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Demolition of Cavite fish cages, pens starts
source: Manila Bulletin
The Philippines - August 28, 2008 - Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jose "Lito" Atienza and Cavite Gov. Ayong S. Maliksi supervised yesterday the demolition of illegal fish pens and cages in Manila Bay off the coast of Barangay Longos, this town.
[Full Story]
Fish farmers benefit from specialist
source: The Southern
United States - August 28, 2008 - Paul Hitchens plumbed the fish cage with his long-handled net and promptly withdrew 35 pounds of wiggling, shining fish, the product of a local grower’s 14 months of patient feeding and care.
[Full Story]
Buoy launched to oversee water conditions
source: Larne Times
Northern Ireland - August 28, 2008 - Aquaculture researchers plan to launch a special monitoring buoy in Larne Lough to check shellfish production conditions.
[Full Story]
Tassal forecasts strong growth
source: The Age
Australia - August 27, 2008 - Salmon farming companyTassal Group has posted a 33% bounce in full-year net profit and is forecasting double-digit earnings growth for the year ahead as it reaps the benefits of cost cutting and a robust domestic market for salmon products.
[Full Story]
ay responds to tuna libels
source: Malta Today
Malta - August 27, 2008 - MaltaToday’s managing editor Saviour Balzan will be filing a writ asking the Magistrates’ Court to hear the libel cases lodged by Malta’s fish farm industry against this newspaper with urgency.
[Full Story]
Azzopardi’s invisible moving tuna ranch
source: Malta Today
Malta - August 27, 2008 - MaltaToday has concluded an in-depth analysis of the bluefin tuna fattening ranch off St Paul’s Islands, belonging to Azzopardi Fisheries and managed by AJD Tuna Ltd (an Azzopardi Fisheries subsidy), and can state that the current farm is still in breach of a number of its original permit conditions, eight years after its controversial “re-approval” in 2001.
[Full Story]
Hard-hit catfish industry has many positives
source: Delta Farm Press
United States - August 27, 2008 - The Mississippi-based president of the Catfish Institute and executive director of Catfish Farmers of America remains positive and insists the besieged industry will weather the financial storm.
[Full Story]
Aquaculture rockfish taste good, too
source: Washington Times
United States - August 27, 2008 - Brad Burns of the Stripers Forever group reminds us that a rockfish raised in a controlled aquaculture facility recently took first place in a big seafood cooking contest sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
[Full Story]
Words of wisdom from AquaAfrica
source: AquaAfrica
Global - August 27, 2008 - There is much international interest in aquaculture at present, and appropriately so given the general demise of global fisheries contrasted with the rapidly growing world population.
[Full Story]
Qld looks at offshore aquaculture leases
Australia - August 26, 2008 - The Queensland Government is looking at moves to develop the aquaculture industry in the Great Sandy Marine Park on the Fraser Coast in the south-east through offering seabed leases to It could open up the way for the local farming of scallops, pearl oysters and tropical abalone.
[Full Story]
Brand relaunch for Australia’s second largest salmon producer
source: Australian Food News
Australia - August 26, 2008 - Huon Aquaculture Group, a premium Atlantic salmon grower based in Tasmania, marked the re-launch of its brand and subsequent name change on 1 August, as it continues with growth plans.
[Full Story]
Troubled French oyster farmers demand more aid
source: Union-Tribune
France - August 26, 2008 - Around 100 oyster farmers dumped tons of oyster shells on the doorstep of a local French prefecture on Monday to demand more government aid to overcome a crisis which has hit the celebrated shellfish.
[Full Story]
Fish farms under fire with pollution claims
source: Turkish Daily News
Turkey - August 26, 2008 - One of the most important tourism spots in the country is suffering heavy pollution caused by multiple factors, led by fish farms in the area.
[Full Story]
Samish acquiring oyster beds on ancestral island
source: Indian Country
United States - August 26, 2008 - The Pavey Family Trust is donating three and one-half acres of tidelands on Lopez Island's Mud Bay to the Samish Indian Nation.
[Full Story]
Banks, processors bail out catfish growers
source: VietnamNet Bridge
Vietnam - August 26, 2008 - Tra catfish exporters hope to buy up all remaining overstock of the fish by the end of the month.
[Full Story]
Fishy is as fishy does
source: Malta Today
Malta - August 26, 2008 - How Malta’s multi-million euro tuna ranching industry is driving the Mediterranean bluefin tuna to the brink of extinction.
[Full Story]
Popular Panga
source: All About Feed
Holland - August 26, 2008 - We have a great food programme on the Dutch television – where they investigate our daily food. During the last episode, they delved in the next big thing in aquaculture: Pangasius!
[Full Story]
Marine Harvest builds partnerships with BC's First Nations
source: Marine Harvest Canada
Canada - August 26, 2008 - Marine Harvest Canada makes it a priority to develop a strong and positive relationship with First Nations-it's a cornerstone of our business.
[Full Story]
Gather fundamentals and create your future at Aqua Vision 2008
source: Aqua Vision 2008
Norway - August 26, 2008 - Aqua Vision is a world-class aquaculture conference that attracts a diverse range of stakeholders to Stavanger every two years. It is happening again this September and we invite you to register at www.aquavision.org.
[Full Story]
Immunocorp Animal Health gets Brazilian owners
source: Immunocorp Animal Health AS
Norway/Brazil - August 26, 2008 - Norwegian Immunocorp Animal Health AS, leading producer of aquaculture immune stimulants, is sold to the Brazilian company Biorigin.
[Full Story]
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29th
August 2006
How is it that a small
regional group of volunteers
with a passion for the
development of aquaculture in
their region reached out to the
world? This article covers some
of the history of the
organisation's
internationalisation.
Innocently, we replied asking what type of an organization were they seeking contact with and were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response. We subsequently found out that the OFB had sent some two hundred emails to every aquaculture body in Australia, and GAIN was the only one to respond..
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29th
November 2004
A problem with a drum
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Victorian recirculation
aquaculture operators Stephen
and Catherine Kanara to develop
a new, cost effective,
performance oriented drum filter
suitable for most operational
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When installed in a problem
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improved the general system
performance, but increased
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requirement..
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