White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) occurs worldwide andcauses high mortality and considerable economic damageto the shrimp farming industry. This report by H. Salehi at the Iranian Fisheries Research Organisation looks at its effect on Iran.
As Europe's largest fish-processing centre, handling 330,000 tonnes of fish last year, Boulogne sur Mer holds a strong position in the French fish industry, writes Peter Crosskey in the first of four features on the French fish industry.
Scottish salmon should look to command a premium, is what Douglas Low, Managing Director of EWOS Scotland told an audience at Aquaculture UK 2010. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite junior editor reports.
The scallop is the second most valuable shellfishspecies in Scotland with total landings from thefishery of 10,086 tonnes worth 25.1millionin 2008, representing about half the total UKscallop landings.
Integrated paddy-fish farming systems can be found in partsof China, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Viet Nam, Malaysia,Thailand, Myanmar and India. This article describes the integrated paddy-fish farming of theApatani Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. Written by N…
From January-April 2010 total imports of fish and seafood products increased by 37.2 per cent in value and nine per cent in volume compared to the same period of 2009, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.
The fisheries industry is one of the mainstays of the Icelandic economy, particularly at the present time when the importance of foreign currency generating sectors has increased.
A project by the South East Asian Aquaculture Network identified areas of interest for five countries to help enhance local farmers entrepreneurship, with the long term aims of improving the competitiveness of these aquaculture smallholders in the domestic, re…
