B.C Agriculture Minister Lana Popham is calling on Ottawa to step up its regulation of aquaculture on the West Coast after a scientific study raised new concerns about the presence of a virus in farmed Pacific salmon. “Obviously, we have huge concerns,” Ms. Popham said on Monday after the release […]
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Rebecca Nelson always had a passion for raising fish; by the time she was 10, her family’s home was filled with aquariums. Her partner, John Pade, grew up on a dairy farm, learning a lot about livestock and agriculture. The two combined their skills and interests in 1984 when they […]
The great popularity of seahorses worldwide in traditional medicine, curio, and aquarium markets has raised many concerns over their long-term viability in nature. Any seahorse use is, therefore, under strict commercial and management regulations, including the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Appendix […]
A native Australian freshwater prawn could be seen more on local menus if North Regional TAFE and a small Aboriginal community get their way. The Broome Aquaculture Centre has linked up with the Ribinyung Dawang Aboriginal Corporation, located at Mud Springs outside of Kununurra, for a $2.5 million project to […]
James Cook University’s experts are helping Indonesians develop world’s best practises in aquaculture. Twenty-seven Indonesian delegates were in Townsville to learn from JCU’s aquaculture experts. Course leader, JCU Professor Kyall Zenger, said food security and poverty were acute challenges for Indonesia, particularly for coastal communities, and particularly in Eastern Indonesia […]
News Stocks Commodities IPOs Mutual Funds Mutual Fund Tools Derivatives BS Fund Manager Home «Back Thailand to decide on whether to allow resuming of shrimp import from India Nirmalya Behera | Bhubaneswar | Last Updated at April 27 2018 01:59 IST The government of Thailand is still to decide on whether to […]
A graduate student of the School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences recently took top honors at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) 31st Annual Student and Faculty Research Forum. Nitin Challa, a graduate student of aquaculture/fisheries, won the Dr. William M. Willingham Award presented to the overall […]
The Colombian fish industry, mainly specialized in tilapia, has a 20-year old history. Its infrastructure, production and development has centralized in Huila, a southern Colombia’s department. This business has employed more than 10.000 people in this region, becoming the second biggest economy behind the coffee industry. “The water temperature is […]
Residents of Pengadegan neighborhood in South Jakarta have turned the drains in their neighborhood into fish farms. Neighborhood unit (RT) 1, community unit (RW) 1 of the subdistrict has turned two of the drains into fish ponds and has created good business cooperation with local food sellers. RT 1 head […]
Amid the blistering 40-degree heat, farmers, investors, bankers and other business partners from the different sectors of the shrimp industry gathered at the CPF shrimp farm in Zambales to witness the successful harvest of white shrimp (also known as Vannamei) from the pioneering Best Small Farm project. Seeking to pave […]