Over the last decade, aquaculture has been one of the fastest growing food production sectors in Cyprus. Today it accounts for 70 per cent of the national fisheries production and for 70 per cent of its value, writes Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos, FAO Consultant.
The purse-seine fishery of Namibia consists largely of horse mackerel and pilchards. The latter are mainly canned within Namibia and in South Africa, and are also destined for the South African and UK markets, reports Globefish, a unit of the FAO Fisheries Dep…
Lower forecast corn yields this month reduce U.S. corn production 124 million bushels to 12.54 billion, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.
The aquaculture industry in Spain is varied and rather well-developed with a total production of 292575 tonnes and a value of 532 million euros in 2007, writes Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos, FAO Consultant.
US Atlantic salmon imports in the first quarter of 2010 fell nine per cent in terms of volume, totaling 46953 tonnes. However, in terms of value imports showed a slight increase (+ one per cent), reflecting the upward trend in prices, reports Globefish, a unit…
