Aquaculture News
News published on May 19, 2008:
A new Glitnir Seafood Industry Report shows that the European Union, when regarded as one country, to be the world largest seafood markets and has an annual average per capita consumption of approximately 26,5 ...
News published on May 19, 2008:
A Calgary company developing a safflower-based feed additive for farmed shrimp may rethink its plans now that a partner has stepped back from the project. SemBioSys Genetics, which has previously modified its s...
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Alberta Farm Express
News published on May 19, 2008:
The horseshoe crab and the sea cucumber may be delectable dishes for the gourmet. Now, a group of foreign scientists have discovered that this species of crab and the sea cucumber, together with the sponge and ...
News published on May 16, 2008:
In Porsangerfjord, Northern Norway, the kelp beds have disappeared due to overgrazing from sea urchins. During the same period, the coastal cod became severely depleted in the fjord. Recently, kelp and sprat ex...
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Institute of Marine Research
News published on May 16, 2008:
A baby boom of sorts has wrapped up in Seward. Several million red king crab larvae hatched at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery.Twelve egg-bearing adult king crab collected from Bristol Bay last fall began ...
News published on May 16, 2008:
Milking time takes on a very different meaning at one farm in the Yarra Valley each autumn.Thousands of salmon are hand-milked for their roe at Yarra Valley Salmon, the only salmon caviar farm in Australia to d...
News published on May 15, 2008:
NIFES has analysed 70 smoked or cured salmon and trout products from leading retailers and manufacturers in Norway. None of the products contained concentrations of undesirable substances above the EU’s maximum...
News published on May 15, 2008:
With the largest shrimp breeding area in the south, Ca Mau Province is increasing its production of disease-free breeder shrimp to supply local farmers.Ngo Hoang Son, head of Ca Mau Province’s Aquatic Animal He...
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Vietnam News Agency
News published on May 15, 2008:
Protein extracted from Saskatchewan canola could be finding its way to fish farms around the world to replace the disappearing Peruvian anchovy.Toronto-based Bio-Extraction Inc. (Bio-Exx) is building a $10-mill...
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The Star Phoenix
News published on May 14, 2008:
Norway imports increasingly more of the seafood we consume. Fresh figures from Nofima show steadily less people are employed in the fish processing industry here in Norway. In 2007, total Norwegian seafood cons...