Rachel Ralte

UK - To coincide with International Women's Day (8 March), Seafish, the UK industry authority on seafood, and IntraFish Media, have announced they are partnering to launch a survey of the challenges a…

CANADA - 2016 will be recorded as the seventh consecutive year of record top and bottom line results for Clearwater, according to Ian Smith, CEO of Clearwater, after the announcement of the company's …

US - TerraVia, Bunge Limited and BioMar Group have announced the expansion of their distribution agreement for AlgaPrime DHA - a native, whole algae specialty feed ingredient high in omega-3 DHA - mak…

VIET NAM - Prices of raw shrimp have been increasing rapidly in the C?u Long (Mekong) Delta since early February when shrimp processors returned to work soon after T?t (Lunar New Year), according to t…

UK - A poll carried out by YouGov for Oceana has revealed that 65 per cent of the public are either not confident (46 per cent) or dont know (19 per cent) when asked if they think the UK government wi…

CHINA - A permanent fishing ban in all 279 aquatic reserves along the Yangtze River has begun, as China races to revive the flagging ecosystem of its largest river.

IRELAND - Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. has announced the award of over 1.8 million in grants to 19 seafood enterprises under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fu…

VIET NAM - Thng Thu?n Group started the construction of a high-tech shrimp breeding centre in the southern Tr Vinh Provinces Tr??ng Long Ha Commune on Saturday.

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture in the world today. However, farmers in the United States who wish to capitalize on this momentum face regulatory hurdles when dealing …

US - Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that up to 90 per cent of predatory fish are gone from Caribbean coral reefs, straining the ocean ecosystem and coastal e…

US - Alaska crabbers are hauling back pots from the Panhandle to the Bering Sea, and reduced catches are resulting in record prices for their efforts.

COLOMBIA - The Global Aquaculture Alliance and Federacin Colombiana De Acuicultores (FEDEACUA) have announced the first pilot of the draft Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) Biosecurity Area Management …

CANADA - A quarter-billion-dollar aquaculture project in Placentia Bay is facing another legal challenge one that could send it back to square one.

MYANMAR - Though Myanmar's shrimp export is much less than that of Viet Nam and Thailand in terms of tonnage and value, the nation is set to leapfrog its production with American experts technical ass…

VIET NAM - Viet Nam targeted shrimp and catfish as two key seafood export products in 2017, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Monday.

UK - The Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG) has entered Rockall haddock, West of Scotland haddock, hake, plaice and whiting into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.

ALGERIA - The shrimp breeding farm of Ouragla is set to start commercial production during 2017, according to Director of the National Centre of Research and Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (CN…

AUSTRALIA - While no new outbreaks of white spot disease have been reported in Australia, the OIE - in conjunction with the Australian veterinary authorities - have implemented a plan to dispose of an…

ROMANIA - The Romanian veterinary authorities have reported two new outbreaks of koi herpesvirus disease outbreaks in Bucuresti.

VIET NAM - UBM, the organizer of Aquaculture Viet Nam 2017 launched the event at a press conference in Can Tho on 22 February. To be held 25-27 October at the Can Tho International Exhibition Fair Cen…