Wild salmon are done spawning in the rivers for this year, but a few too many farmed salmon have escaped from their cages, spreading their roe and milt, writes Reidun Lilleholt of Nofima.
The Soil Association has released their organic market report for 2009, which says that demand and production of organic aquaculture remains strong. However, environmental issues are beginning to have detrimental repercussions on some sectors.
Forecasted feed grain area planted in 2009, based on the 31 March Prospective Plantings, is down by two per cent from 2008, according to the USDA Economic Research Service.