16/06/14: Company Highlight: Hallprint
Hallprint is a family owned fish tag manufacturing, distribution and advisory business that was founded by the late Michael Hall and his wife Wendy Hall in the 1980s and now operated by son David, a...
View Article16/06/14: Role of Fisheries Management - FAO
Fisheries management regimes affect safety. As a result, improved safety should become an explicit objective of fisheries management, which must ensure that the fishing effort is commensurate with the...
View Article16/06/14: #GAP2TheMovie – out now!
Back in February of this year, GAP2 sent a team to their Mediterranean Red Shrimp case study in Palamós, Spain, with the brief of making a film to encapsulate the GAP2 mission: bringing together...
View Article17/06/14: Alltech Builds Algae Plant, Expands Production in Latin America
Within the framework of an expansion strategy for the Latin American region, Alltech, a global animal health and nutrition leader, commenced construction this week on an algae production plant on the...
View Article17/06/14: Harper Government Invests In Recreational Fisheries Conservation...
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Minister of National Revenue and MP Robert Sopuck, on behalf of the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that, under the second...
View Article17/06/14: AquaVision 2014 officially opened by Knut Nesse
AquaVision 2014, the 10th edition of the world business conference on aquaculture, was officially opened today in Stavanger, Norway, by Nutreco's CEO Knut Nesse. Welcoming more than 400 delegates from...
View Article18/06/14: Nutreco enters into Nigerian joint venture
Nutreco has signed an agreement to enter into a joint venture in Nigeria with Durante, a leading supplier of fish feed in Nigeria and our existing distribution partner. The joint venture Skretting...
View Article18/06/14: GSSI - Announcing 60 day consultation period on draft GSSI Global...
Over the past year, the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has been working to develop a first draft of its Global Benchmark Tool for seafood certification schemes to ensure confidence in the...
View Article18/06/14: Fisheries, food security and climate services" at the Fifteenth...
Fish comprises about 20 per cent of the animal protein in the diets of over 3 billion people. The contribution of fish to dietary animal protein can reach 50 per cent in the world’s poorest regions,...
View Article18/06/14: New school food standards ‘a great step for sustainable nutrition’
The Marine Stewardship Council has welcomed the new School Food Standards, which launched this week. Adele Fash, from the MSC says, “This is a great step for sustainable nutrition in schools. The...
View Article19/06/14: GAA Signs MoU with China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing...
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA), in which the two organizations will...
View Article19/06/14: Fish Vet Group opens for business in Asia
International aquaculture health company Fish Vet Group (FVG) today officially opened for business in Asia with a ceremony to launch its state-of-the-art aquaculture diagnostic facility in Bangkok,...
View Article19/06/14: Marine Harvest Canada submits evidence that confirms healthy fish
From June 9 to 13, 2014, Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) provided the Federal Court of Canada with information resulting from significant new research confirming the company's salmon are not a risk to wild...
View Article20/06/14: ASC certified tilapia in the spotlight during Asian Sustainable...
Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified responsibly farmed tilapia was in the spotlight during a visit to tilapia farm, Trapia Malaysia, last week.The visit to the farm, located at Lake...
View Article20/06/14: Sir Bob Geldof: responsible aquaculture important in feeding the world
The complex challenge of feeding the world's growing population can only be properly addressed when all stakeholders - commercial operations, governments and NGOs - find genuinely fair and practical...
View Article20/06/14: Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre launched
Over £11m public funding matched by industry.A new innovation centre for aquaculture will help create jobs and support the growth, sustainability and profitability of the industry in Scotland.The...
View Article23/06/14: Deputy Premier highlights aquaculture to meet food security
Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of Ministerial Committee for Services and Infrastructure, Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa, today highlighted Bahrain's government's support for the private sector...
View Article23/06/14: New Zealand King Salmon launches new scholarships for NMIT...
New Zealand King Salmon has announced two new scholarships for students studying aquaculture at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT).The two scholarships will be available to students...
View Article23/06/14: Hydroponic herb grower Holla-Fresh receives $200,000 grant for upgrade
Author: Jack BaldwinA $200,000 grant has been awarded to South Australian hydroponic herb grower Holla-Fresh to upgrade their facility with a new, state of the art glasshouse.Holla-Fresh, based in...
View Article23/06/14: Poland increased imports chilled and fresh pangasius fillets
In the first months of this year, frozen catfish fillets imported by Poland mainly came from Vietnam, not from China as before. Pangasius from Vietnam accounted for 94 percent of the total volume of...
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