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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. 19, 2011

By SciDev.Net

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. 14, 2009

By Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)

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 6, 2014

By Europa Press Room

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. 4, 2014

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

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. 15, 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. 3, 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. 28, 2015

By DESMI A/S

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. 6, 2010

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 2, 2011

By Worldwatch Institute

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. 21, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Vietnamese Fish Farmer Expands IPA System to Aquaponics

Vũ Thị Thắm is among the first intensive pond aquaculture (IPA) adopters in Northern Vietnam, learning the IPA concept from a seminar organized by USSEC and Cargill in Hưng Yên, Vietnam in August 2016. Ms. Tham constructed an IPA fixed floor raceway by following the instruction of Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, a technical manager at Cargill, who joined the Shanghai ...

Oct. 15, 2017

By U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC)

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. 13, 2013

By SciDev.Net

Go-ahead at last for Grieg Newfoundland project

GRIEG has finally received clearance to proceed with its planned $250-million aquaculture project in the Placentia Bay area of Newfoundland. As part of the project, Grieg NL Nurseries, part of the Norwegian owned Grieg group, wants to farm salmon off the coast near the town of Marysport. It had received approval, but following objections from anti-aquaculture groups ...

Sep. 10, 2018

By FISHupdate

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. 13, 2014

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

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. 16, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

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 ...

Aug. 31, 2015

By United Soybean Board (USB)

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. 4, 2015

By American Soybean Association.

Reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

FAO today pledged to help countries develop strategies for tackling the spread of antimicrobial resistance in their food supply chains, as governments prepare to debate the emerging challenge posed by medicine-resistant "superbugs" next week at the UN General Assembly. The increased use – and abuse – of antimicrobial medicines in both human ...

Sep. 12, 2016

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

Farmer-Funded Innovations: checkoff breakthroughs support on-farm profitability

Successful companies in the aviation, communications, computer and medical industries don’t stand still. They find solutions that will keep them a step ahead of the competition. That goes for farmers, too. Soybean farmers today see the results of innovation everywhere they turn. More seed varieties and machinery applications. More ways to get the information they need to help them make ...

Nov. 17, 2013

By United Soybean Board (USB)

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. 21, 2016

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

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