Finfish Farming News
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Aqua Farm Safety Tips
Developing a Safety Plan In order to prevent potential aqua farm accidents and injuries, as well as any potential ensuing litigation, it is important to develop a safety plan. Your plan should consist of a few critical components. Safe work procedures and a method for identifying hazards should be at the top of the list Plan for training and monitoring workers in the use of safety procedures ...
By Aquasend
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Jiangsu Province Farm is World`s First BAP-Certified Topmouth Culter and Oriental River Prawn Farm
Add two more species of finfish and shellfish to the list of species represented by the industry-leading Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification program. China’s Jiangsu Kuntai Agriculture Development Co. Ltd. has earned BAP certification for its farm producing topmouth culter (Culter alburnus) and Oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), the Global Aquaculture ...
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NOAA Selects Gulf of Mexico, Southern California as First Two Aquaculture Opportunity Areas
We have all seen over the last few months how the global COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted supply chains, including those for food and beverages. In response, several countries have made food security a priority as they prepare for future pandemics or other global challenges that may disrupt commerce and logistics. As part of that effort, the United States made some significant strides to ...
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ASC Standards Translated for Farmers in Indonesia, World’s Second Largest Farmed Fish Producer
ASC has translated its Shrimp, Tilapia, and Tropical Marine Finfish Standards and related guidance documents into Indonesian to help more farmers in the country work towards more responsible practices. Indonesia is the world’s second largest producer of farmed fish, making it a vital country for ASC’s mission to improve aquaculture practices. As well as the full standards, audit ...
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European Consortium Receives €2.2 Million to Develop Safe Solution to Control Sea Lice
Sea lice are the most significant and widespread parasites in open sea aquaculture, causing health issues to cultured fish and a severe risk for the marine environment. The economic damage resulting of sea lice exceeds € 1 billion per year globally in reduced production, quality and pharmacological treatment costs. A European Consortium, coordinated by LG Sonic, started the LiceSonic Project ...
By LG Sonic
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Aquaculture: Some facts and figures
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms, including fish, finfish, shellfish (mollusks and crustaceans), and aquatic plants in controlled or selected aquatic environments. Farming implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, and protection from predators. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of ...
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Fish farmed in the EU: a healthy, fresh and local alternative
Ladies and Gentlemen, I will be brief… I can see many of you are eyeing up the delicious samples on offer here and this is precisely the purpose today: showcase our "EU farmed fish"! I am delighted to be here today to highlight the benefits of eating, fresh, locally produced fish. In other words, fish farmed here in the EU. When I say "fish", I mean of course both finfish and shellfish. ...
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Volkert, Inc. receives Gulf Guardian Award for the little bay finfish and shellfish recovery project
The Gulf of Mexico Program recently announced that Volkert, Inc. of Mobile, Alabama will receive a Gulf Guardian Award for 2011 in the Business Category for their Little Bay Finfish and Shellfish Recovery project. The Awards ceremony will be held in conjunction with the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Meeting on August 3, 2011, beginning at 6 p.m. in the Ballroom at the Westin New Orleans Canal Place in ...
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The way ahead for European aquaculture debated in Brussels
Today and tomorrow the European Commission will be hosting a major conference in Brussels on 'European Aquaculture and its Opportunities for Development'. The purpose of the conference is to advance the debate on the sustainable development of European aquaculture, and in particular to examine the role that public authorities can and should play in this context. Around 200 delegates are expected ...
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