2008 is expected to be a record year for the Vietnamese catfish industry, despite of current problems in the Mekong Delta, says Helga Josupeit, FAO Globefish.
By ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information on sorghum, barley, oats, and hay.
Country of Origin Labelling is the next step to an entirely open marketplace for the US. In an ideal supermarket, consumers can understand as well as see the product that they are purchasing and they can monitor the system of production which has brought it to…
This document aims to provide a better understanding of the role of the economic, institutional and sociocultural components within the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) process and to examine some potential methods and approaches that may facilitate the a…
While best management practice remains the preferred option for producers to retain fish health, the use of therapeutic agents may sometimes be necessary. This report is taken from the consensus brochure 'Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe'.
Sea lice abundance on Atlantic salmon farms in 2007 was at its lowest rate on record, according to results from 118 salmon farm audits and also collected diagnostic samples for disease analysis from 763 fish mortalities, completed by the British Columbia Minis…
The probiotic bacillus highly increase thegrowth performances and feeding efficiency in Acipenser nudiventris larvae says a report by H. Jafaryan and A. Bagheri of the Department of Fisheries, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural, and R. Asad…
The declining trend in shrimp consumption persisted in Japan during the first half of the year, although the yen remained strong and shrimp prices were stable in the international market, according to a report prepared by INFOPESCA for FAO Globefish.
Acquaculture in New Zealand could be a billion-dollar industry if only they make the right commitments, according to the New Zealand National Party's aquaculture and fisheries policy.
The main ingredients of feeds for farmed carnivorous fish species are fishmeal and fish oil, at levels of about 25 percent and 30 percent, respectively, according to a new report, called Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe.
The widespread emergence of self-governance raises interesting and important questions. Have there been policy or institutional changes that have enabled or empowered industry self-governance on this global basis and are there factors that are limiting the dev…
The use of plant proteins in fish diets is having an increasing effect on global demand and supplies of grains and oilseeds, says R.W. Hardy, University of Idaho, Aquaculture Research Institute.
A fall in US feed grain production this month largely caused by dry weather has only partially been offset by increases in foreign production, according to the US Feed Outlook by the Economic Research Service of the USDA.
Just like a home garden, the fertility of the water in a pond determines how productive the pond will be, writes Dr. J.Wesley Neal, Assistant Extension Professor/Fisheries Specialist, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. This feature was published in MSU Care…
An aquaculture plan has been drawn up to help the Great Sandy region of Queensland by finding the most suitable sites for aquaculture development and providing guidelines to ensure that only suitable development is approved. The Draft Great Sandy regional mari…
Alaska led all states in volume with fish landings of 5.3 billion pounds, followed by Louisiana 951.2 million pounds; Virginia 481.7 million pounds; Washington 456.2 million pounds; and California 385.9 million pounds says a report - released by the National M…
By Richard D. Miles and Frank A. Chapman 2. Aquaculture feeds characteristically contain a higher percent of protein than feeds used in agriculture for poultry, swine, and beef.
This report was published by the News South Wales, Department of Primary Industries, Primefact #825. The New South Wales wild harvest commercial fishing industry is a dynamic network of skilled businesses.
This feature is an extract taken from a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. You can view the full report by clicking on the link provided below.
Aquatic resources to produce clean energy could be part of the answer to meeting the world's energy needs and demands, writes TheFishSite Senior Editor Chris Harris.
By Dr. Bronson K. Strickland, Assistant Extension Professor; Dr. Richard M. Kaminski, Professor; Dr. Aaron T. Pearse, MSU alumnus and now Wildlife Research Biologist and Dr. W. Daryl Jones, Assistant Extension Professor. Published by the Mississippi State Univ…
This is an extract of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. It discusses why multiple administrative and environmental issues need to be addressed in establishing …
By Christian Lckstdt, ADDCON Nordic AS. It is a well established fact in the field of aquaculture, that the use of antibiotic growth promoters as an in-feed additive for the diets of fish and shrimp may promote growth and feed conversion as well as improve sur…
By Sharon Durham, Marcia Wood, and Alfredo Flores, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff. The Agricultural Research Services genomics and phenomics research is laying the foundation for future livestock production improvements.
The illegal global trade of caviar, overfishing, growing habitat loss and pollution have decimated sturgeon populations around the world, report Marina Muran, Erik Hansen and Cynthia Barmore in a USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN report.
By ERS USDA. This monthly report examines supply, use, prices, and trade for feed grains, including supply and demand prospects in major importing and exporting countries. Focuses on corn; also contains information on sorghum, barley, oats, and hay.
By Saravanan, S., and Biju Sam Kamalam, J. - PG Scholars at CIFE, Mumbai - and and also John Stephen Sampath Kumar, Associate Professor, FC & RI, Tuticorin, India. Published in Shellfish News 25 Spring Summer 2008.
The threat of exotic animal diseases entering a country has led to a raft of legislation from most authorities preventing the illegal import of animal products, writes TheFishSite senior editor, Chris Harris.
Michael Rubino, of the NOAA Aquaculture Programme, provides an introduction into the findings of this report and visualises what these discoveries may entail.Twenty years ago, offshore aquaculture fish and shellfish farming in U.S. federalwaters was an emergin…
TheFishSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris, looks at some of the issues raised by the controversial NOAA report, Offshore Aquaculture in the United States: Economic Considerations, Implications & Opportunities.
By Helga Josupeit, FAO Globefish. Total fishmeal production of the main fishmeal exporters for the first four months of 2008 reached 940,000 tonnes, 3% ahead of the corresponding 2007 production.
This report is an extract taken from a Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on a request from the EuropeanCommission on Animal welfare aspects of husbandry systems for farmed Atlantic salmon. The EFSA Journal (2008)736, 1-31.
By Kenneth D Black and Averil M. Wilson from the Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Scotland, published in Shellfish News 25 Spring Summer 2008.
A survey based on a representative sample of 5 000 US households indicates that consumer confidence dropped sharply in June, to a level which is the fifth-lowest ever, FAO Globefish reports in InfoFish.
As the pressure grows on salmon farmers to guarantee there is no cross over between farmed and wild salmon, more and more research is being carried out into new technologies to ensure a complete separation, writes TheFishSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.
