04/18/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Aquaculture.

• Legislaturea s fisheries research funding tops $12 million _{2013-04-18, 09:06 pm}
  ... of Cook Inlet advocates including Kenai River Sportfishing Association, Alaska Salmon Alliance, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association and the borough's commission. The coalition supported the borough's request to do genetics work on coho salmon, as ...
• Texas A&M Aquaculture Facility Celebrates 40 Years of Service _{2013-04-18, 01:43 pm}
  By Steve Byrns -Texas AgriLife Today COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the department of wildlife and fisheries sciences at Texas A&M University are celebrating the 40-year anniversary of their aquaculture facility and its recently completed pond complex renovation.
• Conversion ratio final stock dividend Nutreco 1 share for 46.5 _{2013-04-18, 12:33 pm}
  ... in the Nutreco culture from research and raw material procurement to products and services for agriculture and aquaculture. Experience across 100 years brings Nutreco a rich heritage of knowledge and experience for building its future. Nutreco ...
• Construction of Khalifa Bin Zayed Marine Research Center in Umm Al Qaiwain starts _{2013-04-18, 09:30 am}
  ... new technologies of hatching the species originated from local marine environment for sustainable development in Aquaculture and ranching resource to local ecosystem. It will also enhance research in areas such as aquaculture, oceanography, marine ...
• The fisherman's reality in Egypt's Alexandria port _{2013-04-18, 08:55 am}
  ... tons of fish per year - which amounts to about 35% of the annual fish catch - while a staggering 65% comes from Aquaculture/Aqua-farming, a process of raising fish in controlled environments of ponds and containers. Though no one can deny that ...
• Some imported farmed seafood is a toxic cocktail _{2013-04-18, 06:56 am}
  ... in the world's poorest countries produce 99 percent of the world's farmed shrimp, according to the Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, a division of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, with exports to the rest of the ...
• Environmentalists protest shark fishing in Nicaragua _{2013-04-18, 04:37 am}
  ... Complaints have been filed with the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry, or Marena, and the Nicaraguan Aquaculture and Fishing Institute about the shark slaughter, the Nicaraguan Foundation for Sustainable Development, or Fundenic-SOS, said. ...
• Putting carp on sport fishing list _{2013-04-17, 09:17 pm}
  Welcome to Week XLVIII of 'Fishing Parkland Shorelines'. Like most of us I am a novice fisherman, loving to fish, but far from an expert.
• Funding to help sustainable aquaculture projects _{2013-04-17, 07:23 pm}
  Five important projects focusing on aquaculture will benefit from the latest round of Sustainable Farming Fund grants, Minister for Primary Industries Nathan Guy has announced today.
• Environmental Group Calls for Nicaragua to Ban Shark Fishing _{2013-04-17, 06:53 pm}
  ... Complaints have been filed with the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry, or Marena, and the Nicaraguan Aquaculture and Fishing Institute about the shark slaughter, the Nicaraguan Foundation for Sustainable Development, or Fundenic-SOS, said. ...
• Icewater Harvesting Inc. gets $2 million financial support _{2013-04-17, 06:07 pm}
  ... Program to provide greater opportunity for fish harvesters," said Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. "By investing in Icewater Harvesting Inc., our government will satisfy the company's need for new financial support for ...
• Stocks in News: COREwafer Industries, SK3 Group, Cereplast, Goff _{2013-04-17, 01:05 pm}
  ... to maintain a perpetual harvest all year long. The facilities will also feature eco-friendly recirculating aquaculture systems to grow quality farm raised fish and to provide an organic, self-contained, growth environment for medical cannabis. Can ...
• Making BC Election a Referendum on the Future of Fish Farming _{2013-04-17, 11:13 am}
  As the BC election approaches, the Norwegian-dominated aquaculture industry suddenly finds itself swimming upstream.
• On the Rebound, New England Oysters Face Climate Change Threat _{2013-04-17, 11:00 am}
  ... bottom leases in the shallow waters along the Northeastern seaboard, according to the Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center, up from handfuls 25 years ago. The rewards are great. With an insatiable half-shell market, gross profits are high and ...
• Federal Court Rules in Favor of Oceana on Management of Northern Anchovy _{2013-04-17, 09:53 am}
  ... support important recreational and commercial fisheries. Most sardines caught off the West Coast are exported as aquaculture feeds or bait. Given the inherent role these small forage species play in the grand scale of the marine food web, Oceana ...
• Research and Markets: Aquafeed Market Forecast to 2015 _{2013-04-17, 09:26 am}
  ... and other agro products, India is emerging as a significant producer of commercial feeds. The thriving Indian aquaculture industry is the biggest advantage for aqua feed manufacturers. However, with majority farmers feeding the aquatic species with ...
• Column supports argument _{2013-04-17, 09:00 am}
  ... He basically looked at the pulp and paper industry and the fishery and noted that the budget for Fisheries and Aquaculture had been slashed to bits - 34 per cent to be exact - while the budget for portfolios like forestry remained largely intact ...
• Fisheries plan defies Zuma's orders _{2013-04-17, 08:59 am}
  ... 2030 vision of the NDP. This reduction may negatively affect the law enforcement efforts, fisheries research and aquaculture development." These are among the remarks in an eight-page document, "Budget and Strategic Plan of the Fisheries Management ...
• A genetic leap for salmon _{2013-04-17, 05:51 am}
  ... species to thrive in a tropical location will likely increase the environmental impact. Martin Jaffa of the aquaculture consulting group Callander McDowell says that even if the fish is approved, it will struggle to find a market. "There is no ...
• DuQuesnay lands auto job at ATL _{2013-04-17, 05:01 am}
  ... Best Dressed Foods Limited where he was in charge of marketing the Reggae Jammins brand. In 2002, he switched to Aquaculture Jamaica Limited to oversee plant operations at the fish farming and processing. In 2004, he was named plant superintendent ...

