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NEW ZEALAND
75003
23rd May Big boost planned for aquaculture Marlborough's aquaculture industry could be worth a billion dollars in 20 years if it becomes a base for research and education. |
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AUSTRALIA
74903
23rd May RAG urges openness The Recherche Advisory Group has written to key bodies encouraging liaison with the group following the rekindling of the tuna farming issue. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
74803
23rd May University Gets Mussel Research Boost Collaboration with the largest mussel fisheries in the UK has enabled the University of Wales, Bangor's prestigious School of Ocean Sciences, to win a three year research project to further develop their work on sustainable mussel cultivation. |
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AUSTRALIA
74703
23rd May Bass Strait scallop beds opened for first time since 1999 The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) will allow commercial scallop fishing to resume next month in an area of Bass Strait which has been closed for four years. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
74603
23rd May Sustainability - the hardest nut to crack? Over the past three decades, aquaculture has expanded, diversified and made major technological advances. Its potential to enhance food security and alleviate poverty in the developing world has been widely accepted |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
74503
20th May Putting Pollution Figures In Context "Undermines" Report A news story headlined “Fish farming pollution is up by 100%” in the Sunday Herald reads like a damning indictment of fish farming practice. Except that it is absurdly out of context according to Scottish Quality Salmon. |
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AUSTRALIA
74403
20th May Australia ready to begin large scale crab aquaculture with mud crabs NT research is leading the world in farming mud crabs, and aquaculturists are now needed to bring the industry to life. |
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NEW ZEALAND
74303
20th May Niwa to study fish farming The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa) has received a $1.5 million a year grant for six years to study how to farm new species of fish. |
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AUSTRALIA
74203
18th May Anti-shark unit may ring bays AUSTRALIAN bays, beaches and aquaculture farms could be protected against sharks by an electronic repellent within the next five years. |
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AUSTRALIA
74103
16th May Queensland's fisheries habitats: current condition and recent trends A report entitled "Queensland's Fisheries Habitats, Current Condition and Recent Trends" has been released. It is the first report of its kind on the condition of habitats that sustain Queensland's important fishing and aquaculture industries. |
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AUSTRALIA
74003
16th May Abalone firm backs out ESPERANCE Abalone Farms has pulled out of Esperance Shire's Wylie Bay aquaculture precinct. |
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SAUDI ARABIA
73903
16th May Breathing life into the desert Sand, nothing but sand – as far as you can see. Fifty degrees Celsius in the shade. And no possibility of wresting anything you could eat out of the strip of desert located directly on the shores of the Red Sea – apart from shrimp. |
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UNITED STATES
73803
16th May AQUACULTURE CO-OP ANNOUNCES NEW PROCESSING PLANT Texas Aquaculture Cooperative has broken ground on a new fish processing plant at Clemville, west of Bay City. |
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UNITED STATES
73703
16th May Fire Destroys Maine Salmon Hatchery Fire destroyed a hatchery, killing nearly 3 million young Atlantic salmon that suffocated when the flames damaged the pumps supplying them with oxygen. |
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AUSTRALIA
73603
16th May Aquaculture and animal authority dies from cancer Tasmania has lost one of its most outstanding aquaculture and native animal authorities with the death of Barry Munday. |
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NEW ZEALAND
73503
15th May NZ firm to test water by farming prized gamefish A New Zealand company is launching a venture to farm a highly prized gamefish, the yellowtail kingfish, in sea cages near Nelson in a trade targeting high-value exports. |
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WORLD
73403
14th May Only 10 percent of big ocean fish remain A new global study concludes that 90 percent of all large fishes have disappeared from the world's oceans in the past half century, the devastating result of industrial fishing. |
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AUSTRALIA
73303
14th May NEW JOINT VENTURE A WIN FOR MARINE SCIENCE The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and James Cook University (JCU) would maintain their independence when joining forces to form the Australian Institute of Marine Science at James Cook University, Federal Science Minister Peter McGauran said today. |
