many species of shrimp and lobsters are also known to become cannibals when under stress That is one reason the claws of lobsters are bound when these shellfish are confined in small fish market tank Read more

Wednesday April 20 2011

Aquaculture in Minas Gerais grows by 30 percent over two years Statistics from the Federal Superintendent of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) in Minas Gerais reveal that between 2008 and 2009 the aquaculture production chain grew on average by 30 percent while between 2002 and 2007 that growth was 10 percent Meanwhile at the national level aquaculture has increased on average by 10 percent reports Agrosoft

Besides being an activity that requires little capital to those who only pro-duce the National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES) is firm to help develop new businesses in the area said the coordinator of the agency Lucas Rocha Carneiro According to the latest census con-ducted in the state of Minas Gerais 29 percent of the surveyed producers were cultivating more than 11 million units of ornamental fish Read more

Catching an industry in Koh Kong Cambodia Cambodia is increasingly turning to fish farming in order to meet domestic demand The business can be lucrative but faces hurdles such as requir-ing substantial investment and know-how according to Cheng Chhun owner of the Cheng Chhun Seafish Farm

Dozens of fish farms hug the shore in the Mondul Seima district of Koh Kong province but Cheng Chhunrsquos is the largest with eight ponds on a nine-hectare farm Each pond contains between 5000 to 10000 fish with a single pond worth of fish taking some six months to mature and fetching between US$30000 (euro2079363) and US$40000 (euro2772484) Read more

Salmon Theres trouble upstreamThe Atlantic salmon is under threat from over-fishing pollution and farm-ing So what can be done to preserve this regal fish An epic traveller and spectacular high-jumper the Atlantic salmon is one of Europes most enduring creatures For thousands of years they have roamed free across the Atlantic Ocean and spawned in the rivers and streams that flow out into the North Atlantic Yet this remarkable animal given the regal nick-name of the king of fish faces an uncertain future

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

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Over the past 40 years overall European stocks of Atlantic salmon have experienced a multi-decadal decline from around eight million in the early 1970s to around three million today resulting in the lowest population levels observed since regular monitoring began in the 1970s While stock levels in a handful of individual rivers (eg the Tyne) have increased in recent years due to intense and localised conservation efforts Atlantic salmon populations in general are contracting Read more

UK - Money for fish farming An innovative crab waste recycling scheme topped a list of fishing indus-try projects in Devon and Cornwall sharing a UKpound19 million (US$311 million) pot of European funding this month A total of 16 projects benefit-ed from the money made available through the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and Marine Management Organisation (MMO)

The Blue Seafood Company received UKpound179000 (US$293024) to develop its Paignton factory so that crab processing waste can be turned into a by-product for use by whelk fishermen as well as UKpound6500 (US$10640) for cold storage Nick Howell owner of the Pilchard Works in Newlyn and a member of the ports harbour commission said the fund was hugely important for the industry Read more

Untreated sewage blamed for fish deaths Discharge of untreated sewage has been blamed for recent fish deaths in Nanjing in eastern China Untreated sewage that ended up in a nearby river following the shutdown of a water treatment plant was blamed for the deaths of thousands of fish in east Chinas Jiangsu Province the local government there says

Official sources report that thousands of dead fish were found floating in sections of the Waiqinhuai River in the provinces capital city of Nanjing over the past two days a spokesman with the city government said The results of tests and monitoring by the citys environment bureau showed that the mass fish deaths might be related to the recent shutdown of a sewage treatment plant he said Read more

State poised for rapid strides in prawn cultivation Better late than never After a long delay Assam is poised to make rapid strides in freshwater prawn cultivation Pilot projects in the state have dispelled doubts over the feasibility of fresh water prawn farming in this region

According to sources in the Fisheries Department fresh water prawn will be available in the state very soon Scampi the commercial name of the large fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rossenbergii) has been com-mercially cultured in the statersquos agro climatic condition sending a positive message to fish farmers Read more

Thursday April 21 2011

Royal DSM NV Donates US$70000 to CEIrsquos sustainable aquaculture program Royal DSM NV presented the Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) with a cheque for US$70000 (UKpound4243337) for further research for offshore aquaculture DSM and CEI are collaborating to demonstrate that raising fish in an offshore cage within the Bahamas and other warm water lo-cales is possible and can be done with assured success and in a sustain-able manner

