marine aquaculture News
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Things to know about marine aquaculture
Some 90 percent of seafood consumed by Americans is imported, yet the Obama administration's push to expand U.S. marine aquaculture into federal waters has failed to see one offshore farm in operation, nearly two years after the first permit was issued. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is pushing for marine aquaculture production in the U.S. to jump by 50 percent by 2020. The ...
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USSEC Plans New Location For Fy16 Offshore Marine Fish Cage Culture Study Tour:Malta And Italy
In May, USSEC visited and investigated the offshore marine fish cage aquaculture industry in Malta to evaluate whether it would be a suitable replacement for the recently cancelled (due to ongoing security concerns) team tour to the offshore industry in Izmir, Turkey. USSEC Aquaculture Program Lead Technical Consultant – SEA Lukas Manomaitis worked with a local expert, Dr. Carmelo Agius, ...
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Is this the perfect prawn?
CSIRO scientists and the prawn industry have bred an improved Black Tiger prawn which is producing record yields in aquaculture farms and winning awards. So good are these prawns that they have won five gold medals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in the past two years, including ‘Champion of Show’, the highest award possible. The scientists from CSIRO"s Food Futures Flagship have ...
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Nordzee Marine Aquaculture Skid Intensive Ras
NOORDZEE PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK Installation of intensive RAS equipment for the Sea Bass and Sea Beam growing tanks. Noordzee is one of the leading aquaculture companies in Turkey that specializes in the production and export of Sea Bream, Sea Bass, and Stone Bass. With 100 % of the fish farms located offshore and an annual production capacity of approximately 8,000 tons, Noordzee has ...
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Egemar Marine Aquaculture Ras Skid Systems
EGEMAR MARINE AQUACULTURE PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK The project scope of the Egemar Marine Aquaculture Facility is the development of a completely new fish hatchery with multi-stage RAS equipment. Egemar’s target is to produce saltwater fish production for both domestic and international markets. Currently their hatchery produces Sea Bream, Sea Bass, Meager and Salmon Bass among others. With ...
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USSEC conducts cage aquaculture production cost management seminar in the Philippines
USSEC conducted a cage aquaculture production cost management seminar for the Chinese staff and managers of Sahara Feeds Corp. Milkfish Cage Farm in Taal Lake, Talisay, Batangas, Philippines on December 7. USSEC Philippines Technical Manager – Aquaculture Levy Manalac discussed how to manage and save on cage aquaculture production cost with the proper use of extruded floating feed and good ...
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Timor-Leste embarks on fish farming for food security
Timor-Leste has embarked on a national fish farming programme in a bid to fight malnutrition and reduce poverty, its government has announced. The national aquaculture development strategy, a combined effort with WorldFish, a CGAIR Consortium member, aims to secure a stable source of food throughout the country and to stimulate economic growth. The impoverished South-East Asian country has ...
By SciDev.Net
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NOAA Fisheries Releases Key Reports: Status of Stocks 2020 and Fisheries of the United States 2019
Two new reports highlight the continued rebuilding and recovery of U.S. fisheries and the broad economic impact of commercial and recreational fisheries and aquaculture on the U.S. economy. NOAA Fisheries announced the release of two new reports: the Annual Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fisheries and the 2019 Fisheries of the United States Report. These reports highlight the continued ...
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Canada`s Seafood Farmers Represented on High Level Panel
CAIA President & CEO, Timothy Kennedy joins global Advisory Network to transition to a new and sustainable ocean economy for a healthier and wealthier planet OTTAWA, ON - Timothy Kennedy, President & CEO of the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) will work with expert partners around the world as an invited member of the Advisory Network to the High Level Panel for a ...
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Shifts in Mediterranean fish farming increase pressure on wild fish stocks
Fish farming in the Mediterranean has increasingly shifted from producing fish such as grey mullet, which are herbivores near the bottom of the food chain, to species such as sea bass, which are predators. This ‘farming up’ the food chain requires wild fish to be caught to provide feed. A return to farming fish lower in the food chain would use marine resources more efficiently, a new ...
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Fish farming finds its way to land-locked Midwest
The latest of five generations who have worked the same ground in northeastern Nebraska, 52-year-old Scott Garwood, isn't growing corn or cattle - it's fish. Specifically, thousands of an Australian freshwater species called barramundi - often dubbed Asian sea bass because of its similar sweet, white flaky flesh - in large tanks inside a warehouse. With global consumption of seafood outpacing ...
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The future of fish farming and marine fisheries for a growing population
Fish farms, and other forms of aquaculture, are seen as a potential solution to meeting increasing global demand for seafood. However, according to recent research, they must reduce their reliance on wild fish for animal feed if current production levels from both aquaculture and wild fisheries are to be maintained. As the world’s population heads towards the 9.3 billion mark, predicted ...
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Indonesia, FAO to strengthen fisheries and aquaculture cooperation
Indonesia and FAO will strengthen cooperation in the field of marine affairs, fisheries and aquaculture under an agreement signed here today. The three-year Memorandum of Agreement, which sets up a framework for future joint activities in those sectors, was signed by Indonesian Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Sharif C. Sutardjo and by FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, ...
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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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MSC and ASC sign MOU and commit to explore further opportunities to add value to partners
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) furthering their collaboration and commitment to find additional efficiencies and added value for partners handling both ASC and MSC certified products. Rupert Howes, CEO of the MSC said: “The MSC and ASC share a common heritage and vision that global seafood ...
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SCS Global Services Partners with Alpha Hydraulic Engineering Consultants of Japan for Assessment against the MSC and ASC Seafood Standards
Third-party environmental certifier SCS Global Services (SCS) has announced a new partnership with Alpha Hydraulic Engineering Consultants Co., Ltd. (AHEC) of Japan to conduct audits of sustainable seafood businesses under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standards. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120827/MM63583LOGO) "Japanis a ...
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Commission welcomes Parliament`s adoption of Maritime Spatial Planning legislation
The European Parliament today endorsed a Directive for Maritime Spatial Planning which should help Member States develop plans to better coordinate the various activities that take place at sea, ensuring they are as efficient and sustainable as possible. In coastal and maritime areas, many activities compete for the same space and resources: fishing grounds, aquaculture farms, marine protected ...
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Sodexo commits to 100% contracted sustainable seafood by 2015
Sodexo, Inc., the world leader in Quality of Daily Life Solutions, announced today a comprehensive, industry leading Sustainable Seafood Initiative, including a commitment to have 100 percent of its contracted fresh and frozen seafood certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) or Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) by 2015. Sodexo's Sustainable Seafood Initiative is part of ...
By 3BL Media
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Ohio State Partners to Create New Agricultural and Food Law Consortium
Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural and Resource Law program has partnered with a group of universities in the creation of a new Agricultural and Food Law Consortium that will work to research regional and national agricultural law issues. The consortium is part of and led by the National Agricultural Law Center, which is a unit of the University of Arkansas System Division of ...
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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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