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It is always interesting to try and assess the challenges and opportunities of a particular industry segment. We often hear the farmed seafood sector referred to as the aquaculture industry. In reality this sector should be termed the ‘aquaculture industries’ because of the number of different species that are farmed, the different culture requirements of the animals, the variety of life histories, the nutritional requirements, and the range of food products that are marketed. Additionally, in...
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Historically, the oceans were considered limitless and thought to harbor enough fish to feed an everincreasing human population. However, the demands of population growth, particularly in poorer countries, now far outstrip the sustainable yield of the seas. At the same time as fishing has become more industrialized and wild fish stocks increasingly depleted, aquaculture production – fish and shellfish farming – has grown rapidly to address the shortfalls in capture fisheries. With this rapid...
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“World production, total consumption, food demand and per capita food consumption will increase over the next three decades; however, the rate of these increases will slow over time. World capture production is projected to stagnate, while world aquaculture production is projected to increase, albeit at a slower rate than in the past". With a view to predicting future fisheries and fish production, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) commissioned...
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Introduction: transgenic vs enhanced selection Aquaculture, like agriculture, is beset with problems of cost, price, and risk. Genetic research, in aquaculture as in agriculture, promises – or dangles – solutions to many of these problems “real soon now”. But what kinds of solution? Investors as well as farmers soon notice that there are two, competing styles of modern genetics, which in this paper are loosely termed “transgenic” and...
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According to assurances of officials and major market players the fishing industry in Russia develops quite rapidly. Egor Dvinyakin, marketing analyst of Intesco Research Group, has his own point of view about the contemporary situation in this market sector. - Egor, What is the current situation in fishing industry? - Generally, the development of market of fish and fishery products is stable. Increase is observed both in...
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