US catfish producers have been struggling lately as a result of a slow economy, high feed costs and fish imports from foreign countries.
In a bid to help out, scientists at the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center in Mississippi, USA are looking at breeding, nutrition, genetics, and management practices to produce a better catfish.
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Commissioners from Jefferson County, Alabama, USA recently approved a new Shoreline Master Plan concluding a process that began nearly three years ago.
However, a ban on net pens is now dividing county and state officials.
Back in 2011, the state's Department of Ecology approved the update of the county’s shoreline management program, except for a proposed ban on fin-fish aquaculture.
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Ethiopia, the second biggest market in Africa with an estimated population of 85 million people is facing a seafood deficit.
Currently, apart from dried catfish trade in the north of the country, Ethiopia trades in frozen fish.
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