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

49

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

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52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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DSM and CEI have been actively working together since 2009 in a part-nership to find improved predation controls for warm water aquaculture This is the first Corporate sponsorship that CEI has received CEI pro-motes conservation of tropical and coastal ecosystems throughout Read more

Stirling University Lecturers to strike in dispute over job losses Lecturers are to strike next week at Stirling University in a row over job losses at the School of aquaculture department Members of the Univer-sity and College Union (UCU) will take the action on Tuesday outside the campuss main entrance Picket lines will be manned from 8am at the university gate off the A9 and a general meeting will take place later in the morning

Students are expected to show their support by joining lecturers in a march from the rural campus to the town center followed by a rally A hustings with the Scottish parliamentary election candidates for Clack-mannanshire and Dunblane will follow Read more

Aquaculture Dialogues to be handed over in Brussels At the 2010 European Seafood Exposition in Brussels the Aquaculture Stewardship Council presented its visual identity This year the Aquacul-ture Dialogues Standards for Tilapia Pangasius and Abalone that have independently been formulated by multi-stakeholder groups led by World Wildlife Fund will be officially handed over by WWF to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council on the first day of the Brussels Seafood Exposition

The event will take place on May 3 at the ASC stand at 1300 hrs The ASC says ldquoWe cordially invite you to be present at this event which is a milestone in the development of the ASC and in the implementation of the most robust independent and metric based sustainability standards for farmed fish Read more

Chilean mussel producers look to consolidate international markets In recent years there has been a steady growth in Chilean mussel farming which encourages fishing companies to seek new markets and diversify its production mainly salmon While the fishing industry spent only around US$190 million (UKpound115 million) in this activity over the last 15 years the production of farmed mussels rose sharply

The fishing sector intends to position mussels as one of the best seafood products in the world reports Diario Financiero According to data pro-vided by the National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) during mid 1990 Chile produced 2100 tonnes of mussels Whilst 10 years later a total of 28000 tonnes were obtained In 2009 the harvest of mussels came to 168000 tonnes and in 2010 the figure reached over 214000 tonnes Read more

Stirlingrsquos MSc Aquaculture distance learning continues to grow The Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling says that its new approach to obtaining an MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture by Distance Learning continues to prove popular as another student module starts Professor Brian Austin Director of the Institute of Aquaculture expressed his delight at the continued growth in interest in these innovative pro-grammes

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

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Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

51

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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He said It is great to see a further 20 percent increase in student enrol-ment on this program Expanding he explained that the flexibility of the distance learning approach allows students to select modules over several years allowing them to build their credits on their own schedule depending on personal circumstances Read more

New Brunswick shrimp industry given a financial boost by government New Brunswicks shrimp industry which generates CAN$82 mil-lion (UKpound52464 million) a year in product sales received a significant boost this week with the announcement that the province is investing CAN$840000 (UKpound537437) to help in the rationalisation of the traditional shrimp fishing fleet in the province

New Brunswick Agriculture Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Michael Olscamp and Economic Development Minister Paul Robichaud were in Lameque Tuesday to make the announcement The provincial funds from the Regional Development Corporation represent 30 percent of the total investment with the balance coming from the harvesting and processing industries

The Fisheries Renewal Framework outlines how balancing harvesting ca-pacity with the availability of the resource is one of the ways government can support an industry-led strategy Read more

Canada supporting the expansion of aquaculture Canadas new survey reveals the majority of Canadians support national legislation to govern and enable the growth of our aquaculture industry Conducted from April 7 - 14 2011 the survey found that eight in ten Canadians (81 percent) either strongly support (40 percent) or somewhat support (41 percent) a national Aquaculture Act Only four percent oppose national legislation

Even in British Columbia where campaigns opposing aquaculture are most active 79 percent of respondents either strongly or somewhat sup-port the development of an Aquaculture Act More than six in ten Cana-dians indicated support for national legislation saying the country needs national standards for the industry (69 percent) and a framework for industry growth (60 percent) Read more

