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