Steps are being taken in the shellfish industry together with the Food Standards Agency in the UK to improve the classification system for bivalve beds around the British coastline, writes TheFishSite Editor in Chief, Chris Harris.
US corn production is still expected to be a record this year but the current forecast is for historically tight global coarse grain stocks, according to the latest report from the USDA Economic Research Service.
Chilean production of Atlantic salmon in 2010 was less than half of the levels registered in previous years. The available figures for harvests show that up to November 2010 there was a 54 per cent reduction in aquaculture output, reports Globefish.