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Parasitic nematodes are microscopic, but a major problem in the fish filleting industry. Scientists at Nofima have discovered that light and automation provides a better fillet, writes Martin Steinholt, Nofima.

Several social studies have shown that the mass media can affect public perception of risk. It can shape public understanding in the way articles emphasise and de-emphasise particular aspects of risk and the way that certain issues are framed and presented, wr…

The total volume of fisheries production in Australia has increased by 17,500 tonne (eight per cent), since 1999-2000, while the real gross value of production has fallen by $0.8 billion (26 per cent). The increase in production volume is largely the result of…

By John Taylor and Herve Migaud, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Finfish News, Number 5, Winter/Spring 2008.

Compiled and edited by Damien Toner and Carole Rougeot and produced inconjunction with the Aquaculture Technical Section, AquacultureDevelopment Division, An Bord Iascaigh Mhara.

Stronger European herring supplies are reflected in increased round sales to African markets and higher fillet sales to East Europe during the first quarter of 2008. Report prepared by Gerry O'Sullivan, FAO Globefish 2008.

A new report from the Irish Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Food looks at fresh strategies for controlling sea lice in farmed salmon.

This report is a Review of the Bottom Grown (BG) Mussel Sector on the Island of Ireland conducted on behalf of the departments of agriculture for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and the Loughs Agency and supported by a Secretariat provided by the …

The EU depends more than ever on imports from third countries to meet its fish demand, reports the United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service. Import volumes increased by a quarter over the past 5 years and almost all product groups b…

The report is a project of the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and The Ocean Foundation (TOF). Funding was provided bygrants from the Munson Foundation, the Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, and an anonymous donor. Theauthors of this report incl…

This feature is a Globefish report documenting the tilapia market results for Chinese imports and exports, produced by the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

By researchers* from the Purdue University and printed in the Journal of Extension newsletter, volume 46, number 2. The study reported here involved a mail survey of Indiana aquaculture producers to determine the level of Indiana aquaculture and what producers…

Exotic species of fish have been introduced into different natural environments either to be reared for food or to meet other needs such as horticulture, fishing or hunting for many years and now maintaining the biodiversity of the different water systems of t…

Chilean exports of salmon and trout grew again during 2007, both in volume and value reports FAO Globefish. Their share of total Chilean fishery exports grew in terms of volume but fell in terms of value. While there has been an increase in total production, t…

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Gain Report says that according to Russias Federal Customs Service, Russian fish and fish product imports totaled $1.7 billion in 2007, a 44-percent increase from 2006.

At the end of the oyster season in Europe FAO Globefish reviews the market situation including import and export sales.

For the first time in ten years, US shrimp imports fell in terms of volume according to a report prepared by INFOPESCA for FAO Globefish.

Allen Baker, Edward Allen, and Heather Lutman, 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 o…

Two new projects have been funded by both the 6th EU Framework Programme on Light Technology for Photoperiod Regulation in Cod Mariculture (CodLight-Tech) and a Norwegian Research Council grant on Novel narrow bandwidth lighting technology in cod farming andit…

This latest report from FAO Globefish looks at the tuna market in Japan, India, Vietnam and China.

Our nations inland waters and coasts provide a wide variety of seafood with diverse health benefits, writes Jeff Silverstein, USDA Agriculural Research Service.

The EU depends more than ever on imports from third countries to meet its fish demand, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.Import volumes increased by a quarter over the past five years and almost all product groups benefited from this trend.

Last year, imports of tilapia into the US market grew by 35 per cent. All of this expansion is based on increased imports from China, writes Helga Josupeit for FAO Globefish.

Overall Japanese shrimp imports in 2007 declined by 8.25% compared to 2006, which is a drop equivalent to nearly 25 000 metric tons, FAO Globefish reports in InfoFish.

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) caused byTetracapsuloides bryosalmonae continues to bea major constraint on the rainbow trout industryin Western Europe and North America, writes David J. Morris, Charles McGurk and Gareth Butterfield of the Institute of Aqua…

By Laura McGinnis, USDA Agricultural Research Service, published in the May/June 2008 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.

Blue-green algae and some soil micro-organisms produce compounds that give water a distinctive earthy/musty odour and taste, Professor Linda A Lawton from School of Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen writes in CEFAS' Winter Spring edition of Fin…

By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the April 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report, highlighting Global Aquaculture Industry data.

An outbreak of White Tail Disease in farmed giant fresh water prawns in Queensland, Australia was recently reported to the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE). The disease has been caused by Machrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus, writes Chris Harris, Senior …

It has been over 30 years since the first introductions of the American signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) into the U.K., which was originally brought into the country for aquaculture purposes, writes Paul Stebbing, Fish Health Inspectorate, Cefas Weym…

The dollar weakness contributed to a competitive price trend for frozen Alaska pollock fillets in European markets during 2007, according to FAO Globefish.

The Freshwater Pearl Mussel (FWPM, Magaritifera magaritifera) is endangered and under serious threat of extinction throughout its European range, writes John Taylor, Fish Culture Team Leader, Environment Agency Wales in the Summer/Autumn edition of Finfish New…

European frozen scallop imports were hit by a downturn in French demand during 2007, writes Gerry O'Sullivan for FAO Globefish.

By Frank A. Chapman and Joel P. Van Eenennaam2. Sturgeons usually do not breed naturally in captivity and must be spawned artificially using exogenous hormones.

Gut function and its efficiency is one of the keys to successful commercial production of fish species. TheFishSite Editor, Jane Jordan, looks at a paper by John Sweetman, Arkadios Dimitroglou, Simon Davies and Silvia Torrecillas on gut morphology and how a he…

By Mississippi State University Extension Service. Nutrient requirements and feeding characteristics of channel catfish have been extensively researched. This research has provided the basis for the formulation of efficient, economical diets and for the develo…

The weak dollar helped to boost crab imports in European markets during 2007 writes Gerry O'Sullivan for FAO GLOBEFISH 2008.

By Camillo Catarci FAO Globefish 2008. The period between November 2007 and January 2008 has been a particularly turbulent one for the farmed salmon market.

By Sara Picon, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Bob Bawden, Pisces Engineering Ltd., Nick Taylor, Cefas Weymouth Laboratory and Andy Shinn, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. This article was originally published in Aquaculture …

By Robin S. Waples, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Richard W. Zabel,Fish Ecology Division, Mark D. Scheuerell, Fish Ecology Division, and Beth L. Sanderson, Environmental Conservation Division, Seattle. Published in Molecular Ecology January 2008…