The Enzyme that Keeps Salmon Fresh

NORWAY - A bacteria-killing enzyme is helping salmon to keep itself fresh. A new Doctoral dissertation shows how this is possible, reports Nofima.

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NIFES Transfers Aquaculture Knowledge to Mauritius

May 29, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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MAURITIUS - The tropical island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean aims at increasing its fish farming activities. The National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) contributes with scientific advice in order for Mauritius to establish appropriate legislation and monitoring of both fish and feed.

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Cod Larvae Strive on Partially Digested Proteins

May 29, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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NORWAY - Farmed cod and halibut larvae require live feed the first days after hatching before they can eat dry feed. This is a vulnerable period for the larvae. Studies carried out at the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES) show a higher survival rate among cod larvae when they are fed partially digested proteins in the dry feed.

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NZ$1.9 million Government Support for Aquaculture

May 28, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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NEW ZEALAND - New Budget funding will help the aquaculture industry grow, put more fisheries officers on New Zealand beaches and help improve recreational fisheries management.

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FAO Brings Aquaculture Salvation to Myanmar

May 28, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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MYANMAR - A three-year Italian-funded FAO programme to improve the long-term food security of 32,000 poor fishing and farming families in Myanmar has been agreed, FAO said today.

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Final Stages for Global Tilapia Farm Standards

May 28, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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GLOBE - The final step in the process of creating global standards for tilapia farming began today, when the Tilapia Aquaculture Dialogue kicked off the last public comment period for the draft standards.

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Ireland to Open Up on CAP Agenda

May 27, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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IRELAND - Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with special responsibility for Forestry, Fisheries and the Marine, Tony Killeen T.D. has confirmed that Ireland’s position in relation to the review of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) will be made known before the end of 2009.

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Shellfish Research in Deep Bay

May 27, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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US - The ground has been turned for the province’s first aquaculture field station, to be built in Deep Bay.

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Vietnamese Concerns Over a Redefinition of Catfish

May 27, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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VIET NAM - The head of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), an organization of American companies engaged in international trade in seafood, believes it “would be a mistake for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the definition of catfish to include Tra and Basa (or Vietnamese pangasius)".

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