Breaking news, market research and analysis of the global aquaculture industry.
By SeafoodSource staff
04 January, 2013
A leading consumer magazine is condemning the U.S. Food and Drug
Association (FDA)’s recent positive assessment of genetically-engineered
salmon as “flawed and inadequate.”
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 January, 2013
The board of directors of Norwegian aquaculture manufacturer Akva Group
have rejected an offer by Egersund Group to buy out the company,
according to a statement from Akva.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 January, 2013
A Spanish biotech firm is starting up a new project to develop better
vaccination programs in fish farms to protect against livestock
diseases.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
03 January, 2013
AgriMarine's China subsidiary is ramping up farm production of Pacific salmon for the region's retail market. The supplier is capitalizing on increased inspections of imported Norwegian product, and is working with retailers Ito Yokado and BHG to fill demand.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 January, 2013
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Mekong Delta has 5,470 hectares under pangasius breeding and farmers have harvested 3,844 hectares with an average 279 tons per hectare, a year-on-year decrease of 26 tons per hectare.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 January, 2013
Tasmanian seafood exporters have welcomed the new free trade agreement
between Australia and Malaysia that comes into force this week.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
02 January, 2013
Surging Chinese demand and solid U.S. consumption levels means 2013 will be a good year for oysters producers. Oregon Oyster Farms is struggling to keep up with demand from buyers in mainland China.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 January, 2013
Russian Sea and Akva Group have signed a contract for a complete Akva cage farm to be installed in the Murmansk region of European Russia.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 January, 2013
As much as VND 301 billion (USD 14 million, EUR 11 million) will be needed to further propel the development of Vietnam’s aquaculture sector in 2013.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 December, 2012
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has named Jim Heerin as a new special advisor, the GAA said in a statement this week.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 December, 2012
A recent report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource
Economics and Sciences (ABARES) shows that the value of aquaculture in
Australia has gone up by 8 percent in 2010-11.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
23 December, 2012
In November, the Global Aquaculture Alliance announced the latest set of Best Aquaculture Practices standards. Dan Lee, the GAA’s Best Aquaculture Practices standards coordinator talked to SeafoodSource about the new draft, which has a wider scope, compared to the more species-specific standards.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 December, 2012
UK-based Anglesey Aquaculture celebrated its first year of business this
week, reflecting back on a year of new beginnings as the only producer
of sea bass in the UK.
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By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
20 December, 2012
Projects in Norway and Canada are turning to helper fish like cunner and wrasse instead of pesticides to protect salmon farms from sea lice.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 December, 2012
The Environmental Protection Authority has approved four new salmon farms for the Marlborough Sounds in a draft decision announced today.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 December, 2012
Nova Scotia announced the approval of two aquaculture sites on the southwestern tip of the province Tuesday, sparking outcry from a conservation group that says the area is not appropriate for the open-net farming pens.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 December, 2012
For more than 30 years, Ricky Hallett has fished the rich waters of Jordan Bay on Nova Scotia's seafaring south coast.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2012
Thai Union Frozen Products has agreed to form a joint venture with
Mitsubishi Corp. to establish a shrimp farming business, Thai
Union said in a statement this week.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2012
Verlasso’s salmon farm in Herradura, Patagonia has received independent certification for sustainable aquaculture practices by Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2012
The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association (ACFFA) is applauding two
new salmon farms in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia, as “another solid step” in
an ongoing aquaculture strategy for the province.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 December, 2012
A project working to find new, beneficial strains of Nile tilapia in the
Philippines is expected to offer a boon to the tilapia farming industry
there.
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By Lisa Duchene, SeafoodSource contributing editor
13 December, 2012
Regal Springs’ tilapia products became the first farmed seafood on the market to be ASC certified in August, and tilapia from the Tan Hoa farm of the Vinh Hoan Corp. in Vietnam is on its heels.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 December, 2012
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has granted Best Aquaculture
Practices (BAP) certification to Australia’s Tassal, the first salmon
producer in that country to be certified at farm level.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 December, 2012
Norway’s Fisheries and Coastal Affairs is considering amending the rules for ownership, allowing salmon farms to own more than 25 percent of the sector’s total standing biomass.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 December, 2012
The Great Fish Company has announced its parent company in Chile,
Congelados Pacifico, has obtained a three-star best aquaculture
practices (BAP) certification for its salmon operation there.
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