Fishermen hamper efforts to reduce beach shark attacks Director of Quy Nhon City Urban Environment Companys Planning Unit Nguyen Huu Dung said the company and local authorities were respon-sible for removing fish and shrimp rafts and traps just off the city beach over the last six days The move aims to prevent sharks from coming inshore and attacking swimmers Fish and shrimps bred on rafts and captured in traps were believed to have attracted sharks to the shallow water he said

Nine teams have collected rubbish and 40 large rafts and traps in deep water from Hai Cang to Gheng Rang Ward and removed tens of small rafts further away from the beaches Dung said However thousands of rafts set along the coast by local fishermen remain unmoved Company worker Nguyen Van Tin said they had tried to carry out their task but had faced major opposition from local fishermen Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

46

Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

47

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The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

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Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

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Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

Page 45: April 2011 - The Aquaculturists

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

46

Soybean meal in tilapia diets Chinese scientists studied the effects of different levels of soybean meal inclusion in replacement for fish meal on growth digestive enzymes and transaminase activities in practical diets for juvenile tilapia This study evaluated the effects of replacing fish meal (FM) in practical diets for tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus x O aureus) with different levels of soybean meal (SBM) on growth digestive enzymes and liver transaminase activi-ties

Five isonitrogenous (crude protein 300 gkg) and isoenergetic (gross en-ergy 16 kJg) practical diets were formulated by replacing zero (the con-trol) 25 50 75 and 100 percent of protein from fish meal with SBM Each diet was randomly assigned to triplicate groups of 30 fish per aquarium (mean initial weight 40 g) Fish were fed three times daily to apparent satiation for eight weeks Read more

Cardiomyopathy Syndrome (CMS) Virus Discovered Norway PHARMAQ and the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science have identified the virus causing cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) of Atlantic salmon Through this discovery more tools will become available that will make it possible to control the disease and limit the spread and the impact of the disease PHARMAQ will explore the possibilities for developing a vaccine against CMS a disease which currently results in significant losses for the aquaculture industry

Cardiomyopathy syndrome of Atlantic salmon was first recorded in the mid 80rsquos in Norway Economic losses are high since primarily fish at slaughter size die The virus was discovered through a close research collaboration between PHARMAQ with project manager Marit Rode and Professor Oslashystein Evensen and his research group at the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science This is a result of a close and productive collaboration over many years say the two scientists The research pro-gram was partly funded by the Research Council of Norway Read more

Tuesday April 26 2011

March 2011 Catfish feed deliveries up US Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during March 2011 was 17459 tons up 29 percent from March 2010 and up 252 percent from the previous month Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 16891 tons up 33 percent from the corresponding month a year ago March feed delivered to Alabama catfish growers for foodsize fish totaled 6951 tons up 100 percent from last year

Alabama accounted for 41 percent of the total foodsize catfish feed de-livered to United States farmers The other major States with catfish feed deliveries for foodsize fish in March and their comparison to the previous year were Arkansas with 1431 tons up two percent Louisiana with 298 tons up four percent and Mississippi with 5446 tons up 20 percent Read more

Green farming key to exports The environmental impacts of aquaculture and sustainable produc-tion practices have become important factors in purchasing decisions made by export markets experts said yesterday Farmers breeders and processors should be aware of this and apply strict standards in all their operations Pham Anh Tuan deputy director of the General Department of Fisheries told a conference in HCM City

47

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

48

I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

49

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

50

Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

51

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

The conference which focused on tra (pangasius) exports heard that Vi-etnam exported 153062 tonnes of the fish worth US$376430 (euro257361) in the first three months of the year an increase of 52 percent in volume and 216 percent in value over the same period last year Read more

Review Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture

ISBN 978-90-481-3085-0

In July 2007 a workshop was held on Research Needs for Sustaining Aquaculture to 2025 and beyond where the idea for this book originated The workshop was funded by the International Development Research Center (Canada)

Sena S De Silva is the Director General of Network of Aquaculture Cent-ers in Asia-Pacific and also an Honorary Professor School of Life amp Environmental Sciences Deakin University Victoria Australia

F Brian Davy is a Senior Fellow at the International Institute for Sustain-able Development (Canada) with over 35 years experience in the field of aquatic resources edited Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture which was published in 2010

This publication looks at selected success stories of aquaculture in Asia and the lessons learned

