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Welcome to this week's newsletter
Due to yesterday being a public holiday in the UK, this weeks newsletter is being brought to you today!
We have 2 new features this week:
Pheromones: Feeding Future Fortunes
By Kiotech and CEFAS. After laboratory tests, the first commercial trials using pheromone-based fish feeding attractants have proved to be very encouraging.
World Wetlands Day - Fish for Tomorrow?
A 16-page leaflet on fisheries and the Ramsar Convention, produced in conjunction with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Sea Around Us Project
 United Kingdom
Pheromone Fishing Reels In Positive Results
UK - After initial laboratory tests, the first commercial trials in the use of
pheromone-based fish feeding attractants have shown very encouraging
results.
Cod can't stop winning awards
UK - Shetland fish farmers Johnson Seafarms made it a dozen this weekend when they scooped yet another award for their No Catch cod fillets.
'Wild' fish revealed to be farmed
UK - Some fish sold as "wild" in UK shops had been farmed, tests have revealed.
Clear labelling essential on fish products
UK - In response to the publication of the ‘Survey in the production method and geographic origin of fish’ by the Food Standards Agency, Sid Patten, chief executive of Scottish Salmon Producers' Organisation, said:
 United States
$200,000 Available for Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Research
US - NCRAC's Board of Directors has authorized up to $200,000 to fund research and/or extension activities pertaining to viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS). NCRAC is now seeking proposals for investigation projects of up to a two year term from qualified individuals.
Antibiotics in Foreign Catfish Prompts Public Concerns
US - Catfish contamination at some Mississippi grocery stores could indicate a much larger problem with the safety of imported foods, says state Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Lester Spell.
Florida plans fish hatchery at Mote
US - Engineers are looking at Mote's Aquaculture Park to find the right location for a new fish hatchery. It will be one of three the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission plans to operate in the state.
Chinese catfish banned as tests prove positive for outlawed drugs
US - As the federal government's investigation into melamine-laced pet food continue, Mississippi and Alabama officials added to the wave of consternation over tainted food imports by banning sales in their states of catfish from China.
State kills 20,000 more trout to stem whirling disease
US - The state Department of Natural Resources destroyed 20,000 hatchery trout Thursday, bringing to at least 156,000 the number of fish the agency has destroyed this year in hopes of curbing the spread of whirling disease, an illness fatal to trout.
Aquaculture is growing fast in R.I.
US - The first oyster farm in Rhode Island was started in 1798, but until now aquaculture has been practiced here on a small scale. But a new report shows the industry is starting to yield more substantial revenue, surpassing $1 million for the first time last year.
Tariff dispute nets jumbo headaches for shrimpers
US - With foreign shrimp flooding the American market, fuel prices already sky high and seafood tariffs a never-ending debate, the Louisiana shrimp industry is limping into its spring harvest.
 Philippines
Sultan Kudarat offers tilapia for export
ISULAN - Local officials and business leaders in Sultan Kudarat have urged the National Government and exporters to look at the province's tilapia industry. The country has a key target: to increase exports of fillets to the United States.
 Canada
Island scallop farm subject to review
CANADA - The proponent for what would be the largest scallop farm in British Columbia has appeared before Regional District of Nanaimo directors to provide an update on plans for the proposed 125-hectare farm at Baynes Sound near Bowser.
Moratorium expected on north coast fish farm expansion
CANADA - A new moratorium on salmon farming expansion on British Columbia's north coast and the compulsory conversion of existing farms to closed-containment systems are among the recommendations expected this month from a government review.
Newfoundland scoops $Multi-Million investment
CANADA - When the provincial budget was announced last week, Newfoundland's aquaculture sector was given a major boost.
Salmon Farmers and Government Working Towards Solutions
CANADA - As part of its commitment to environmental sustainability, the British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) is working with the BC Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (MAL), the BC Ministry of Environment (MOE), the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to develop a comprehensive Waste Tissue/Finfish Mortality Contingency Plan for the industry.
Political recommendations will stifle BC Salmon Sector
CANADA - NDP members of the government’s Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture are ignoring input from coastal communities, First Nations and the aquaculture industry in their recommendations on the future of salmon farming in British Columbia.
BC Sustainable Aquaculture Committee Recommendation Not Sustainable
CANADA - The upcoming recommendations of the BC Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture will apparently include a directive for the entire BC salmon aquaculture industry to move to closed containment production systems within the next three years – despite the fact that viable closed containment systems have not yet been developed.
FPI selling European subsidiary
CANADA - Nova Scotia-based FPI Ltd. is negotiating the sale of its UK-based subsidiary, The Seafood Co., with a European company.
 Norway
Do cod avoid salmon - research still not sure
NORWAY - After recent studies, scientists still cannot prove a connection between salmon farming in fjords and the changed behaviour of coastal cod.
Obach takes MD seat at Skretting
NORWAY - Alex Obach has been appointed Managing Director at Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre.
Values are drying up
NORWAY - Stockfish that dries too much means at least 25 million NOK in lost revenues for the stockfish industry. According to Fiskeriforskning's studies, the fish should be kept in cold storage after it is brought in.
 Viet Nam
Vietnamese "tra" and "basa" catfish wins EU customers
VIET NAM - Viet Nam’s "tra" and "basa" catfish, on display at the European Seafood Exposition, in Brussels, Belgium, has won interest from a number of European businesses.
Stiff reminder for firms exporting to the EU
VIET NAM - The National Fishery Quality and Veterinary Directorate Agency (Nafiqaved) has issued Vietnamese companies with a reminder about EU export requirements and documentation.
Seafood industry sails into bigger waters
VIET NAM - Vietnam's booming seafood industry earned US$300 million from exports in April. It raised the total seafood export turnover in the first four months of this year to more than US$1 billion - a year-on-year increase of 21%.
 India
Seafood exporters should seek added value markets
INDIA - Indian seafood exporters to the US, who are burdened by anti-dumping duties and the strengthening rupee, should opt for exports of breaded or fresh shrimps, says Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI).
 Iran, Islamic Republic of
Rice-fish aquaculture improves farm income
IRAN - Rice-Fish aqua culture is practised mainly to improve the income of farmers and to make an essential item available in the diet of rural people in areas where ‘rice and fish’ form the staple food. It requires very little input and provides off-season employment to farm labours.
 New Zealand
Red tape forces mussel pioneers out of industry
NEW ZEALAND - New Zealand's aquaculture industry is being crippled by bureaucracy, say a group of Marlborough mussel farm pioneers getting out for good.
Government to facilitate innovation in aquaculture
NEW ZEALAND - The Government has approved a project to facilitate research and innovation around new aquaculture species and technologies in both existing and new aquaculture space, Fisheries Minister Jim Anderton said today.
 Spain
Experts control the change of sex in gilthead breams with microchips
SPAIN - Experts of the Plant of Marine Cultures at the University of Cádiz (UCA) are working on a project consisting of the exhaust monitoring of gilthead breams in captivity with the aim of controlling and analysing step by step their growth and reproductive response, as well as their growth rate.
That's all for this week!
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