Norway Orca Whale Shot in the Head, Killed Too Quickly

Candace Calloway Whiting has studied and trained dolphins, seals, and orca whales.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2013/04/08/norway-orca-whale-shot-in-the-head-killed/

SPC to provide Creel Survey, Fish ID Training

... fisheries resources in the Pacific. DMWR Director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga and Mike Batty, Director of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Marine Ecosystems Division of SPC have signed an agreement to provide Market and Creel Survey Training, along with Fish ...

http://www.samoanews.com/?q=node/73772

Carbon Pollution is Creating Giant Crabs in the Chesapeake Bay

... protect them and allow harvesting on a rotating basis every two years. They also have been encouraging private aquaculture by selling plots of riverbed to farmers at $1.50 an acre. Maryland has contributed tens of millions of dollars into restoring ...

http://inhabitat.com/carbon-pollution-creates-giant-crabs-in-the-chesapeake-bay-and-disrupts-ecosystem/

Researchers tackle Norway's fish processing decline

... on whether we are talking about whitefish or farmed fish," said research manager at SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture Marit Aursand. "Many of our most important seafood products, such as salmon, cod and herring, undergo only minimal processing before ...

http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/Processing/Researchers-tackle-Norway-s-fish-processing-decline?

Greed and gangs attracted to Maine's lucrative elver fishery

... a cold, slow beginning. While the price explosion of 2012 - often attributed to the Japan tsunami that wiped out aquaculture facilities there - was welcomed by veteran elver fishermen and women, some said they knew that some unwelcome changes would ...

http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/greed-and-gangs-attracted-to-maines-lucrative-elver-fishery/

Coromandel closer to reeling in fish-farm fortune

... up interest in fish farming off Coromandel is expected to start mid-year ahead of a formal tendering process. Aquaculture reforms, which have created areas for fish farming in Coromandel's Wilson Bay and a 300-hectare zone about 10 kilometres off ...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/8524373/Coromandel-closer-to-reeling-in-fish-farm-fortune

Ocean Sciences debuts first year course

... developments include more science courses at various levels, as well as new minor programs in ocean science and aquaculture. The department hopes that this will continue to drive interest towards the ocean. Hard work, with a love of learning and ...

http://themuse.ca/articles/54946

Cooke Aquaculture readying Jordan Bay sites for fish

Beginning this week, Cooke Aquaculture will be installing the nets and cages at their approved Jordan sites.

http://www.novanewsnow.com/section/2013-04-08/article-3215520/Cooke-Aquaculture-readying-Jordan-Bay-sites-for-fish/1