Chapter one looks at the successes in Asia contributing to sustained development and poverty alleviation It deals with fish and human nutri-tion the traditional fish food supplies and the fish food needs It also deals with key features of the aquaculture sector and the public perceptions on aquaculture

Chapter two covers recent developments in rice-fish culture in China looking at the livelihood improvements and the holistic approaches used in this culture It cover the historical accounts of this kind of aquaculture along with the evolution of fish culture in rice fields and recent develop-ments The important systems and practices and the contributions to food security and safety

In later chapters the book looks at shrimp farmers in India backyard hatcheries and small scale shrimp and prawn farming in Thailand and cage fish culture in Nepal It also looks at enhancing rural farmers income through fish production in Sri Lanka and the Striped Catfish aquaculture in Vietnam

The final three chapters deal with the genetic improvement of farmed tila-pias impacts and lessons learned The role of exotics in Chinese inland aquaculture and a synthesis and the lessons learned

Success Stories in Asian Aquaculture is an interesting book showing the success stories of aquaculture Aquaculture from Asia accounts for 85 percent of the global production Aquaculture in Asia is on a small scale mainly due to the fact that it is carried out by families who own and operate fish farms Most involved in aquaculture in Asia are in the rural communities

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

48

I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

49

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

50

Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

51

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

Page 47: April 2011 - The Aquaculturists

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

48

I think this book is a good starting point for anyone that has an interest in aquaculture and especially to those involved in research or are develop-ment workers and decision makers Its a good starting point for students who are interested in aquaculture in developing countries

Chinese fish drowning in antibiotics The reservoir at the back of the home of Mr Zhang a Guizhou Province resident ldquoused to be so clear that we could see the bottomrdquo he told The Epoch Times in an interview It was the source of drinking water for the whole village

But when the reservoir was contracted out to fish farmers they almost turned it into a toxic waste dump Because they want to maximize profits by breeding far more fish than the natural environment could support Mr Zhang said they were liberal in use of urea animal manure and antibi-otics with no regard for how things would turn out down the line Read more

Sea lice ldquobreakthroughrdquo ready for sharing say salmon firm What is claimed to be an innovative way of collecting and removing sea lice is being developed following a trial by Loch Duart Ltd The company Loch Duart say they are keen to share this ldquoinnovationrdquo with any other salmon farmer interested ldquoSea lice have been around as long as salmon have existed and will be as long as they continue tordquo said Nick Joy Man-aging Director

ldquoLoch Duart hopes and aim to work to ensure that salmon have a long future ahead and that sea lice will not be a significant factor affecting the speciesrsquo future Whilst we are not yet at the point where we can say that sea lice are over as an issue we can say that we have taken a new step in the control of this perennial pestrdquo He added that for some time they have been researching and developing ldquonovelrdquo methods to counter sea lice Read more

Canadians back aquaculture regulation A recent survey indicates most Canadians support national legislation to govern the aquaculture industry says a group representing fish farm-ers The survey involving 1196 randomly selected Canadian adults was done earlier this month by Abacus Data Inc Canadians overwhelmingly support our call for a federal aquaculture act said a news release from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

Survey results found 40 percent strongly support the creation of an act while 41 percent somewhat support the establishment of one The survey found four percent were opposed to national legislation and the remainder apparently had no opinion Although the Canadian aquaculture industry is governed by 73 separate rules or regulations from coast to coast Canada is the only major seafood-producing nation without na-tional legislation specifically designed for the aquaculture industry said the release Read more

Aquaculture field day to focus on raising coldwater fish species A workshop is being planned for later this spring to unveil new research and advances in the culture of coldwater species of fish The program is being held June 8-9 at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Points Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility near Red Cliff Sponsored by University of Wisconsin Steven Point (UWSP) UW-Extension UW-MadisonAquaculture Program and the Wisconsin Aquaculture Associa-tion the event will take a closer look at fish like arctic char coho salmon Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout

49

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

50

Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

51

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

Page 48: April 2011 - The Aquaculturists

49

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Coldwater fish nutrition and health will be addressed as well as flow-through and recycle systems technology pond management water qual-ity and various lighting strategies for coldwater species culture Speakers will include experts in coldwater species culture from around the country including Steven Summerfelt Chris Good Brian Vinci and John Davidson Bill Wolters and many more Read more

