Futuris
in Aqa Oysters
Australia - July 6, 2007
- Adelaide-based Futuris Corporation has taken a 50% share in
aquaculture group Aqafood subsidiary, Aqa Oysters Ltd.
Safer
means busier in Portarlington
Australia - July 6, 2007
- Plans to make Portarlington Pier a safe harbour could quadruple the
number of berths, a mussel farmer says.
Wakatu
seafood arm eyes Australia venture
New Zealand - July 3, 2007
- Nelson's Wakatu Incorporation is not ruling out becoming involved in
aquaculture in Australia, because New Zealand's industry is
"gridlocked", its chief executive says.
Seafood
Network Meeting in Cairns
Australia - July 3, 2007
- The next Seafood Services Australia Network Meeting is scheduled for Cairns in mid August but bookings close on 20 July 2007
Projects
to boost Australia-China trade links
Australia/China - July 3, 2007
- Australia’s agricultural trade links with one of the world’s fastest
growing economies will be further strengthened under the latest round
of our agribusiness exchange programme with China.
Barra
farm researching feeding habits
Australia - July 2, 2007
- Northern Territory based barramundi farm, Humpty Doo Barramundi, is
researching the noises barramundi make when feeding.
Abalone
virus getting worse
Australia - June 30, 2007
- Fears that Victoria's $100 million abalone export industry could be
wiped out have widened with the spread of a killer virus that began in
the south-west.
ABARE’s
Regional Outlook conference coming to Gippsland
Australia - June 27, 2007
- Discover a new perspective on your region at the Gippsland Regional
Outlook conference on 25 July at Lakes Entrance.
Aussie,
Viet scientists work on basa catfish profitability
Australia/Vietnam - June 26, 2007
- Scientists from RMIT University are teaming up with Vietnamese
experts in Melbourne, Australia to develop a vaccine for Edwardsiella
ictaluri bacteria and so increase the profitability of basa catfish
farming in Vietnam.
Salmon
growers support antibiotic practices
Australia - June 26, 2007
- Despite the ongoing development of vaccines the Tasmanian salmon
industry claims there is still a need to use antibiotics.
Tilligerry
Creek oyster farmers get straw of hope
Australia - June 26, 2007
- After a break of almost two tears oyster farming could resume in a
polluted Port Stephens' creek within the next two months, recent tests
clearing it of any faecal contamination.
Opportunities
for sponsors and exhibitors at Seafood Directions 2007
Australia - June 25, 2007
- The Tasmanian Fishing Industry Council, as host of Seafood Directions
2007, is looking for potential sponsors and exhibitors to be involved
in all aspects the conference - plenary sessions, trade show and awards
dinner.
SAIPAC
Fish Farms given the go ahead
Australia/Vietnam - June 23, 2007
- Australian company Barramundi Blue Aquaculture (International) and
SAIPAC Fish Farms Ltd. Vietnam have been given the green light for the
immediate start on the first 2000 ton Saipac fish farm in Vung Tau
province.
Salmon
farmers warned on antibiotic use
Australia - June 23, 2007
- The use of antibiotics on Australia's favourite farmed fish, Atlantic
salmon, has risen disturbingly as diseases flare in their sea pens.
Challenger
TAFE and McRobert Aquaculture breed success
Australia - June 23, 2007
- Challenger TAFE is pioneering a new style of aquaculture with a
Semi-Intensive Floating Tank System (SIFTS) at its Ocean Fish Farm
operation at the South Mole in Fremantle.
''Sensational''
reaction to sewage fish project
Australia - June 22, 2007
- Plans for a 100hectare fish farm using recycled water on the Bellarine Peninsula have won cautious early support on council.
No easy
answer to oyster deaths
Australia - June 22, 2007
- There is still no definitive cause able to be attributed to the large
number of oyster deaths that has plagued Western Australia's pearling
industry, despite months of intensive research.
Western
Kingfish to go into aquaculture
Australia - June 20, 2007
- Fish farming hopeful Western Kingfish Ltd is looking to raise $8
million in a bid to establish an aquaculture enterprise at Jurien Bay in Western Australia.
Review
of economics of climate change commences
Australia - June 20, 2007
- The national review on the economics of climate change has commenced
in Victoria.
Aquaculture
study tour to South Africa
Australia - June 20, 2007
- Lachlan McKinnon of Audentes Investments Pty Ltd is organising a
study tour of commercial aquaculture operations in South Africa from
15-26th October 2007.
Growing
the world’s best fisheries
Australia - June 18, 2007
- Fish and aquaculture producers from across Australia have the
opportunity to explore the practices of primary producers overseas as
recipients of Australia’s most prestigious farming award – the Nuffield
Farming Scholarship.
Australis
announces $10m capital raising plans
Australia - June 14, 2007
- Perth-based seafood company Australis Aquaculture Ltd aims to raise
$10 million through a placement and share issue to fund the acquisition
of Vietnamese farming production assets and an upgrade of its US supply and distribution infrastructure.
