http://www.growfish.com.au Growfish - Gippsland Aquaculture Industry Network (GAIN) http://www.growfish.com.au/images/News/feeds/NewsbyGFstd.gif http://www.growfish.com.au http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12695Australia - January 6, 2009 - WA risks missing out on the global aquaculture boom if it does not make laws more flexible to better manage big projects, the new head of the Department of Fisheries has warned. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12694Scotland - January 6, 2009 - Shetland MSP Tavish Scott yesterday (Monday) criticised government fish inspectors for taking too long to reach the isles to contain an outbreak of a highly contagious salmon virus on the isles. (2 stories) http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12693United States - January 6, 2009 - Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has retained private equity and corporate advisory firm Wakabayashi to provide capital raising and investor relations services. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12692United States - January 6, 2009 - Matunuck Oyster Farm started as a 1.3-acre aquaculture operation, grew to 3.8 acres and then to 7 acres last year. It is in wading-depth water off the southern shore of Potter Pond, a salt pond connected to Point Judith Pond. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12691Global - January 6, 2009 - The global supply of Tilapia, a popular fish in the global seafood market, was down 13 per cent during 2008 to 2.6 million tonne. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12690United States - January 6, 2009 - After a fire almost three years ago destroyed part of its fish-farming project, Mote Aquaculture Park officials raised $1.7 million to rebuild and expect reconstruction to be complete in May. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12689Turkey - January 6, 2009 - The project to relocate 130 fish farms that have allegedly been causing fish deaths and pollution in Aydın, Muğla and Denizli, in order for them to expand their activities, has been canceled by the Top Administrative Court Council of State http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12688United States - January 6, 2009 - By combining upstream algae production and downstream biorefinery systems, Primafuel offers an innovative approach to commercializing algae technologies. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12687Bulgaria - January 6, 2009 - Bulgaria has reached one of the front positions in production of black caviar in the European Union http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12686Thailand - January 6, 2009 - Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) is set to expand its biosecure shrimp farming system in Trat province over the next two years after completing a four-year first phase at the end of 2008. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12685Australia - January 5, 2009 - The little mollusc that put Portarlington on the map as a seafood haven will be celebrated with the town's mussel festival this Saturday. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12684Vietnam - January 5, 2009 - Many shrimp farmers in the Mekong Delta are selling their land, unable to cope with the mounting debt caused by consecutive poor harvests. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12683Scotland - January 5, 2009 - A highly infectious disease which can decimate salmon populations has been discovered on a fish farm in Shetland. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12682The Philippines - January 5, 2009 - An official of the fisheries bureau in Southern Mindanao said the production cost of Pangasius farming should be lowered to entice more growers to engage in the activity. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12681South Korea - January 5, 2009 - Every New Year, Koreans flock to the southeast coast of Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang to catch the first sunrise. One of their first glimpses, however, is the sunlight¡'s red and orange hues touching the multitude of fish net cages that extend endlessly along Tongyeong¡'s coastlines. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12680New Zealand - January 5, 2009 - Unseasonably warm Marlborough Sounds waters are slowing fish growth at New Zealand King Salmon, after the highest water temperatures in years were recorded last month. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12679The Philippines - January 4, 2009 - Now it's not only the country's tastiest bangus (milkfish) that are grown in this bustling coastal city. The country's longest and heaviest bangus are grown here, too. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12678United States - January 4, 2009 - GreatBay Aquaculture, LLC, a land-based fish hatchery, is moving into the business of offshore aquaculture off the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire. http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12677Brazil - January 4, 2009 - Brazil's Amazon currently produces approximately 200,000 tons of fishery products - around 20% of the total Brazilian output, each year. The gross annual income generated by the activity is around 470 million reais (US$ 199 million). http://www.growfish.com.au/content.asp?ContentId=12676United States - January 3, 2009 - Taylor's Shellfish gets OK to harvest in public waters by the outgoing administration