Vietnamese tra fish faces nasty trick once again The false information released at ldquoPangasius Lierdquo by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) the program broadcasted on German television one month ago has made the demand for tra fish in the north of the Europe de-crease dramatically At the 30 minute program a fisheries expert of WWF Catherine Zucco said ldquotra fish are dangerous because they are being farmed on dirty watersrdquo

Right after the program was broadcasted a retail group has stopped pro-viding tra fish products on its supermarket chain in Denmark and Norway Metrol has also stopped selling tra fish in Germany The tra fish consump-tion in the north of the Europe has been decreasing sharply over the past several weeks especially in Germany Read more

Wednesday April 27 2011

Two locally-owned salmon farms sold to Norwegian operator Two of the last Shetland owned salmon farms have been sold to the Nor-wegian fish farming giant Grieg Seafood Hjaltland in a deal worth UKpound22 million (US$3619 million) The sale of Robert Nicolsonrsquos Skelda Salmon and George Duncanrsquos G Duncan (Salmon) Ltd leaves just four working salmon farms in local ownership two in Unst one in Yell and one in Sker-ries Over 90 percent of the industry is now in the hands of three foreign operators who are keen to increase production in a booming market

The two farms bought by Hjaltland at Spoose Holm off the Scalloway isles and Setter Voe off Burra are licensed to produce 2100 tonnes of fish but neither is currently growing fish Hjaltland plans to restock them in spring next year G Duncan has not grown its own fish for a number of years and was leased to Skelda It was hit by the outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in 2009 which started in a nearby Scottish Sea Farms site Skelda was forced to harvest the fish in November 2009 and leave the site fallow Read more

Nutreco invests in upgrade of fish feed capacity in Norway Nutreco is investing euro27 million (US$39579 million) to upgrade its fish feed plant in Averoslashy Norway The investment in the Averoy plant consists of an upgrade of the grinding facility a new intake line and expansion of both storage capacity and operation premises The investment will enable Skretting Nutrecos fish feed business to meet future market demand for high quality feed for salmon and to maintain its market leader position in Norway The Norwegian fish feed market has grown with an average of eight percent a year from 2006 to 2010

Growth of aquacultureKnut Nesse Nutrecos Chief Operating Officer Aquaculture This in-vestment clearly demonstrates our commitment to support the growth of aquaculture in Norway and to maintain our market leader position in this fish feed market Growth is expected to continue at a high rate in the coming years especially in salmon feed Read more

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

50

Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

51

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

50

Cameroon New fish development strategy in view Cameroons Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD) is carrying out research in view of putting at the disposal of fish farmers and donors a new development strategy that is expected to boost local production and bail the country out of incessant importation of fish A two-day workshop to validate the research results dubbed Research Strategy on Fish Culture Development in Cameroon went underway in IRAD premises at Nkolbisson Yaounde yesterday April 25

Speaking during the opening ceremony the Director General of IRAD Dr Jacob Mbua Ngueve said the study sought to develop methodology about the constraints to sustainable fish farming in the country

Cameroon imports a lot of fish irrespective of the potentials we have Oceans rivers are aplenty Government has wanted to increase fish production and given that we cannot go and tell farmers to increase production without a strategy to guide them there was need for a study he said The study he added is to come up with a strategy that will help farmers know exactly what they are supposed to do to increase produc-tion without destroying biodiversity Read more

Aquaculture may boost state agribusiness To ramp up the automotive industry in Michigan Henry Ford built the Rouge Plant a manufacturing infrastructure that could produce everything needed from glass to steel to make cars Today Russ Allen is looking for a way to build a shrimp Rouge Plant a pollution-free recirculating facil-ity that could breed grow process and ship a million pounds of shrimp a year

Shrimp-growing systemIts not as far-fetched as it sounds Allen who spent 23 years establishing outdoor shrimp farming in Central and South America has been raising shrimp indoors in Okemos since 1994 at his Seafood Systems research facility He closely guards his proprietary technology from other compa-nies and scientists around the world who also are racing to create the first successful commercial-sized indoor shrimp-growing system

This could be the start of an entirely new industry for Michigan a clean industry with new jobs he said if he can find the US$10 million (UKpound6079 million) he needs to build a commercial plant Read more

