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FEAP calls for level playing field

By SeafoodSource staff
07 November, 2012
Poor regulation of the aquaculture industry in Europe is putting a real damper on production. At a recent conference in Brussels, industry leaders met to discuss how to get policy makers to help fix the problem.
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06 November, 2012
Bill Taylor, president of Taylor Shellfish in Shelton, Wash., talks about the challenges with aquaculture production in the Northwest U.S. and the market for shellfish in Hong Kong.
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Darden invests in first integrated lobster park

By SeafoodSource staff
06 November, 2012
Darden Aquasciences Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of the United States-based Darden Restaurants Inc., will pump in some USD 300 million (RMB 1 billion) to join forces with two Malaysian companies to develop the world's first integrated lobster aquaculture park, or iLAP, in Sabah under a USD 600 million (RMB 1.86 billion) deal. 
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Bakkafrost posts better than expected 3Q results

By SeafoodSource staff
06 November, 2012
Faroe Islands-based farmed salmon producer Bakkafrost on Tuesday reported higher than expected margins for the third quarter of 2012.
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Aquaculture project named 2012 best invention

By SeafoodSource staff
05 November, 2012
The Velella Mariculture Project has been named to Time magazine’s “50 Best Inventions of 2012” list.
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Biotech firm acquires 48% of AquaBounty

By SeafoodSource staff
05 November, 2012
Virginia-based synthetic biology company Intrexon Corp. plans to buy a 48 percent interest in AquaBounty Technologies. 
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NZ aquaculture industry to be worth $300m

By SeafoodSource staff
05 November, 2012
A new aquaculture development strategy to be launched in Bream Bay this week aims to see aquaculture in Northland developed into a NZD 300 million industry employing more than 700 extra workers in less than two decades.
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GAA signs MOU with Indonesia

By SeafoodSource staff
02 November, 2012
The Global Aquaculture Alliance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Indonesian Aquaculture Society. 
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Video spotlights sustainable aquaculture

By SeafoodSource staff
02 November, 2012
The U. S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) has produced an online video promoting sustainable aquaculture, looking at a facility in Mexico it has helped fund research at.
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GAA launches aquaculture innovation award

By SeafoodSource staff
01 November, 2012
The Global Aquaculture Alliance on Thursday presented the second of two Lifetime Achievement awards to Dr. I Chiu Liao.
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GAA recognizes Thailand aquaculture pioneer

By SeafoodSource staff
31 October, 2012
The Global Aquaculture Alliance on Wednesday presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Chingchai Lohawatanakul.
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Russia aquaculture giant reports 1H growth

By SeafoodSource staff
31 October, 2012
The Russkoe More Company, one of the largest producers of aquaculture in Russia said that the aquaculture sector in the first nine months of 2012 revenue totaled RUB 58.97 million (USD 1.9 million) against RUB 3.9 million (USD 0.12 million) a year earlier.
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BAP certifies first North American salmon operation

By SeafoodSource staff
30 October, 2012
Northern Harvest Sea Farms North American salmon operation is now certified under the Global Aquaculture Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program.
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Oyster aquaculture trial begins in Australia

By SeafoodSource staff
29 October, 2012
Oyster lovers will be pleased to know scientists at West Beach are cultivating the native flat oyster in the hope of spawning a new aquaculture industry.
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Tassal picked to test new ASC standards

By SeafoodSource staff
26 October, 2012
The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has chosen Australian salmon company Tassal to help test new international performance standards, as part of a final ASC review.
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BIM applies for first-ever aquaculture license

By SeafoodSource staff
25 October, 2012
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) says it has received 17 expressions of interest from firms to operate its planned EUR 40 million organic salmon farm off the Co Clare coast.
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SFP appoints first aquaculture director

By SeafoodSource staff
24 October, 2012
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership announced today the appointment of its first aquaculture director, Anton Immink, as part of the American nonprofit’s expanding aquaculture work in Asia.
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First North American plants get BAP certified

By SeafoodSource staff
24 October, 2012
Skretting North America's fish feed production facilities in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and Vancouver, British Columbia, are now certified under the Global Aquaculture Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program, the first fish feed plants in North America to be certified by BAP. 
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Maritime clean-up on Chinese government agenda

By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
24 October, 2012
China’s coastal aquaculture sector could be about to get a policy boost judging by a flurry of documents coming out of Beijing’s policy-making corridors recently.
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Cobia successfully bred in India

By SeafoodSource staff
23 October, 2012
For the first time in India, cobia has been successfully cultivated in captivity, under the aegis of A.R. Thirunavukarasu. M. Karunakaran records the splash at Chennai-based CIBA's experimental station at Muttakadu.  
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Disease takes chunk out of Cermaq profits

By SeafoodSource staff
23 October, 2012
Disease at its Norway and Canada salmon farms has hit Cermaq’s third quarter earnings, including a 33 percent drop compared to the same quarter in 2011.  
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Barcelona blog: Sustainable, successful

By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
18 October, 2012
The seafood industry is increasingly focusing its attention on the future as sustainability issues and aquaculture production top the agenda on the third and final day of Seafood Barcelona. 
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Study: Farmed tuna thrives further from shore

By SeafoodSource staff
16 October, 2012
Tasmanian researchers have found tuna are bigger and healthier when they are farmed further away from the shore.
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Mainstream Canada appeals defamation ruling

By SeafoodSource staff
16 October, 2012
Mainstream Canada on Monday announced it is appealing the British Columbia Supreme Court’s decision to deny its defamation claim against anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford.
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Canada invests in new Tilapia aquaculture project

By SeafoodSource staff
15 October, 2012
The Harper Government is helping convert a former mushroom plant in Thames Centre, Ont., to a state-of-the-art fish farm. The project was announced today by Member of Parliament for Elgin-Middlesex-London, Joe Preston, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Keith Ashfield and Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear.
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