The general economic recovery led to brisk shrimp trading in the first half of 2010. Generally demand exceeded supply, and prices moved up sharply. Shrimp importers and traders in the main markets were unable to build up inventories, as the product moved quick…
Turkey is the second largest producer of European seabass and gilthead seabream in the Mediterranean countries (small production in Black Sea) with an annual production in 2007 of 75,400 tonnes, writes Lara Barazi-Yeroulanos, FAO Consultant.
The Atlantic salmon market continues to be undersupplied as Chiles production in 2010 is reaching rock bottom, reports Globefish, a unit of the FAO Fisheries Department responsible for information on international fish trade.
Dr Peter Bechtel, USDA/Agricultural Research Service, Pete Nicklason University of Idaho, Dr Michael Rust NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center and Dr Scott Smiley University of Alaska Fishery Industry Technology Center, look at developing the potential of f…
Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) involves cultivating fed species with extractive species that utilise wastes from aquaculture for their growth, says Dr Thierry Chopin from the University of New Brunswick and the Canadian IMTA Network, writing for t…
Much of Brazils expanding tilapia aquaculture takes place in floating cages with sturdy frames and nets made from plastic-coated steel or polypropylene. This study by Alberto J. P. Nunes, from the Instituto de Cincias do Mar Labomar, looks at tilpia cage farm …
Global coarse grain production for 2010/11 is projected to fall 3.6 million tons this month to 1,085.2 million, according to Allen Baker, Edward Allen,Heather Lutman and Yonas Hamda in the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.
With pangasius imports growing in Central and South American production areas, one response is to introduce the fish as a new aquaculture species, writes Michael V. McGee from Caribe Fisheries Inc. for the Global Aquaculture Advocate.
This final section of an FAO report looking at the impact of rising feed ingredient prices on aquafeeds and aquaculture production, provides a brief overview of coping strategies and management measures to strengthen national capacity to address aquafeed suppl…
The next section of an FAO report the impact of rising feed ingredient prices on aquafeeds and aquaculture production looks at potential impact of nutrient substitutes in aquafeeds on fishhealth and on the food safety of aquaculture products in Western Europe …
