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Welcome to the inaugural weekly newsletter from TheFishSite. Many of you may well have signed up for this newsletter some time ago, apologies it has taken us longer than anticipated to get going. If you would like to change you subscription to this (and/or our Pig and Poultry) newsletter(s) see the links at the bottom of the page. We hope you find this new service of interest.
We have 6 new features this week:
Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia of Fishes
By Philip E. McAllister - Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), a systemic infection of various salmonid and a few nonsalmonid fishes, is caused by a rhabdovirus designated as the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (Office International des Epizooties 1963).
Species Profile: Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens
By J. M. Hinshaw, North Carolina State University and published by the Southern Regional Agricultural Center and the Texas Aquaculture Extension Service - Over their current geographical range, yellow perch, Perca flavescens, are viewed variously as a sport fish, a valuable food fish, an important forage species, or a nuisance trash fish with little commercial or sport value.
Transportation of Fish in Bags
By L. Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, Purdue University - Fish, shellfish, and plants often are transported in sealed plastic bags containing small quantities of water and pure oxygen.
State Of World Aquaculture 2006
By the Food and Agriculture Organisation - This document analyses the past trends that have led the aquaculture sector to its current status and describes its current status globally.
Catfish Genome’s Key to Higher Quality, Profits
By the USDA's Agricultural Research Service - Channel catfish is the leading U.S. aquaculture species, with about 600 million pounds processed annually.
 Viet Nam
Fisheries sector well prepared for integration
Having experienced the difficulties of the market mechanism, the Vietnamese fisheries sector is now fully capable of integrating into the global economy, and is prepared to face increased competition and more regular trade barriers.
Vietnam asks Russia to put off aquaculture inspection till March
A Vietnamese agency has asked Russian authorities to delay their planned inspection of aquatic product processing businesses in Vietnam until March, citing a busy schedule and the lunar New Year festival.
Tra, basa fish farmers reap record profits
Tra and basa catfish prices have risen to record high levels as supply struggles to keep pace with demand, says Nguyen Van Thanh, director of the provincial Fisheries Department.
Basa catfish export value to surpass 1 billion USD
The target of earning over 1 billion USD from exports of "tra" and "basa" catfish export is achievable in 2007, according to the Viet Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.
Pioneering snail-fed shrimp farms yield higher profits
A shrimp breeder in Bac Lieu Township has successfully pioneered the use oc buou vang, or golden snails, which are prolific pests that eat through farmers’ crops, to feed tiger prawns.
Agriculture programme fights sector’s setbacks in HCM City
The Agricultural Economic Restructuring Programme has helped HCM City’s agricultural sector maintain growth despite the year’s difficulties.
 United Kingdom
Another accolade for Farmed Cod men
Shetland cod growers No Catch has received another accolade for their pioneering and environmentally friendly aqua farming methods.
Scottish salmon exports to rise
The 2006 exports of Scottish farmed salmon are set to beat the previous year’s total so ending the decline in exports that started in 2003.
Warning over deadly fish parasite
Scotland's river managers are warning that one careless angler could wipe out the country's wild salmon stocks and ruin rural communities.
Monkfish taken off menu by UK supermarket
Supermarket chain Asda is to stop selling monkfish amid concerns over depleting stocks and the way it was being fished.
 Malaysia
Aquaculture Industry To Contribute Income Of RM6.3 Billion By 2010
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Tuesday launched the Aquaculture Industrial Zone (ZIA) , a high impact project that could contribute income of RM6.3 billion by 2010.
High Returns From Grouper Breeding
With its thick, large dorsal fin, physically the kerapu or grouper ranks among the "unappealing" marine fish to the public.
250,000 hectares of abandoned shrimp ponds worldwide
9,000 hectares of mangroves were lost to prawn farming yearly between 1980 to 1995. Official Forestry Department statistics say that nearly 9,000 hectares of mangrove now are being devoted to shrimp farms.
 General
EarthTalk: Fish Farming, Can It Help Rescue the Oceans?
Marine aquaculture, an age-old practice in parts of Asia, has grown in popularity in western countries in recent years in response to dwindling supplies of wild fish in the world's oceans.
 United States
Growing Demand for Seafood Likely to Pressure Aquaculture into New Developments
The last three decades have seen the aquaculture industry develop into one of the fastest growing food producing sectors in the world.
Genes behind animal growth discovered
An advance in genomics, the ID of growth genes in oysters has relevance for farming and aquaculture.
WTO rules against US on shrimp
U.S. antidumping duties on shrimp imports from Ecuador break international trade rules, a World Trade Organization panel said Tuesday.
