Breaking news, market research and analysis of the global aquaculture industry.
By SeafoodSource staff
23 May, 2013
Scottish Sea Farms on Thursday announced it will add a third aquaculture site at Loch Kishorn.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
22 May, 2013
The road ahead for the aquaculture sector in Southeast Asia is going to be a rough one, with fishmeal prices going nowhere but up, and poor breeding stock cutting into volumes. It will only get worse, says one expert, if producers cling to the old ways of doing things.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 May, 2013
One of the world's largest fish farm companies, Marine Harvest, has voluntarily agreed to much tougher limits on its pesticides use and seal killing by joining a strict new environment scheme.
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By Joanne Friedrick, SeaFood Business contributing editor
20 May, 2013
Farmed salmon is building a following through branding or by relying on its country of origin to create a positive marketing message.
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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
16 May, 2013
In this edition of SeafoodSourceTV, Editor Sean Murphy talks with
SeafoodSource's China correspondent, Mark Godfrey, about what's behind
China Fishery Group's bid to buy Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil company
Copeinca. They also discuss what the new interest may mean for the
future of the worldwide fishmeal industry.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 May, 2013
The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s (GAA) Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) seafood processing plant standards have been successfully benchmarked against the latest Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) food safety requirements.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 May, 2013
National Prawn Company has stepped a steady foot in the aquaculture field aiming at maintaining a more balanced marine life by farming this highly valued species, the Sea Cucumber (Holothuria Scabra); and to meet market's huge demand for nutritional products.
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By Melissa Wood, SeaFood Business assistant editor
14 May, 2013
Indoor shrimp farming is a bit of a novelty, and in the northeastern United States, it's virtually unheard of. But the owners of a farm in Stoughton, Mass., have big dreams, and are well on their way to achieving them.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
13 May, 2013
Chinese agricultural authorities are racing to skill up officials and
insurance firms to extend subsidized insurance coverage to the country’s
highly fragmented aquaculture sector. With a landmark Agricultural
Insurance Act in force since March, Beijing is keen to increase take-up
of subsidized insurance policies, a move that could lift output.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 May, 2013
Anglers are calling on members of Scottish parliament and ministers to
stop protecting salmon farmers from proper scrutiny over parasites and
force them to publish weekly sea-lice count data by law.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 May, 2013
A small group of protesters stood in front of the Abbotsford Costco on
Wednesday afternoon to raise awareness of their campaign to boycott the
sale of Atlantic farmed salmon.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 May, 2013
Six salmon farms in Chile have recently earned the Global Aquaculture
Alliance (GAA)’s best aquaculture practices (BAP) certification,
according to a GAA release.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 May, 2013
The Global Aquaculture Alliance announced that Multiexport Foods has achieved two-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 May, 2013
The Nova Scotia government is setting up a panel to develop new regulations for the aquaculture industry by the end of 2014.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
02 May, 2013
Tilapia prices have edged upward year-on-year in key cultivation zones
in China, the apparent result of lower cultivation by fish farmers who
were burnt by lower prices in recent years. Large numbers of tilapia
cultivators exited the sector in the wake of weaker demand and prices in
export markets in 2009 and 2010.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
01 May, 2013
China is aiming to boost local catfish production to take advantage of
falling U.S. output, while also tapping the domestic Chinese market,
according to a state-run research organization in one of China’s key
catfish cultivation regions.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 April, 2013
The European Commission in a new effort to encourage more investment in
aquaculture among its member states, announced this week it was issuing
a new set of voluntary strategic aquaculture guidelines, according to a
release.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 April, 2013
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has announced it has granted Best
Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification to Oregon-based Pacific
Seafood Group’s steelhead trout farm on the Columbia River, the first
steelhead trout farm in the United States to get such a certification.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 April, 2013
Marine Harvest announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, including an operational EBIT of NOK 482 million (USD 83 million, EUR 63 million), compared to NOK 276 million (USD 47 million, EUR 36 million) during the same time period in 2012.
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By Sean Murphy, SeafoodSource online editor
23 April, 2013
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has completed a new set of best
aquaculture practices (BAP) standards for finfish and crustacean
farming, in an attempt to simplify a complex set of standards.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
23 April, 2013
Myanmar is the last frontier for wild seafood, said an early veteran of
the country’s seafood industry. The Southeast Asian nation could become a
hot bed for natural shrimp on international markets, according to New
York-based aquaculture consultant Jayendran Muthushankar.
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22 April, 2013
In part 2 of a two-part series, the CEO of AquaBounty Technologies addresses concerns about AquAdvantage genetically engineered salmon and critiques the FDA review process.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
17 April, 2013
Processing for the export trade is proving less attractive than aquaculture for the domestic market, judging by the earnings of leading Chinese seafood suppliers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 April, 2013
The infectious salmon anemia (ISA) farmed salmon crisis in Chile
appears to have passed, according to officials connected to aquaculture
groups in the country.
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15 April, 2013
In part 1 of a two-part series, the CEO of AquaBounty Technologies addresses concerns about AquAdvantage genetically engineered salmon and critiques the FDA review process.
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