Pisciculture gains popularity among entrepreneurs
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document.writeln ("India - May 13, 2008 - With pisciculture gradually gaining popularity among prospective entrepreneurs due to export demand and rising fish consumption in the State, the sector provides ample opportunity for self-employment.
Chile salmon woes sinking Cermaq
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document.writeln ("Chile/Norway - May 12, 2008 - The world's second largest farmed salmon company, Norwegian-owned Cermaq (Mainstream), released a sobering first quarter earnings report Friday, citing losses of US$7.2 million compared to the same quarter last year.
Ministry to secure 40 million dollars for fish farmers
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document.writeln ("Ghana - May 12, 2008 - The Ministry of Fisheries is to contract a 40- million dollar loan from the Chinese Government to begin a 2,000 hectare fish farming project on River Pra at Shama in the Western Region.
Soft term loans make fish industry profitable
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document.writeln ("Pakistan - May 12, 2008 - Proactive involvement of private sector, high fish production and soft term loans to the farmers has made the fish farming a profitable industry in the province.
Chelannur set to have farm
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document.writeln ("India - May 12, 2008 - In an effort to lift the standard of ornamental fish farming sector the National Aquaculture Society headquartered in Kozhikode is all set to put up a fish farm exclusively for ornamental fish, in Chelannur.
Aquaculture firm brings life to tanks
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document.writeln ("United States - May 12, 2008 - The Midnight Sun Aquaculture business they started about a year ago grows brightly colored corals, anemones and other aquatic life that are prized by saltwater aquarium owners.
Shellfish company goes into liquidation
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document.writeln ("Ireland - May 11, 2008 - A Cork firm that bred expensive shellfish has gone into liquidation, with debts of more than €2 million, after failing to secure new investment.
Otters, cormorants and mink fail to stop firm's growth
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document.writeln ("United Kingdom - May 11, 2008 - Compton Hall Farm is branching out into fish farming by breeding common and mirror carp, a delicacy increasingly stocked by supermarkets in response to demand from workers from eastern Europe.
Pest sea squirt found at Marsden Cove
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document.writeln ("New Zealand - May 11, 2008 - A ‘relatively abundant' infestation of the unwanted marine sea squirt ‘Styela clava' has been discovered during a routine sweep of the new Marsden Cove Marina by a dive team contracted to Biosecurity New Zealand.
Govt to visit shrimp farms, processing plants
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document.writeln ("Bangladesh - May 11, 2008 - A government delegation will visit shrimp farms and processing plants on May 15, based on a recent report by a US labour organisation, commerce adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said Friday
Sardine firm takes over Tawi-Tawi multi-species hatchery
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document.writeln ("The Philippines - May 11, 2008 - Tawi-Tawi has leased its multi-species hatchery to sardine industry leader Mega Fishing Corporation (MFC), under an agreement signed here by Governor Sadikul Sahali and MFC president William Lim.
Finding Nemo is now easier in R.I.
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document.writeln ("United States - May 11, 2008 - Nemo, the cute clownfish who starred in Walt Disney and Pixar Studios' 2003 digital animation blockbuster, "Finding Nemo," begins his adventures in the Coral Sea of his native Australia.
Salmon warning as EU to drop minimum price rules
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document.writeln ("Scotland/Europe - May 10, 2008 - Silence descended on Scotland's salmon farming industry last night when it emerged the European Union is preparing to drop its anti-dumping measures against Norway.
CCTV to guard salmon farms
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document.writeln ("New Zealand - March 10, 2008 - People intent on salmon snatching from NZ King Salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds will soon find themselves featuring on CCTV.
Fishmeal and oil market outlook for the rest of 2008
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document.writeln ("Global - May 10, 2008 - The picture for fishmeal and fish oil is not great this year in terms of prices. A series of factors, different from its use in aquaculture, can explain the volatility in this market.
