Australian Fisheries
Exports Lost Value in 2002, Despite increase in
production
AUSTRALIA
71603 9th May
-
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. |
Eskasoni oyster fishery
crippled by disease
CANADA
71503 9th May
- 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. |
View from the farm: fish
business is much harder than it looks
UNITED KINGDOM
71403 8th May
- '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. |
AQUAED 2003
AUSTRALIA
71303 8th May
- 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. |
Halibut Farming Advances
In Expanding Aquaculture Range
UNITED KINGDOM
71203 7th May
- 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. |
Let Them Eat Shrimp
WORLD NEWS
71103 7th May
- 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 |
Aquaculture opportunities
for irrigators
AUSTRALIA
71003 6th May
-
OPPORTUNITIES for the integration of aquaculture
with established irrigation industries will be
on show at the National Australian Cotton Trade
Show in Moree. |
$10m Wallaroo Mussel farm
AUSTRALIA
70903 6th May
- 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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Rhode Island eyes fish
farms development
UNITED STATES
70803 5th May
-
Aquaculture is a $1-billion industry and is the
fastest-growing agricultural activity in the
country. |
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. |
Back in good stock -
Home-grown trout swim
again at New Marlboro hatchery
UNITED STATES
70603 4th May
- 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. |
Aquaculture congress on
May 7-10 in Bacolod
AUSTRALIA
70503
3rd May -
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. |
Aussie ingenuity to
revolutionise shellfish processing
AUSTRALIA
70403
2nd May -
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 |
Queensland company sets up
Australia's first commercial mud crab and sea
cucumber hatchery
AUSTRALIA
70303
2nd May -
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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Industry Fears Fallout
From Lawsuits
UNITED KINGDOM
70203
2nd May -
THE Scottish salmon farming industry is concerned
that legal action in the United States could have
implications for them. |
Stores to label farm
salmon
UNITED STATES
70103
2nd May -
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. |
Sars outbreak having a
most unexpected impact on the Australian seafood
industry
AUSTRALIA
70003
1st May -
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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PSP threatens
multi-million dollar oyster farming area in New
Zealand
NEW ZEALAND
69903
30th Apr -
A potentially deadly toxin has led to a warning to
stop gathering shellfish in the Bay of Islands,
putting at risk a multi-million-dollar export oyster
industry. |
Hollow Spheres Make Solid
Vaccine To Protect Fish
UNITED STATES
69803
29th Apr -
A new kind of vaccine to protect salmon and
trout from infectious pancreatic necrosis
disease may help aquaculture stem a rising tide
of virus-related diseases, |
Crawfish farmer raves over
harvest
UNITED STATES
69703
25th Apr -
Farmer Duane Smith rates
the 2003 crawfish catch as the best he has seen
in the last three years. “It has not been the
best on prices, but the best on quality and
quantity for me,” he said. |
Flounder Could Catch On
With Farmers
UNITED STATES
69603
25th Apr -
They're
some of the most bizarre creatures you'll find,
yet some unusual flounder soon may be catching on
with farmers. |
China's Exports of Aquatic
Products Soar in 2002
CHINA
69503
25th Apr -
Aquatic products
accounted for one quarter of China's farm produce
export last year, with two million tons sold on the
world market, said sources with the Ministry of
Agriculture. |
Oyster output doubles
AUSTRALIA
69403
24th Apr -
THE State Government
(South Australia) used the official launch of the
oyster season in Adelaide last week to highlight the
industry's recent successes, including a doubling of
production to a value of AUD$13 million. |
Opportunities hook farmers
UNITED STATES
69303
24th Apr -
The opportunities for aquaculture speak for
themselves. And a group of Ohio fish farmers are
in the swim of things.