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AUSTRALIA
73203
14th May ‘AIMS at JCU’ to be the Harvard of tropical marine science The Australian Institute of Marine Science welcomes funding of $5 million in the Federal Budget to help implement a new venture in collaboration with James Cook University. |
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UNITED STATES
73103
14th May Caviar from Hawaii-grown sturgeon is among the possibilities The Hawaii Aquaculture Conference held last week offered a chance to gaze into a water-filled crystal ball. The gathering was a show-and-tell session for aquaculturalists, those entrepreneurs and researchers whose aim is to corral waterborne creatures and farm them the way ranchers farm cattle. |
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NEW ZEALAND
73003
14th May Maori Criticize Government's Aquaculture Meetings Hui organised by the Government to consult Maori on impending aquaculture industry legislation have been attacked as a waste of time. |
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AUSTRALIA
72903
13th May $2.5 million Budget boost to Australian aquaculture Australia's emerging aquaculture industry has received Commonwealth Budget funding of $2.5 million in 2003-04 to help implement the recently agreed Action Agenda for the Australian Aquaculture Industry |
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UNITED STATES
72803
13th May Optimism Among U.S. Catfish Producers After about a year and a half of struggling with low prices, catfish producers may see prices rising from 55 to 60 cents per pound to around 65 cents per pound within the next few weeks |
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AUSTRALIA
72703
13th May Oysters... an industry full of positives Young Stansbury oyster grower, Kelly Collins, loves the lifestyle the aquaculture industry affords, and says everything is positive about an industry where there is always something new happening. |
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AUSTRALIA
72603
13th May Mussel Bound MUSSEL production in the State could double if a New Zealand company is successful in sea trials growing the shellfish off Wallaroo on the Yorke Peninsula. |
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EUROPE
72503
11th May Adding Value Move Takes Off MARINE Harvest has announced at the European Seafood Exposition in Brussels that it is now working with the Culinary Institute of Norway to promote interest in and innovative culinary uses of farmed fish. |
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EUROPE
72403
11th May Offshore Tuna Unit is Farm and Transportation Izar Fene Shipyard, in collaboration with Itsazi Aquaculture has developed an off-shore unit for the breeding, fattening and transport of the bluefin tuna. |
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EUROPE
72303
11th May Australia’s favorite fish arrives in Europe Marine Harvest introduced barramundi farmed in sea cages as a commercial product for European markets at the Brussels Seafood Exposition, 6–8 May 2003. |
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NORWAY
72203
11th May World’s Largest Salmon Farm Opens in Norway AKVAsmart, together with the Nutreco companies Marine Harvest and Skretting in Norway, is establishing the world’s largest pilot salmon and trout farm to test aquafeeds in commercial conditions. |
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EUROPE
72103
12th May Aquaculture Europe 2003 Programme now on-line! The conference theme, Beyond Monoculture, will address the current research status and industrial applications of various ‘integrated’ or ‘multi-species’ aquaculture technologies, in both seawater and freshwater environments and in intensive or extensive land-based, coastal and offshore systems. |
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AUSTRALIA
72003
11th May K & C Fisheries recognised at prestigious Gippsland Business Awards K &C Fisheries wins the "Environment & Sustainable Business Practice" award at the recently held 2003 Federation Health Gippsland Business Awards. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
71903
11th May Farmed fish Dyed, de-sexed, and a threat to the planet: the fish on your plate is more likely than ever to be farmed. Still think cod, sea bass and tuna are wild? |
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UNITED STATES
71803
10th May Flavor rich, profit poor Think "crawfish" and most people conjure up memories of a Louisiana-style feast, cracking the shell to get at the strip of meat inside. |
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AUSTRALIA
71703
9th May Open day to make a splash! Sustainable fishing practices, reef fish aquaculture and fisheries resource monitoring will be the focal point of an exciting open day being held at the Department of Primary Industries’ (DPI- Queensland) Northern Fisheries Centre on 17 May. |
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AUSTRALIA
71603
