aquaculture farm safety 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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Conference Seeks to Boost Profitability of Fish Farming
Learn more about seafood safety and the 2016 economic outlook for the aquaculture, or fish farming, industry during the Ohio Aquaculture Association Annual Conference Jan. 29-30. The conference will feature aquaculture experts with Ohio State University Extension, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and Ohio State University South Centers as well as other industry ...
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Big Fish in the Pond – From U.S. Soybean Fields to Global Aquaculture
You’ve heard the predictions – the world’s population is supposed to climb to a staggering 9 billion people by the year 2050, increasing the pressure on the 2 percent of Americans who farm today to produce food, feed, fiber and fuel. You’ve also heard about many of the efforts your soy checkoff makes to support U.S. soybean farmers in meeting this demand. But did you know ...
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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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Is the aquaculture boom starting to fade?
The aquaculture industry has reached an important crossroads, with new challenges emerging regarding the sector’s ability to meet future world demand for fish. Small-scale farmers in developing countries are facing difficulties in exporting their produce, and need help to become competitive and access global markets, according to FAO. In 2006, the world consumed 110.4 million tonnes of fish, ...
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