Europe scorns supersalmon as GM battle widens European salmon farmers and breeders who dominate global sales have a wary eye on transgenic American superfish that grow fast and might gulp part of the US$107 billion (UKpound64872 billion)-a-year aquaculture business We dont have any monster pigs in Europe or monster cows and theres no need for such a salmon said Geir Isaksen the chief ex-ecutive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq

Genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon patented by US biotech firm AquaBounty are widely billed as growing at double speed and could be approved by US regulators as early as this summer taking the global GM food fight to the fish counter

This is a safe and stable construct AquaBounty CEO Ronald Stotish told Reuters explaining how technicians inject Atlantic salmon eggs with genes from Pacific Chinook and bottom-dwelling ocean pout The result three species in one thus transgenic would be the first GM animal ap-proved for human consumption joining GM plants like soy and corn that have been altered to tolerate harsh herbicides Read more

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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51

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Fish farm seeks to drift cages off Hawaii Kona Blue Water Farms has applied for a permit to determine wether it would be possible to grow young amberjack to harvest size in just 10 months in submerged cages tethered to surface bouys drifting freely on a circular ocean current off the big Island

ldquoThis is one of the next steps that we have to do to grow more fish in an environmentally responsible manner ldquohe said ldquo The whole world could benefit from this Presently there are two ocean based farms operating in Hawaii One is Kona Blue trading as Kona Kampachi and the other is Hukilau Foods Read more

Solid sustainability results from Cermaq In its 2010 sustainability report published today Cermaq says it has demonstrated sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes

Cermaq has today presented its sustainability results for 2010 The com-pany is a leader in farming of salmon and trout and production of feed for the same species Cermaq demonstrates sustainability through good production results based on preventive fish health measures with minor use of medicines and with zero escapes Read more

Fish project in China launched by AgriMarine AgriMarine Holdings Inc based in Vancouver and the Zhoushan Fish-eries Research Institute in the Peoples Republic of China (ZFRI) are pleased to announce a joint venture for a commercial scale research project for the rearing of yellow croaker in a closed containment system The joint venture project is an important step for the Company as it ad-vances its solid wall closed containment technology into other high value species in China

Yellow croaker wild populations (called gold fish in China) have declined since the 1970s and are now cultured in ocean net cages in the Fujian Province These practices are contributing to pollution disease and signif-icant use of antibiotics resulting in flesh quality issues Previous research on the culture of yellow croaker using manufactured feeds has been conducted by the American Soya Association (ASA) in co-operation with the Ping Yang County Fisheries Bureau of Zhejiang Province ASA will also provide advice on the feed formulation for the research conducted by AgriMarine and ZFRI Read more

Thursday April 28 2011

VIV sets world standard in animal protein production

VNU Exhibitions Europe says its shows set the world standard for top quality in innovative animal protein production VNU Exhibitions Europe part of Royal Dutch Jaarbeurs is active organising trade shows in the field of intensive animal farming for many years and has achieved a high international standard with the exhibition brand VIV

The exhibition program of VIV typically includes companies active in feed milling and supplying feed milling equipment animal feed and feed addi-tives animal health products breeding and housing meat products meat processing packaging and logistics and other services related to the animal protein production industry

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

52

VIV started as a vertical trade fair meaning that the entire process from feed milling equipment to genetic basic material to ready-made end prod-ucts is on display Moreover VIV expanded even further with the increas-ing demand for value-added products Read more

Sustainable Pangasius production in Vietnam Vietnam - Members of the Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project met in Scotland recently to discuss the development of sustain-able pangasius in Vietnam They invited MEP and Senior Vice President of the European Parliamentrsquos Fisheries Committee Struan Stevenson to increase his understanding on safety and sustainability of pangasius

In November 2010 Struan Stevenson added to a raft of criticism in the media over Pangasius production in Vietnam and European imports of the finished product His comments in the European Parliament raised concerns over safety standards of the finished product and welfare stand-ards of those working in the industry The Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT) project led by the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling Univer-sity is heavily involved in researching the burgeoning trade in pangasius from Vietnam Read more