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Lawsuits Seek Labeling of
Farmed Salmon
UNITED STATES
69203
23rd Apr -
A law
firm is suing the country's three largest
grocery chains, contending they should tell
shoppers that the farm-raised salmon they sell
has been dyed pink. |
Wild Alaska Spends $50
Million to Beat Farm Salmon
UNITED STATES
69103
21st Apr -
Alaska's troubled salmon
industry will receive a $50 million boost under
a plan announced Thursday by Governor Frank
Murkowski. |
Kentucky's Aquaculture
Industry Receives Major Boost from Kroger
UNITED STATES
69003
21st Apr -
Kentucky's catfish
co-op has received an order for 84,000 pounds of fish
from Kroger, its leading retail outlet and the largest
supermarket chain in the United States. |
Australian seafood
consumers benefit from SARS
AUSTRALIA
68903
21st Apr -
Australian seafood consumers benefit from SARS.
(Struggling exporters tried to turn back to the
domestic markets, which are shrinking also) |
Herding snapper
AUSTRALIA
68803
18th Apr -
With seafood
consumption growing rapidly around the world,
and wild fish stocks under pressure, aquaculture
would seem like a potential boom industry. But
the business of farming fish in Australia has
proved notoriously fickle |
Midlands Aquaculture wins
Silver at Royal Easter Show
AUSTRALIA
68703
17th Apr -
Midlands Aquaculture
won Silver last month at the Royal Easter Show's
Regional Product competition in the fine food
section. |
Kingfish foul play alleged
AUSTRALIA
68603
17th Apr -
THE
operators of the Clean Seas fish farming operation off
Arno Bay now suspect foul play and not sharks may have
resulted in the escape of 12,000 kingfish. |
Omega Protein to Build New
Fish Oil Processing Facility
UNITED STATES
68503
15th Apr -
Omega Protein
Corporation (NYSE: OME) announced today that it has
committed to build a new 100-metric ton per day fish
oil processing
facility at its Reedville, Virginia plant. |
Aquaculture Potential
Outlined
NEW ZEALAND
68403
15th Apr -
A study into Northland's potential to
develop Aquaculture suggests the
industry could grow from generating
direct income of about $20 million a
year to $100 million a year within 10
years.
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Public open day at the
inland saline aquaculture centre
AUSTRALIA
68303
15th Apr -
NSW Fisheries is inviting the community to discover
the Wakool experimental fish farm at an Open Day on
Thursday, April 17, the Director of NSW Fisheries,
Steve Dunn, said today. |
Hui discusses marine farm
changes
NEW ZEALAND
68203
15th Apr -
Proposed
changes to the Marine Farm Act will give the Crown a
chance to prove it treats Maori like the Treaty
partner it says they are, say some Hawke's Bay Maori. |
Biogenus lines up two
manufacturing units
INDIA
68103
15th Apr -
Biogenus India Ltd, a subsidiary of the Colorado,
US-based biotechnology company Biogenus Inc, is
planning to set up two manufacturing facilities
and a technology development centre in India |
Deadly toxin threatens
multi-million dollar shellfish industry
NEW ZEALAND
68003
15th Apr -
A potentially
deadly toxin has led to a warning to stop
gathering shellfish in the Bay of Islands, putting
at risk a multi-million-dollar export oyster
industry. |
US passes the raw prawn
UNITED STATES
67903
14th Apr -
After decades of stringing along behind tuna, shrimp
has landed in the No. 1 spot as America’s most widely
consumed seafood. |
Fish Oil Prices Expected
to be Strong in 2003 As Aquaculture Demand Grows
WORLD NEWS
67803
14th Apr -
THE FISH OIL market
is facing strong demand and tight supply, and
the upward pricing pressures witnessed over the
past two years continue. |
Oyster catch a mere shell
of the past
UNITED STATES
67703
14th Apr -
In the predawn hours at Bevans
Oyster Company, workers still pry the gray, slippery
creatures from their shells by hand. But despite the
company's strategic location on the shores of the
Chesapeake Bay, most of the oysters shucked here are
no longer homegrown. |
OCEANAIR to move forward
AUSTRALIA
67603
14th Apr -
It
was announced this week that the Oceanair Ltd. Project
at Wonthaggi was ready to move into the next phase of
its development program. |
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