Sodexo to Serve Eco-Labeled Seafood, Improve Supply Chain Sustainability

... In 2011, Sodexo announced a goal for all its contracted seafood to be certified by the MSC or the Global Aquaculture Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices by 2015. The target is part of Sodexo's Better Tomorrow sustainability plan. Additionally, ...

http://www.environmentalleader.com/2013/04/08/sodexo-to-serve-eco-labeled-seafood-improve-supply-chain-sustainability/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnvironmentalLeader+%28Environmental+Leader%29

The Snakelocks Anemone, prized in cooking, has been bred for the first time in captivity

... 'spin-off' concern, is developing methods of raising these species and incorporating these techniques within the aquaculture sector. It is a practice based on making the most of the surplus organic products that result from the cultivation of these ...

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-04/uog-tsa040513.php

Fisheries managers to meet in St Lucia

... developmental objectives in respect of fisheries and marine resource governance." He said that fisheries and aquaculture are complex and dynamic systems that require creative, innovative and systematic application of scientific knowledge, experience ...

http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/headline-Fisheries-managers-to-meet-in-St-Lucia-15282.html

Love oysters? Love Dave Matthews Band

... reestablish the research on a Navy pier. The NY/NJ Baykeeper group will use the grant to rebuild and relocate an aquaculture building destroyed by the storm. According to Meredith Comi, director of Baykeeper's pilot project at the Earle Naval ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/love-oysters-love-dave-matthews-band?cid=rss

Red fish, green fish

... if you can get information about bycatch reduction or imported Thai shrimp if it is from a recirculating farm. Aquaculture/farmed fish: At least half of the seafood we eat is aquaculture-raised. That is, farmed. And some fish farms use more fish ...

http://www.newsreview.com/chico/red-fish-green-fish/content?oid=9296381

Youths leave jobs abroad for agriculture

Two youths from Baglung have invested 7 million in an agricultural farm in Parbat.

http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=52758

Tassie shucks oyster slight

... different types of produce and we want to see that continue." "We fight so hard to make sure our seafood, our aquaculture industry, is sold around the world and it's disappointing we have affected oysters making people sick here and on the ...

http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2013/04/07/376297_most-popular-stories.html

Community gathers in support of local food, sustainable farming

... and sponsors. Dave Pennington, who said he became interested in Aquaponics about eight years ago, said that aquaculture is the fastest growing agricultural production system in the world today. "More than half of the fish that we eat is raised in ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/community-gathers-support-of-local-food-sustainable-farming?cid=rss

Saving a star of the sea

In 2005, Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota became the first aquaculture operation in the U.S. to supply farm-raised Siberian sturgeon to the seafood market.

http://ww2.wwws-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013130401029

Japanese koi - a crowd pleaser

... where they seem to have a calming effect on customers. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, through its aquaculture branch, has been providing technical support for the breeding and rearing of ornamental fish, with this oversized specie coming ...

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130406/news/news5.html

04/06/13 Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Aquaculture.

Comprehensive Real-Time News Feed for Aquaculture.