9th May Australian Fisheries Exports Lost Value in 2002, Despite increase in production A decline in pricing in 2002 led to a reduction in the value of Australia's seafood trade despite a 1.8% increase in production. |
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CANADA
71503
9th May Eskasoni oyster fishery crippled by disease Eskasoni is trying to come to grips with the loss of 1.5 million oysters over the winter, resulting in the potential loss of $10 million in aquaculture operations. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
71403
8th May View from the farm: fish business is much harder than it looks 'THOU shall have a fishy on a little dishy.....' Yes,it's fish for tea tonight, the ones that are not big enough to sell (again!). Regular fish suppers are an inevitable consequence of running a fish farm, I suppose. |
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AUSTRALIA
71303
8th May AQUAED 2003 Based on the highly successful AquaEd 2001 held in Fremantle and AquaEd 2002 held in Hobart, the Primary Industries Training Advisory Council (NT) is inviting you to the 2003 AquaEd Workshop in Darwin on July 23-24, 2003. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
71203
7th May Halibut Farming Advances In Expanding Aquaculture Range THE market for farmed halibut is continuing to grow and there are exciting product developments taking place with key customers, according to Allan Miller, Sales and Marketing Director for Marine Harvest in the UK. |
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WORLD NEWS
71103
7th May Let Them Eat Shrimp David Barboza, a NY Times Business Day reporter in the Chicago Bureau, has written a comprehensive piece on the current state of shrimp farming and the current market glut of shrimp |
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AUSTRALIA
71003
6th May Aquaculture opportunities for irrigators OPPORTUNITIES for the integration of aquaculture with established irrigation industries will be on show at the National Australian Cotton Trade Show in Moree. |
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AUSTRALIA
70903
6th May $10m Wallaroo Mussel farm A New Zealand company is proposing to invest some $10 million into developing a 300 hectare Blue mussel farm offshore from Wallaroo which, if approved, would create approximately 70 new jobs. |
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UNITED STATES
70803
5th May Rhode Island eyes fish farms development Aquaculture is a $1-billion industry and is the fastest-growing agricultural activity in the country. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
70703
4th May Scotland: Further fall in salmon prices could cause chain of bankruptcies Britain's salmon farming industry is in crisis. The combination of cheap Chilean imports and the downward pressure on prices from supermarkets has meant that, for many farmers, the salmon are being sold at below production costs. |
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UNITED STATES
70603
4th May Back in good stock - Home-grown trout swim again at New Marlboro hatchery Brought back to life after years of decline, the Berkshire National Fish Hatchery this fall plans to release the first batch of home-grown trout since the facility was mothballed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1994. |
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PHILIPPINES
70503
3rd May Aquaculture congress on May 7-10 in Bacolod The University of the Philippines Aquaculture Society Inc. and Cruz Aquaculture Corp. will hold the First Philippine Aquaculture Congress and Exhibition (PACE) in Bacolod City from May 7 to 10 |
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AUSTRALIA
70403
2nd May Aussie ingenuity to revolutionise shellfish processing A new Australian-built electronic shellfish grader promises to double production at a Tasmanian marine farm and provide a significant economic boost to the State's aquaculture sector |
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AUSTRALIA
70303
2nd May Queensland company sets up Australia's first commercial mud crab and sea cucumber hatchery Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Warren Truss today opened Australia's first commercial mud crab and sea cucumber hatchery at Hervey Bay in Queensland. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM
70203
2nd May Industry Fears Fallout From Lawsuits THE Scottish salmon farming industry is concerned that legal action in the United States could have implications for them. |
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UNITED STATES
70103
2nd May Stores to label farm salmon Three major grocery chains will use labels or signs to inform shoppers that color additives are fed to farm-raised salmon to make the flesh pink. |
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AUSTRALIA
70003
1st May Sars outbreak having a most unexpected impact on the Australian seafood industry The effects of Sars are being felt right across Asia. From empty planes to silent hotels, businesses are suffering. But in Australia the Sars outbreak is having a most unexpected impact - on the nation's seafood industry. |
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