Catfish Production: Sales value down slightly in 2006
Catfish Value of Sales Decreased Slightly from 2005, report the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Genetic findings could boost catfish quality and grower profits
Traditionally, the catfish is looked upon as a bottom-dweller. However, the farm-raised catfish is the most important fish in U.S. aquaculture, and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are working to improve its potential.
Broiled, blackened, fried - DNA-tested?
Tons of catfish from China pile up in Los Angeles warehouses until a Gainesville food-testing laboratory decides what they are.
VHS fish virus nears Lake Michigan
A nasty fish-killing virus recently discovered in the eastern Great Lakes is now poised to spill into Lake Michigan.
Pittsburgh bans transport of fish from Lake Erie watershed over VHS worries
The state Fish and Boat Commission, trying to reduce the potential spread of fish diseases, imposed a temporary ban on taking live fish out of the Lake Erie watershed.
Bills shift state oversight of oystering to fisheries
Two identical General Assembly bills, which appear to be on a path to adoption, would direct the state's marine regulatory agency to impose new guidelines for aquaculture operations.
Johanns Unveils 2007 Farm Bill Proposals
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today unveiled the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2007 farm bill proposals.
Stakes rising as Biofuels consume global commodity stocks faster than production is rising
After this years IPE in Atlanta, Georgia, our FishSite editor sums up the outlook for livestock feed prices in relation to rising Biofuel demand.
 Norway
Tough for small businesses
Establishing new small businesses in Russia is difficult. For Norwegian industry, small and medium-sized businesses in Russia are important as potential partners.
 China
Sea cucumber boom threatens stock
The price of domestic sea cucumbers is soaring due to rising exports to China, where the popularity of the delicacy is growing.
 Turkey
Fish farms face new regulations, but problems remain
The winding road along Turkey’s Aegean coast sometimes gets narrow or bumpy, but the beautiful scenery remains, despite the fact that in certain places a stench coming from fish farms only a few meters away assaults the nose.
 Pakistan
Rs 11.42m to be spent for uplift of fish seed units
In order to improve and renovate the eight fish seed production units in the province, the Fisheries Department of Punjab would spend Rs 11.428 million during the current fiscal year.
 New Zealand
Marine farmers urged to have say on levies
Marlborough marine farmers are being urged to vote in a referendum about changes to their industry commodities levies.
Sealord Pushes Strong Year for Maori Fishing Co.
Aotearoa Fisheries Limited performed strongly for the year ending 30 September 2006 and looks set to deliver a stronger result for the current financial year, the chairman of AFL Rob McLeod told shareholders at the annual meeting at Pipitea Marae in Thorndon, Wellington, today.
 Iran, Islamic Republic of
Kerman to become one of Iran’s top 10 inland fish producer provinces
Kerman Province, located in the southeast of Iran, will soon be among the nation’s top ten land-locked fish producer provinces, noted Deputy Agricultural Jihad Minister Sha’banali Nezami.
 Chile
Chile`s first fish farming park to be built in Tongoy
The University of Los Lagos (ULA) is planning to build the first Fish Farming Park in Chile on a 5.5-hectare terrain, in the Tongoy Bay of Coquimbo Region IV, investing more than CLP 450 million (USD 826.400).
 Nigeria
Rivers remains foremost in fish farming
The Rivers State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Ndubuisi Adikema has stated that Rivers State has remained one of the foremost states in the federation that has encouraged farming, especially fish farming.
 Ghana
Ghana banks urged to support aquaculture
Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries, on Wednesday appealed to financial institutions to set up an Aquaculture Development Fund to assist entrepreneurs who desired to go into fish farming.
 Bangladesh
Bangladesh shrimp export requirements
Earnings from shrimp export has increased over the years. The quality of exported shrimp and the food value thereof should be maintained. The production of shrimps and other fishes has to be increased with necessary official support to maintain the trend.
 Australia
Prawn fishermen devising plan to fight cheap imports
Australia's prawn fishermen are meeting in Adelaide today to draw up battle plans to safeguard their industry against a flood of cheap imports.
 Philippines
Shrimp production growing in Ifugao
Fishpond cooperators in Ifugao found a new alternative for their growing tilapia farms, which could double their income through polyculture of tilapia and shrimps.
 South Africa
South Africa bids to sate Asia's abalone cravings
Shipped halfway across the world to Asia as a seafood delicacy, abalone has become a prized commodity for South African entrepreneurs as well as criminals who have poached the mollusc almost to extinction.
 India
India second largest producer of farmed fish behind China
India has emerged as the world's second largest producer of farmed fish (aquaculture), but its total production is merely one-twentieths that of China, which holds the number-one position writes K. Venkiteswaran in The Hindu.
Company news
New vaccine production plant opened by Intervet
THE NETHERLANDS – Intervet, the world’s largest producer of vaccines for animals, has just opened a new production facility for vaccines in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.
That's all for this week!
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