Aquaculture News Archives

The Indiana Soybean Alliance and Purdue University Extension are hosting an aquaculture workshop on Tuesday, July 8, at the Miami County Community Building in Peru.

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Many farmers in the Cuu Long Delta have turned their vegetable, aquaculture, and other farms into rice paddies to take advantage of soaring rice prices.

Thieves who poached fish from a Northland research centre may have bitten off more than they can chew, as some have been dosed with hormones as part of a sex reversal study.

The red drum fishery management plan appears to be working, so state officials want to keep it in place, with a few modifications.

Inma is Arabic for "growth." A $3 million agreement with USAID's Inma Agribusiness Program to purchase six million fingerlings at a fixed price gave the Euphrates Fish Farm hatchery the down payment it needed ...

In this Q&A interview, Grimur Valdimarsson , Director of FAO's Fish Products and Industries Division, talks about international trade in fish products, the global seafood industry, and what they mean for ...

This 'Blue Revolution' has increased seafood availability, but has also caused serious environmental and social impacts, including but not limited to pollution, destruction of habitat, damage to native ...

Phylogeography of the freshwater catfish Tandanus tandanus : a model species to understand evolution of the eastern Australian freshwater fish fauna Dean R. Jerry Aquaculture Genetics Research Program, School ... via CSIRO Publishing

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Article Date: 16 May 2008 - 11:00 PDT VOA News on Tuesday published several articles about HIV/AIDS in Africa. via Medical News Today

“We do not even know what the model should be”

Lack of funding and poor management is being blamed for the failure of shrimp farms in Hai Phong City and Thai Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces. via Viet Nam News

“We're doing more than just one project.”

Figuring out how to feed crews on long space missions is one of the more practical considerations of space travel. via Press of Atlantic City

Kona Kampachi , a Hawaiian yellowtail grown in the open ocean off the coast of Kona, Hawaii by Kona Blue Water Farms, has become the first ocean net pen aquaculture marine fish to be rated as a " Good ... via Business Wire

Cyclone Nargis had a significant impact on fishing vessels in Burma's harbours and the fate of boats at sea is unknown. via The National

“The idea was to establish a network that could provide a multiplier effect and help FAO more comprehensively address these issues on the ground”

The FishInfoNetwork , a United Nations-organized network linking fisheries in developing countries, has reached its 25-year mark. via NewsBlaze

There is something fishy going on down at the salmon farm and the upshot is that consumers will end up paying more for it. via Newstalk ZB

“If it continues to spread and escapes into the gulf waters, it could seriously damage the commercial and recreational fisheries along our coastline from the Gulf St Vincent to Spencer Gulf and Kangaroo Island”

A MUTANT seaweed that threatens South Australia's $500 million a year fishing and aquaculture industries has been found in an Adelaide marina. via AdelaideNow...

“This industry is impacting wild salmon at its current size, expansion is indefensible”

Some of the most vocal critics of fish farming on the West Coast are teaming up to stop the provincial government from having the authority to regulate fish farms. via Vancouver Television

“There is likely going to be incredible shortages in the next 18 to 24 months”

Cyclone Nargis has devastated Myanmar's agriculture heartland, known as its rice bowl, experts said Wednesday, and could result in long-term food shortages for the impoverished country. via The Florida Times Union

“We think the oceans should be regulated by the federal government and not the provincial government.”

Biologist Alexandra Morton said she and an association of gillnetters, the Vessels Owners Association and the Wilderness Tourism Association filed a petition Tuesday in B.C. Supreme Court. via Globe and Mail

The building housed the only research facility in city - Photo: K.Pichumani The demolition of the building in progress. via The Hindu

“We cannot ban farmers from making salt. We have warned them not to destroy aquaculture raising areas to make salt, since the price of salt has always been fluctuating and irregular. But farmers all see the short-term profit”

Sharp increases in the price of salt has compelled salt workers in the Mekong Delta region to fill up their aquaculture areas to produce salt again. via VietNamNet

“We will keep our watermen working on things that bring back the bay while we are waiting for (the crab) population to rebound”

Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has asked the U.S. commerce secretary to declare the Chesapeake Bay 's blue crab fishery a federal disaster - a move that officials hope will generate $15 million to create jobs ... via Hampton Roads Daily Press

A Norwegian food manufacturer said it will invest about $8 million to make a tasty hot dog from salmon meat. via Daily India