Aquaculture News

“With consumption now increasing and a new emphasis on healthy eating, the time is right to invest in new facilities”

South Island fish farmer The New Zealand King Salmon Company has dusted off a 14 year-old aquaculture licence to create its fifth salmon farm, at Clay Point in Tory Channel, north of Picton. via XtraMSN Real Estate

“The winners are the local elites”

The cultivation of shrimp and fish in tropical coastal areas is often described as an environmentally friendly way to alleviate poverty, but in fact this cultivation has negative consequences for both the local ... via PhysOrg Weblog

Jennifer S. Ford * , Ransom A. Myers Since the late 1980s, wild salmon catch and abundance have declined dramatically in the North Atlantic and in much of the northeastern Pacific south of Alaska. via PLoS Biology

A global survey of wild salmon and trout populations reveals substantially reduced survival. via UnderwaterTimes.com

“Atlantic salmon populations are not what they were historically, but can you tie that to the absence or presence of salmon farms? I don't think so”

Salmon farming operations have reduced wild salmon populations by up to 70 per cent in several areas around the world and are threatening the future of the endangered stocks, according a new scientific study. via MyTELUS

A Lecture on the Development of Capture Fisheries Entrepreneurs in Brunei was held yesterday at UBD's Central Lecture Theatre. via BruDirect

“You have to be careful and know where things come from. Don't just walk along the beach, pick up an oyster or mussel, and pop it into your mouth.”

Red Tide caused by Dinoflagellates off the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Pier, La Jolla California. via UnderwaterTimes.com

Kochi, Feb 3: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam today said Kerala has a great potential for ornamental fish farming with its large number of water bodies across the State. via Newkerala.com

“Already, nearly 25,000 workers have been laid off, during the last six months.”

Kerala's seafood industry, facing its worst crisis in more than 50 years following a steep fall in exports and decline in prices, has asked the central government for help to survive. via New Delhi News.Net

“We'd better start dealing with this on the Seacoast because it's not going to go away”

Members of a committee trying to solve the Seacoast region's sewage problems don't like the idea of dumping treated wastewater into the ocean, but they aren't ready to rule it out either. via New Hampshire Magazine

“That would be a great solution”

A legislative panel will host a special hearing in Benicia on Thursday for state officials to discuss the removal of decaying WWII warships and federal cargo vessels that make up the so-called "Mothball Fleet" ... via The Reporter

Experts contend that one new aquatic invasive species is discovered in the Great Lakes every 28 weeks. via Post Tribune

“On a positive note, a number of countries have had an increase in mangrove area over time, including Bangladesh”

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Friday February 01 2008. It was last updated at 12:15 on February 01 2008. via Surrey Hants Star

Can growing fish show kids that education matters, and that learning can be exciting? That's the idea behind the Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde. via WLBZ

The results are in from the first Junior Rockfish Cooking Contest, held last weekend in Ocean City in conjunction with the East Coast Commercial Fishermen's and Aquaculture Trade Expo. via The Daily Times

“Both UWSP and the tribe believe that the lake herring is a prime cold water, fresh water species that can be successfully raised here in Wisconsin on a mostly grain-based diet”

Lake herring aquaculture success in northern Wisconsin is a mutual goal of staff at the Red Cliff Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa and the staff at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Northern ... via Stevens Point Journal

“With continued reports of lice from farmed fish infecting wild B.C. salmon, and pollution plaguing bays and inlets on our East Coast, it's clear we're nowhere near farming fish in a sustainable way.”

VANCOUVER, Jan. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - The global aquaculture, or fish farming, industry is not a solution to overfishing and must dramatically change in order to become sustainable, says a new Greenpeace report. via Canada NewsWire

“We see this as an opportunity to start to do things together. We are taking the traditional Hawaiian concept of sustainability and marrying it with new really exciting technology and growing native fish”

KAILUA, Kona, Hawai'i - A Kona open-ocean fish farm is facing opposition as it seeks to double its capacity. via The Honolulu Advertiser

“It's the same as if you don't vote”

Members of the commercial fishing industry, aquaculture industry and those who just savor the water will each find something to enjoy at the 34th annual East Coast Commercial Fishermen's and Aquaculture Trade ... via Daily Times