Roughly one-third of the edible parts of food produced for human consumption, gets lost or wasted globally, which is about 1.3 billion ton per year. Food is wasted throughout the food supply chain, from initial agricultural production down to final household c…
Good fishing in South America and improved access to raw material has pushed fishmeal production higher over the last months with total production for 2011 about 40 per cent above 2010 levels in the major producing countries. The increased supply eliminated an…
Salmon farmers see record prices in early 2011 drop to money losing levels in no time. 2012 outlook negative from mid year as production is expected to increase by up to 15 per cent, according to Globefish.
In the fourth of a series ofarticles for Fishing news,Mike Montgomerie, GearTechnologist at Seafish, continues by examining theoptions for fitting squaremesh panels.
The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) is currently working to update a 1996 report which looks at thewelfare of farmed fish generally, andthe welfare of farmed fish at slaughter. The study, of which an outline is set out below, will assess whether the welfare…
The recent report by McKinsey and Company 'Design for Sustainable Fisheries' takes some important steps towards meeting the challenge of integrating what we understand about the biology of fished species and the economic behaviour of those who fish. It is vita…
