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Welcome to this week's newsletter
We have 3 new features this week:
Surimi Market Report - December 2007
By Camillo Catarci, FAO, Globefish. Surimi consumption in the EU reached 132 200 tonnes in 2006, according to inside sources from the Japanese surimi industry.
People's Republic of China Annual Fishery Products Report 2007
By USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Report. China's 2008 aquatic production is forecast to reach 56.2 MMT, up three percent from an estimated 54.7 MMT in 2007.
Blooming Nuisance: Uncharacteristic Algae
By Jane Jordan, TheFishSiteEditor. A University of Calgary algal ecologist has discovered a disturbing relationship between Didymosphenia geminata(or Didymo for short) and dams. This novel algae has a preference for clear water and could be potentially damaging to fish stocks as it can disturb the natural food chain.
 Australia
Government Must Uphold Seal Responsibility
TASMANIA - The Tasmanian Green Party has called for the government to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the fish farm seal relocation program.
Prawn Prices Surge As Imports Sent Back
AUSTRALIA - The rejection of cheap Asian prawns under tough new disease testing will force the price of both Australian produced and imported prawns skywards.
$40M Prawn Farm Set to Go Ahead
AUSTRALIA - Queensland's State Government has granted conditional approval for the construction of a $40 million prawn farm near Bowen in the north of the state.
 United Kingdom
Fish Farmers Agree To Work With Anglers
UK - The growing co-operation between angling organisations and fish farmers was underlined yesterday with the signing of two further local management agreements.
SSPO Charity Supports Education and Research
SCOTLAND - Scotland’s salmon farmers are to create a charitable organisation to support and enhance the industry’s future development.
Marine Task Force Needs Wider Representation
SCOTLAND - Scottish councillors in the Highlands and Islands region are urging local authorities to be represented on the Marine Task Force.
 India
‘Fish’ Complex To Be a Show-Stopper
INDIA - This is no sky-scraper, but it attracts more attention. A four-storeyed completely fish-shaped complex is coming up on a five-acre land at Rajendranagar near here at an estimated cost of Rs. 25 crore.
Third Indian Mill for CPF
INDIA - Thai Food Business Charoen Pokphand Foods, the CP Group's listed flagship, will invest US$10 million to buid a third new feed manufacturing plant in India.
 Canada
Aquaculture Operators Seek Funding to Improve Bio-security Infrastructure
CANADA - It might be a long walk on a short wharf for aquaculture operators on the south coast seeking provincial help to build infrastructure to help prevent the spread of disease in farmed fish.
Government Reports Show High Compliance, But Critics Not Convinced
VICTORIA – Provincial reports on British Columbia's aquaculture sector show that the industry is committed to upholding a high level of environmental standards and is serious about co-existing with wild salmon stocks. However, critics have dubbed the reports 'red herrings'.
Green Denial: Malachite Traces in Clayoquot Fish
BRITISH COLUMBIA - A Tofino-area salmon farm has suspended operations after traces of Malachite Green were found in products bound for the US seafood market.
 Norway
Winter Light Aids Profits with Charr
NORWAY - New research shows that wild-captured Arctic charr, farmed at land-based aquaculture facilities grow better if light conditions are matched to winter conditions.
 United States
Beer Waste Becomes Fish Food
US - The popular Fat Tire Amber Ale may have a "toasty malty" flavour, but beer has another characteristic: It's a key ingredient in an environmentally friendly form of fish food.
Aquaculture Development Zones May Come to Delaware Bay
DELAWARE - A new law would establish aquaculture development zones in the lower Delaware Bay. The state Senate passed legislation last week that would remove the current prohibition against aquaculture leasing in the lower bay.
Grants Offer Opportunities for NC Aqua-Biotech Industries
NORTH CAROLINA - A NC Community College BioNetwork grant is helping to fund a range of courses within its Aqua-Biotech Initiative.
TacklingTaint Could Boost Market Postion
MISSISSIPPI - The US Catfish market is static and flavour problems are hampering progress in what is becoming an increasingly competitive international market, says advisers at Mississippi's State University.
Greenhouse Ocean May Downsize Fish
US - Scientists are predicting that the sea's rich food web-stretching from Alaska to Russia- could fray as algae adapt to greenhouse conditions. And the effects could happen this century.
 European Union
Ban on Cattle Blood in Fish Feed to Continue
EU - The ba on dried blood compounds from cattle being added to feed for farmed fish should continue, according to a report from European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
EU Cash to Support Fish Industries
EU - The European Commission has approved the Operational Programmes for the Fisheries Industry in Portugal, Estonia, Romania and Italy for 2007-2013.
 Ghana
AGA Invests $.5m In Aquaculture
GHANA - ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (AGA), the largest Gold mining company in the Ghana, has invested $550,000 in an ultra-modern aquaculture project at Humasi, a small farming community in the Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.
 South Africa
Fish Industry gets boost from R18m Salmon Project
SOUTH AFRICA - Plans are underway for South Africa's largest land-based fish farm.
 Viet Nam
Mekong Delta On Target to Be Top Shrimp Producer
VIET NAM - Almost 5,000 ha of water surface is being used to raise green-pincered shrimps in the Mekong Delta - the industry has increased ten fold during the past five years.
 Japan
Nutreco Acquires Fish Feed Production Plant in Japan
JAPAN - Dutch aquaculture giant Nutreco has acquired the fish feed production facilities of Marine Net Co. Ltd through its fish feed subsidiary Skretting Japan.
 Philippines
Cagayan Valley Tops Charts for Tilapia
PHILIPPINES - According to Hermogenes Tambalque, extension chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the region, tilapia production in the Cagayan Valley is on the upswing.
 Malta
Sustainable Focus for Maltese Industry
MALTA - Malta’s annual aquaculture production increased dramatically during the 1990s from 60 tonnes in 1991 to a peak of 2,300 tonnes of sea bream and sea bass in 1999 through the operation of a number of farms.
 Qatar
Fish Prices Stay Stable Despite Cold
QATAR - Fish prices have remained stable in the central market despite the chilly weather that the country has been experiencing for the past one week.
 Greece
EU Funds for Greek Fishing Industry
The European Commission has approved the Operational Programme for Greek fisheries for 2007-2013.
That's all for this week!
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