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Trialling ocean temperature forecasts for fish farms

While land farmers have used seasonal forecasting for nearly a decade, marine farmers in south-east Australia have sought the technology for a region identified as a climate change hotspot, with rates of ocean warming up to four times the global average. CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship scientist, Dr Alistair Hobday, said the project, funded through the Fisheries Research and Development ...

Feb. 17, 2011

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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. I ...

May 7, 2014

By Europa Press Room

Collaborative partnership for farming and fishing health and safety tender

Grain industry participants are advised of a call for tender by the Collaborative Partnership for Farming and Fishing Health and Safety. The goal of the Partnership is to improve the health and safety of workers and their families in the farming and fishing industries across Australia. The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) is seeking a research provider to undertake a ...

Apr. 15, 2009

By Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

Environmental impact research urged for fish farming

More research and sharing of best practice could minimise the environmental impacts of aquaculture, and maximise its potential to alleviate food insecurity, according to a report by the WorldFish Center and the non-profit organisation Conservation International. Almost half of all seafood consumed ...

Jun. 20, 2011

By SciDev.Net

US fish farms tap former coal mines for water

In the Appalachian mountains of the United States, growing numbers of fish farmers are raising trout, catfish, and even salmon throughout the valleys of the state of West Virginia. What they'd rather not tell you, however, is that the source of their water is deserted coal mines. Worry not, seafood lovers. According to independent experts from within West Virginia and outside the state, the ...

Sep. 16, 2008

By Worldwatch Institute

High-Quality Pumps Help Fish Farms Handle Growth

Pumping systems manufacturer DESMI’s Peter Laursen offers advice to farmed-fish processing plants looking to invest in high-reliability, scaleable pumps to meet production pressures. With fewer and fewer fish in our seas, fish farming has grown to become an enormous industry worldwide – with billions of dollars in revenue and continued growth forecast for decades to come. Like any ...

Jun. 4, 2015

By DESMI A/S

High-Quality Pumps Help Fish Farms Handle Growt

umping systems manufacturer DESMI’s Peter Laursen offers advice to farmed-fish processing plants looking to invest in high-reliability, scaleable pumps to meet production pressures. With fewer and fewer fish in our seas, fish farming has grown to become an enormous industry worldwide – with billions of dollars in revenue and continued growth forecast for decades to come. Like ...

Oct. 29, 2015

By DESMI A/S

Fish farms to produce nearly two thirds of global food fish supply by 2030

Aquaculture — or fish farming — will provide close to two thirds of global food fish consumption by 2030 as catches from wild capture fisheries level off and demand from an emerging global middle class, especially in China, substantially increases. These are among the key findings of "Fish to 2030: Prospects for Fisheries and ...

Feb. 5, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Long-awaited Sacramento river fish passage improvement project breaks ground

March 23 marked the groundbreaking for the Fish Passage Improvement Project at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam (RBDD) on the Sacramento River. The groundbreaking commemorates a milestone in the 10-year project between CH2M HILL, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which owns the RBDD and the associated Tehama-Colusa Canal, and the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority (TCCA), which operates and maintains the ...

Apr. 7, 2010

By CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

Fishing for sustainable practices to conserve fisheries

Global fish production has reached an all-time high, according to research done by Nourishing the Planet (www.NourishingthePlanet.org) for the Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs Online publication. Aquaculture, or fish farming—once a minor contributor to total fish harvest—increased 50-fold between the 1950s and 2008 and now contributes nearly ...

May 3, 2011

By Worldwatch Institute

Algae Biodiesel Company World Health Energy Holdings Inc. Announces Letter of Intent to Develop Up to 250 Acre Algae Farm With Prime Inc. India; $100 Million Project Envisioned for Production of Biodiesel and Commercial Fish Food

World Health Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: WHEN) (PINKSHEETS: WHEN), a public holding company developing joint venture partnerships for algae production for biodiesel and commercial fish food, announced today the signing of Letter of Intent with Prime Inc., an India Industrial and transport Company, to develop a biodiesel production facility ramping up to 250 acres with a budget of up to 100 ...

Dec. 21, 2011

How green was my vertical farm?

By 2050, 80% of the earth’s population will live in cities and 3 billion more people will need to be fed. The simple fact is we are running out of available land to grow enough food to feed them. If we can’t grow our cities outward to find more arable land, the only solution is to grow them upwards. This may change the way we design cities forever. The problem is real and ...

Jul. 22, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Conservation Partners Announce Steps to Improve Fish Habitat in Northern California

Wine grape growers and other agricultural operators along California's northern coast have long been committed to improving fish habitat while running sustainable agriculture operations. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and local partners today announced $2 million in financial assistance to help these landowners take additional steps to boost local salmonid and ...

Jan. 18, 2013

By Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - USDA

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 ...

Sep. 1, 2015

By United Soybean Board (USB)

Aquaculture can grow faster, raising micronutrient supply from fish

Fish farming will likely grow more than expected in the coming decade, offering a chance for improved nutrition for millions of people, especially in Asia and Africa, according to a new report. Increased investment in the aquaculture sector - particularly in productivity-enhancing technologies including in the areas of water use, breeding, hatchery practices and feedstuff ...

Nov. 14, 2014

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The 2012 LIFE+ projects

Austria 4 projects (14.5 million) LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance (1 project – 3.6 million) LIFE-URBANLAKE (Stadt Wien – Magistratsabteilung 45 – Wiener Gewässer): This project intends to define strategies to reduce the vulnerability of the “Alte Donau” from effects of climate ...

Jul. 3, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

FAO puts sustainability on the menu in the world’s fastest-growing food sector: fish

High-level delegations of fisheries ministries from more than 50 countries are gathering in Agadir for a summit with industry players to discuss emerging governance needs in a sector that provides the world with 17 percent of its animal protein and developing countries with more export revenue than meat, tobacco, rice and sugar combined. The globalization of the fish trade, ...

Feb. 22, 2016

By Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Start-up promises to revolutionise shrimp farming

A UK start-up says it has developed a low-cost, ecological alternative to traditional shrimp farming by using bacteria as both a water filter and food for its shrimp. IKEA-like portable units using microbes and solar power to cheaply grow shrimp indoors ...

Sep. 14, 2013

By SciDev.Net

ASA/WISHH Aquaculture Handbook Engages Industry, Provides Resources for Pakistan Fish Farmers

The American Soybean Association’s (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Aquaculture Handbook—Fish Farming and Nutrition in Pakistanwas in the spotlight across the globe this week. The handbook, produced under the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded “FEEDing Pakistan,” ...

Feb. 5, 2015

By American Soybean Association.

BC First Nation signs on to closed containment salmon farming

AgriMarine Holdings Inc. and the Lax Kw'alaams First Nation have announced signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to investigate the possibility of developing closed containment cultured salmon operations utilizing AgriMarine technology in Band territory on the North Coast of British Columbia. AgriMarine's technology for culturing salmon and other finfish in floating solid wall closed ...

Feb. 17, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

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