Offshore comes to North Africa A worker from Italian company Technosea works on installing an offshore cage off North Africa. Unlike some countries such as the USA, the Mediterranean region is beyond the talking stage and moving farms offshore. Click here for full story »
SALMON DUTIES LIFTED THE EU has dropped minimum import price duties against Norwegian salmon which have been in place for the last 20 years. Click here for full story »
Cod farmers need to adapt The expansion of cod farming will depend on how well producers will be able to adapt to market conditions and acquire long term supermarket contracts. Click here for full story »
US eyes offshore rigs The US federal government as proposed a set of rules to regulate future fish farming projects located on disused offshore oil rigs. Click here for full story »
Brouhaha over musical bass An experiment to train released black bass to return to an underwater feeding station when hearing a tone might be stopped because of a green advocacy group’s lawsuit. Click here for full story »
Waste turned to fuel Researchers at Mississippi State University in the USA are working on how to convert shrimp processing waste into a diesel fuel substitute. Click here for full story »
No funding hurts processors Vietnam’s catfish processors are unable to buy fish from farms due to a lack of funds normally made available to them, which is causing a knock-down affect on farms. Click here for full story »
Big demand for CA abalone A California abalone farm is cashing in on big demands for abalone steaks in the US and Asia by investing millions into abalone production. Click here for full story »
Cage catches fishermen Five sports fishermen from San Diego found themselves caught by a towed tuna pen after their 48ft boat overran the cage off Baja California. Click here for full story »

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FOCUS: MOLLUSCS & CRUSTACEANS

Fishermen want more lobster hatcheries

Shellfish symposium will help set policy

Deep seawater supplies shellfish farms

More players enter Chile’s crowded mussel industry

Shuck oysters and lobsters with high pressure

Growing crayfish can mean good profits but high risks

Liquid ice machine installed for Chilean mussels

Mysterious cause killing oysters

Mussel farm shuts down

New purification system removes ‘all’ water

Ab industry stays vigilant against virus

New deputy director of SAGB

Homeowners grow their own

Mud crabs on the march in India

Oyster farmers go sterile

FOCUS: MEDITERRANEAN REGION

Desert nation expands its freshwater farms

Spain developing species ID tool

Aquaculture expands in eastern Mediterranean

Salmon cage cleaner tested

Greeks selling Nordic technology

New feed for seabass/bream

Brackish water seabream success

Mediterranean technology exported

Maltese farmers move into amberjack

Nireus grows into a world leader

Industry can turn around downturn

Work begins on 100,000t feed plant

New Spanish facility to farm full-cycle bluefin

Hatcheries prepare to replace artemia

North Africa going offshore

Atlantic bonito bred in Spain

CREATING A VACCINE

Developing a vaccine

SALMON PROCESSING

Giant plant’s Superior salmon solution