Scotland’s Blueprint for Sustainable Fishing

SCOTLAND, UK - The Scottish industry sees it has a leading role in sustainable fishing, and must be a blueprint for the future.

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BIOTEC-E 2009 to Focus on Aquaculture Biotechnology

September 29, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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CHILE: The First Congress of Aquaculture Biotechnology will start in Puerto Varas on 1 October.

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Louisiana Shrimp to be Supported by New Law?

September 29, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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LOUISIANA, US - New legislation has been suggested to help support the state's ailing shrimp industry.

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Study Finds Indian Duck/Prawn Combination Sustainable

September 28, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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INDIA - Abraham and Ravindran of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookot, Wayanad in Kerala describe how fresh prawn waste can be fed to ducks to produce the eggs for human consumption in a sustainable system. Their paper is published in International Journal of Poultry Science.

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Danish Group Investigates Aqua Antibiotics, Human Health

September 28, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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DENMARK - Heuer from the Technical University of Denmark at Søborg and co-authors have published a paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases describing their study into the implications on human health of antibiotics used in aquaculture.

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Mixed Fortunes Reported by Marine Farms

September 28, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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GLOBAL - Sea lice attacks on the company's salmon farms in Scotland have cost Lakeland an estimated £2 million. Another Marine Farms subsidiary in Belize has successfully produced 200,000 cobia juveniles.

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BC Salmon Farmers Assoc Has Cause to Celebrate

September 26, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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CANADA - With record pink returns in various rivers along the British Columbia (BC) coast, the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) had more than its 25th anniversary to celebrate at the association's Annual General Meeting yesterday.

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Farmers Hit by Bushfires Receive Young Trout

September 25, 2009 by Amaete Umanah · Leave a Comment
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VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - The Brumby Government has donated 20,000 rainbow trout fingerlings to aquaculture farmers affected by this year's bushfires in the state.

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