Catfish processing down 37 percent from last year US - Farm-raised catfish processed during March 2011 totaled 294 mil-lion pounds round weight down 37 percent from March 2010 National Agricultural Statistics Service The average price paid to producers was US$107 (UKpound0641) per pound for March 2011 up 69 cents from last month and 287 cents above a year ago Net pounds of processed fish sold during March 2011 totaled 176 million pounds down 22 percent from the comparable month in 2010

Sales of fresh fish at 584 million pounds were down 31 percent from March 2010 and represented 33 percent of total sales Frozen fish sales at 118 million pounds were down 16 percent from a year ago and ac-counted for the remaining 67 percent of total fish sales Sales of whole fish represented 19 percent of the total fish sold fillets accounted for 57 percent and the remaining 24 percent were mostly steaks nuggets and value added products The total end of the month inventory decreased 32 percent from last month and was down 49 percent from a year ago Read more

New department set up for Sea Lice research Norway - Nofima and Tromsoslash Aquaculture Research Station have de-veloped a new department for salmon lice research This is an important contribution in the effort to combat the problems with salmon lice in the aquaculture industry The department is located in a separate hall con-taining tanks where the scientists have full control of all relevant environ-ment factors such as water temperature salt content oxygen and feed

All water is cleaned before it is pumped out again to avoid salmon lice being transferred to the surroundings Nofima Senior Advisor Heidi Mikalsen explained We have established this department to meet the industryrsquos requirement for research that can contribute to getting rid of the lice problem We have had a large influx of enquirers from commercial actors wanting to study and document how efficient treatments for salmon lice are Read more

53

THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

Page 52: April 2011 - The Aquaculturists

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THE AQUACULTURIST | April 2011

Vietnam Tien Giang rejects fish cancer rumour Tien Giang Rumours that eating square-head anabas causes cancer were untruthful said deputy director of the Tien Giang Aquaculture De-partment Phan Huu Hoi The rumours have caused great public concern in the southern province for the past 10 days affecting the trade and consumption of the fish Before the rumours appeared prices of square-head anabas in the province were quite high at about VND30000-50000 (US$15-25) a kilo

However after the rumours the prices decreased sharply to about VND18000-23000 ($09-115) leaving the breeders having to shoulder major losses This was not the first time such rumours had been spread Hoi said Before last Tet (Lunar New Year) rumours that grapefruit and durian could cause cancer appeared in the province causing the fruit price to drop before a recent rebound he said Read more

Costs disease hurt shrimp breeders Despite an increase in prices shrimp breeders in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta are facing difficulties due to higher input costs and an outbreak of disease among their crops The price of baby shrimp feed and veterinary medicine as well as costs to improve breeding ponds have increased strongly over last year pushing up production costs

Each baby shrimp price for instance is VND10-15 higher than the previous year while the feed price rose by thousands of dong a kilo In addition shrimp raised in many delta provinces including Tra Vinh Soc Trang Bac Lieu and Kien Giang have died in large numbers because of unseasonable rains earlier this month creating heavy losses to farmers Read more

Western Australian Shire seeks barra farm funds The Western Australian wheat-belt Shire of Wagin hopes a plan for an aquaculture farm to help tackle salinity and generate its own power will gain government approval The shire has applied for more than AUS$3 million (UKpound1797 million) in Federal Government grant money to fund the facility which would use the towns saline groundwater for the inland barramundi farm The farm would be integrated with a desalination unit and co-generation power station Read more

Push for aquaculture would reap benefits Trinidad amp Tobago A stronger emphasis on aquaculture not only on tilapia but also other freshwater and marine fish species would help the domestic economy and exports according to a local reporter With the end of the Lenten season and its traditional heavy demand for fish what strikes forcibly in the wake of this years fish shortages is that a great deal more needs to be done for the fishing industry according to Newsday of Trinidad and Tobago

On the plus side however is the Minister of Food Productions recent advice of plans to assist several of the countrys fishing villages as well as the developments of strategies aimed at helping the winning of larger catch But as welcome as this may be the question remains is it enough In the meantime the suggestion of aquaculture as a comple-ment or indeed in some instances a credible alternative to sea fishing should be examined closely Read more

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter

Page 53: April 2011 - The Aquaculturists

For more information about the Aquaculturist visitwwwtheaquaculturistsblogspotcomor follow the aquaculturist on twitter