On top
of the world
Australia - June 13, 2007
- An aquaculture system developed on a farm outside Ingham is gaining
acceptance as world-leading technology.
Salmon
chanted evening
Australia - June 13, 2007
- Burnie's Advocate reported yesterday that anglers had swamped
Strahan, on the Tasmanian west coast, after about 9000 adult Atlantic
salmon escaped from a fish farm.
Tuna
farmers may be generating “net” loss
Australia - June 10, 2007
- Net making could be a dying trade in Port Lincoln with more tuna
companies having their nets made overseas, according to local
netmakers.
Culture-based
fisheries development in Lao PDR
Laos/Australia - June 10, 2007
- The MOU between the Department of Livestock and Fisheries, Ministry
of Agriculture, Lao PDR, NACA, Deakin University and Australian Center
For Agricultural Research for initiation of the project funded by the
latter amounting to A$398,000 was completed in Vientiane Capital
recently
Shake
up in “Tailor Made” arrangements
Australia/United States - June 9, 2007
- Effective June 11, 2007 Tailor AquaPonics Worldwide has ended its
agreement with Tailor Fish Farms of Australia.
Fish
learn survival skills
Australia - June 8, 2007
- A project being funded by the Murray-Darling Basin Commission’s Native
Fish Strategy is helping researchers to teach survival skills to fish
reared in hatcheries for restocking programs.
Fast
track for Cell Malaysia JV
Australia - June 7, 2007 - Leading
aquaculture technology and seafood production specialist Cell
Aquaculture Ltd is pleased to advise the strong progress recently made
on its Joint Venture with the Terengganu State Government, Malaysia.
Bargo
barra farm has worldwide scale
Australia - June 5, 2007 - It may appear
to be just a stack of sheds on Silica Rd but Infinity Fisheries
barramundi farm in Bargo is one of the biggest suppliers of live fish
for Sydney's finest restaurants.
NSW to
auction off abandoned oyster leases
Australia - June 5, 2007
- Twenty-four oyster leases in the Hastings and Maria rivers, as well
as in Limeburners Creek, will be auctioned by the NSW Department of
Primary Industries tomorrow. (Updated June 6, 2007)
Dual
role of aquaculture oversight in SA questioned
Australia - June 5, 2007
- Debris from the abandoned leases is fueling claims by South
Australian conservationists that the Environment Protection Authority
rather than, Primary Industries, should police aquaculture.
Australia's
$2.3 billion fishing catch
Australia - June 5, 2007 - Despite a 13
per cent fall in the volume of Australian fisheries production in
2005-06, the gross value of production increased by one per cent to
$2.13 billion, according to the latest release of ABARE's Australian
Fisheries Statistics.
Pfizer
turn up the heat over Viagra oysters
Australia - June 3, 2007
- A NSW oyster farmer has been feeding his crop Viagra to make the
ultimate aphrodisiac - but now the drug's maker is threatening to take
him to court.
The
world’s most efficient farming system
Australia - June 2, 2007 - While the rest
of the world is screaming to find the answer to sustainable food
production, the world’s most efficient farming system has been
developed by a quiet Victorian research scientist and Australia’s only
scientifically qualified aquaponic specialist, Dr Wilson Lennard.
Australis
Aquaculture Limited investor presentation
Australia - June 2, 2007
- Australis Aquaculture Limited - Investor Presentation - Mr Joshua Goldman,
MD; Boardroomradio is pleased to announce that Australis Aquaculture
Limited has published an audio file.
Preliminary
research proposals for 08/09 sought
Australia - May 31, 2007
- The Victorian Fisheries Research Advisory Body is now seeking
preliminary research proposals for the 2008/09 round of funding by
Fisheries Research and Development Corporation.
Break-through
in salmon disease
Australia - May 31, 2007
- Twenty years of research and knowledge has been unexpectedly turned
on its head by findings of scientists at the University of Tasmania’s Launceston campus.
"Direction
worries" see Sewell quit aquaculture
Australia - May 31, 2007 - It is reported
that fish farming systems supplier Cell Aquaculture is facing fresh
turmoil after the sudden resignation of its only two independent
directors, including chairman Robert Sewell.
Pearl
farm throws lifeline to oyster farmers
Australia - May 31, 2007 - A number of
oyster growers in Port Stephens facing financial hardship as a result
of a long running septic tank contamination crisis, have been thrown a
lifeline by a local pearl oyster farm.
Viagra
oysters face stiff opposition
Australia - May 31, 2007
- A group of NSW oyster farmers are attempting to chemically boost the
aphrodisiac qualities of their oysters — by feeding them Viagra. The
farmers have patented the process and are now preparing to export to
the Asian market, which they estimate could be worth $220 million
dollars.
