In May this year Australia's abalone farmers took an international lead role in developing environmental sustainability practices among the rapidly expanding global aquaculture industries, writes Dr Ann Fleming, Chair, Australian Abalone Growers Association.
While the European agricultural industry is a heavy consumer of genetically modified products - largely in animal feed - the industry is restricted in what it can grow, writes Chris Harris, TheFishSite senior editor.
Vietnam is the largest exporter of Pangasius to the EU, and the countrys growers have been set a target of $1.5 billion in export turnover for 2008, reveals a Food and Agriculture Globefish report prepared by Nick Holmyard.