• Asian Carp are Here To Stay _{2013-04-05, 09:12 am}
  ... are justified, says a leading fish researcher in Illinois. Professor Jim Garvey, director of the fisheries and aquaculture center at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, says, "The Illinois River and even the upper Mississippi River are not ...
• URA impounds 30 boxes of immature fish _{2013-04-05, 10:10 pm}
  A Uganda Revenue Authority field enforcement team on Thursday impounded 30 boxes of immature fish that were being transported to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Weighing the scales: balancing the dual mandate of Fisheries and Oceans Canada _{2013-04-05, 06:34 pm}
  ... included within DFO's official mandate; instead, the sole focus was the protection of "sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and healthy and productive aquatic ecosystems." The federal government has handed DFO a dual-and many argue mutually ...
• Oyster Harvesting in Sandy Hook Bay _{2013-04-05, 04:52 pm}
  ... through its special Hurricane Sandy Relief grants. The funding will be used to relocate and rebuild Baykeeper's Aquaculture Facility that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The facility will be moved from Highlands to Naval Weapons Station (NWS) ...
• The mysterious elver, from Sargasso Sea to sushi _{2013-04-05, 04:14 pm}
  Journalist Trevor Corson has revealed the fascinating world of the fishermen and scientists who build their lives around lobsters in his book "The Secret Life of Lobsters: How Fishermen and Scientists are Unraveling the Mysteries of our Favorite Crustacean." "I spent two years stuffing stinky fish into mesh bags, another year chasing ... (more)
• Major partnership to maintain, enhance Canada's wetland habitat _{2013-04-05, 01:48 pm}
  ... healthy coastal environment, and that objective aligns well with the values at DUC." MHC is BC's leading salmon aquaculture company with 500 staff raising and processing sustainable salmon certified to the Global Aquaculture Alliance Best ...
• Mississippi Legislature Passes Two Bills that Should Provide Greater... _{2013-04-05, 11:33 am}
  ... or poultry products, livestock or livestock products, domesticated fish or domesticated fish products, marine aquaculture products, milk or milk products, poultry and livestock feed, and the irrigation of farm crops. House Bill 844 would not take ...
• The Snakelocks Anemone, a marine species prized in cooking, has been... _{2013-04-05, 09:43 am}
  ... 'spin-off' concern, is developing methods of raising these species and incorporating these techniques within the aquaculture sector. It is a practice based on making the most of the surplus organic products that result from the cultivation of these ...
• Mercyhurst University's new DNA sequencer to accelerate scientific research in region _{2013-04-05, 12:00 am}
  ... the applications are numerous and multidisciplinary in scope, spanning the fields of medicine, agriculture, aquaculture, forensic science and bioterrorism. He said crime labs use DNA sequencing to analyze evidence from a crime scene to provide a ...
• Shubi Shorts _{2013-04-05, 10:27 am}
  ... Wildlife Park is the Learn 2 Fish program presented by Tara Marshall of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. April 13 and 14 will mark the third year we host this fantastic program. The program is designed to introduce youth to the sport of ...
• Shetland: a model for the future _{2013-04-05, 07:17 am}
  ... Today, the pressure for economic development of marine resources is greater than ever. Marine renewables and aquaculture are making unprecedented demands for permanent installations in coastal waters. The ZCC Act could be a model for coastal ...
• love.fish _{2011-03-15, 03:00 am}
  An environmental crusader disguised as a humble local favourite. What a brilliant idea for a restaurant.
• Fish farms finding chefs' support _{2013-04-05, 02:45 am}
  As fish stocks in the oceans continue to decline, aquaculture is supplying an increasing proportion of the seafood we consume.
• Cooke makes big purchase in Chile _{2013-04-04, 10:17 pm}
  One of Cooke Aquaculture's 10 Nova Scotia salmon farms is on the Bay of Fundy, off the shore of Meteghan.
• Cefas and hundreds of jobs could leave Lowestoft area for Norwich _{2013-04-04, 07:15 pm}
  ... to a new site outside Suffolk, it emerged this week. It is believed learned that the Centre for Environment, Aquaculture and Fisheries Science (Cefas) site at Pakefield could be closed as the building will soon be unfit for purpose and is costly to ...
• Aquaponics: Rethinking the Veggie Garden _{2013-04-04, 12:39 pm}
  ... that uses fish manure as a base fertilizer and combines hydroponics (growing plants in water without soil) with aquaculture (fish farming). According to UC Davis, Aquaponics first came into practice in the 1970s by the New Alchemy Institute, a ...
• Major Boost For Agribusinesses Financing -As ADB Unveils GHA 208m Support _{2013-04-04, 09:40 am}
  ... to GHA 146, 871,552.00 in 2012'. Sectors which benefitted included industrial crops, food crops, export crops, aquaculture, poultry, food marketing, agro processing and input supply, Ms Nyante added. According to her, the bank also provided long ...
• Marine Vacancies - Scottish Sea Farms _{2013-04-04, 08:28 am}
  Scottish Sea Farms is a leading aquaculture company producing high quality Atlantic salmon for specific UK and international markets.
• NY/NJ Baykeeper Receives Grant from Dave Matthews Band _{2013-04-04, 08:28 am}
  ... through its special Hurricane Sandy Relief grants. The funding will be used to relocate and rebuild Baykeeper's Aquaculture Facility that was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy. The facility will be moved from Highlands to Naval Weapons Station (NWS) ...
• Off the boat, in the door at Martin's _{2013-04-04, 03:00 am}
  ... ay of life, and we love it," writes the Martin family in the book. Martin is also making plans to set up oyster aquaculture in the back bay and would like to become more involved in Harbor Day.