Victorian
Draft Aquaculture Strategy available online
Australia - May 30, 2007
- Minister Responsible for Fisheries, Joe Helper, has released the
draft Victorian Aquaculture Strategy and Action Plan for public
comment. (Closes June 30, 2007) The draft establishes a vision to grow
the value of the Victorian aquaculture industry from $22 million to $60
million by 2015 in a sustainable manner.
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Chinese
food makers don’t trust China
China - July 7, 2007
- Top farmed catfish exporters in China are turning to Swiss
third-party certifiers in an attempt to re-assure their customers that
their product is safe, clean and raised according to appropriate
standards.
Pakistan
to outsource seafood quality inspection services
Pakistan - July 7, 2007
- Pakistan government plans to outsource quality inspection services to
some international agency for discouraging the export of sub-standard
fish and fish products.
Blue
Ridge Aquaculture meets with Ag. Secretary
United States - July 6, 2007
- Blue Ridge Aquaculture Inc. can significantly help the United States reduce its dependency on fish from China, which could reduce a health risk to
Americans, according to company President Bill Martin.
Hundred
of millions at stake
Canada - July 6, 2007
- Commercial open-net fish farms were first introduced in B.C. waters
in the 1970s - today, Canada is the fourth largest salmon producer in
the world.
Catfish
ban may have no impact on area’s fish farmers
United States - July 6, 2007
- The decision of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban all
imported catfish from China may only be felt by consumers and not Southeast Arkansas farmers.
Big
plans for Hawaii shrimp farms
United States - July 5, 2007
- New research into raising rapid-growing, disease-resistant shrimp is
bearing fruit for a nonprofit group hoping to jumpstart a declining
industry.
China
blames foreign media for whipping up food fears
China - July 4, 2007
- China on Tuesday blamed foreign media for causing "panic"
among consumers overseas about allegedly dangerous Chinese food
exports.
Researchers
demonstrate shrimp harvest
United States - July 3, 2007
- Local (US) researchers have discovered a new way to farm shrimp in
record-breaking numbers. At the Oceanic Institute in Waimanalo Friday
-- they demonstrated how the system works.
Small
fish, big problems
Canada - July 3, 2007
- Environmental studies on fish farms in B.C. have gobbled up millions
of dollars and countless man-hours - but to what end?
Salmon
farming threatens Chile's Patagonian lakes, study
Chile - June 20, 2007
- A new WWF study released today finds that the production of farmed
salmon in Chile's unique Patagonian lakes has doubled in the last
decade, contaminating them with nutrient pollution, invasive species,
disease and harmful chemicals.
Fish
farms moving further away from coastline
Turkey - June 19, 2007
- Some 38 of 65 fish farms in İzmir have moved to the open seas,
Aquaculture Association Chairman Erdal Seferbay told the Turkish Daily
News yesterday. He added that all of them were to be moved in about two
months.
Firms
to press US complaints
Thailand - June18, 2007
- Shrimp exporters will ask the Commerce Ministry this week to file
separate complaints against the United States at the World Trade
Organisation.
Prisoners
forced to work on shrimp farm reconstruction
Myanmar - June 17, 2007 - Prisoners from
Akyab prison have been forced by prison authorities to work on the
reconstruction of shrimp farms on the island of Ngamanray Kyunt in
Maybon Township, Arakan State, reports a local social worker.
Foundation
fined for studying Marine Harvest salmon farm
Chile - June 16, 2007 - Authorities in
Puerto Varas, Region X, plan to slap Douglas Tompkins’ Pumalín
Foundation with a fine, following revelations earlier this week that
scientists connected to his foundation ‘infiltrated’ a private salmon
farm.
Marine
Harvest teams up with McDonalds
Norway - June 15, 2007
- American burger chain McDonalds intends to test Norwegian salmon on
their fast food menu in Norway, and a global launch may result.
Catfish
scrutinized
United States - June 14, 2007
- Rep. Tommy Dickinson of Newport said there will be a joint meeting of
the House and Senate Committee on Agriculture Thursday to discuss
impurities found in the catfish and what it means for the Arkansas.
Marine
firms join US aces
Wales - June 13, 2007
- A marine science cluster of businesses in north west Wales is to work closely with a top North American consultancy group.
900
days on - aquaculture reforms deliver squat
New Zealand - June 13, 2007
- The chorus of criticism is becoming deafening over Labour's lack of
action on aquaculture space, says National's Fisheries spokesman, Phil
Heatley.
2000
tonne barramundi facility to be built in Vung Tau
Vietnam/Australia - June 12, 2007
- United Seafood Packers Company has announced that it will take a 65%
share in a 2,000 tonne barramundi farm to be built in Vung Tau using
indoor RAS technology provided by project manager, Barramundi Blue
Aquaculture International
Barramundi
goes on sale at Harrods
United Kingdom - June 12, 2007
- Aquabella has announced that its New Forest Barramundi is the latest
addition to the fresh fish department at Harrods.
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