ISRMAX India interviews. Two members of the International Aquafeed team, Alice Neal, associate editor, and Darren Parris, international marketing manager, traveled to Delhi, India, December 13-15, 2012 to attend the IAI Aquaculture.
Held on the site of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, the event is just one part of the ISRMAX India trade show which covered the whole spectrum of food and feed production India. Over 350 companies were on site exhibiting a host of products. We caught up with the other aquaculture exhibitors to discuss to the challenges and opportunities of the Indian market. Lesaffre Feed Additives Saurabh Singh, business development manager What are the biggest challenges in the feed industry in India? Nutrition, disease and water quality.
What are the most positive aspects of the Indian market? It’s a growing market and consumption is increasing. Jaeckering. 09/01/13: Fire damage to Tasmanian oyster farms; NZ King Salmon GM-free; IPN research. Aqua Nor. Registration open for BioMarine. Registration for the BioMarine Business Convention which will be held in Halifax, Canada, September 9-12, 2013.
Now in its fourth edition, the 2013 event will feature think-tanks, conferences, an innovation and investment forum, one-to-one partnering, VIP lunches, an exhibition, a discovery day, public sessions and the BioMarine Awards. The event is a unique opportunity to connect with sectors of international business involved in marine bioresources. More information... The next issue of International Aquafeed will feature a 12-page BioMarine supplement on the highlights and outcomes of the BioMarine Business Convention held in London in October 2012. 08/01/13: New year, new news. Welcome to 2013.
I hope your new year is getting off to a flying start. We're as busy as ever and have lots of exciting events in the pipeline. Let's start with a look at the news... India looks towards environmentally sustainable aquaculture. A draft aquaculture policy submitted to the government recommends the use of modern technologies such as GIS and GPS. Fishing of a different kind. Hello there.
Happy new year to all readers! We recently had a Christmas party in our headquarters and staff enjoyed themselves greatly. Roger Gilbert was in the spirit with his fishing tackle box. The Aquculturists. 21/12/12: EWOS COO steps down; Spanish fish preferences; Nile tilapia in the Philippines. 20/12/12: ISA at Cooke Aquaculture; new salmon farms in Nova Scotia and Scottish farmers get European funding. Buhler. 18/12/12: Stories on sea cumbers, salmon and why Japanese politicians love big fish.
17/12/12: We're back. Hello, We're back from ISRMAX India. We had a really busy time speaking to loads of international companies. Look out for a full report soon. But for now, here are some news stories. {*style:<ul>*}{*style:<li>*}Marine Harvest has acquired 48.5 percent of Morpol for NOK 937,614,607.5. IAI Aquaculture Expo. 11/12/12: Stories on seafood growth in China, shellfish in Scotland and GMO salmon. The Aquaculturists - November December 2012.
IAI AquaCulture Expo 2012. ISRMAX India December 13-15, 2012 IARI Ground, PUSA, New Delhi, India This December the IARI Grounds, PUSA, New Delhi will play host to eight concurrent trade shows over three days.
Perendale Publishers Ltd, the publisher of International Aquafeed magazine, is working in association with Pixie Consulting Solution Limited to put on what promises to be an action-packed series of events. The shows will focus on the Indian agriculture industries providing visitors with plenty of opportunities learn amore about agriculture, aquaculture and rice and grain production. One of the trade shows, the IAI AquaCulture Expo 2012, is dedicated to all things fishy. Why India? India has an impressive international ranking. At 1.2 billion, India is home to 16 percent of the world’s population and boasts the world’s fourth largest economy.
Big DNA Ltd awarded part of €6 million European project to develop new fish vaccines. Scotland is particularly well represented in the project which involves four Scottish-based commercial companies and research institutes, of which Big DNA Ltd is one, and, which lays testament to the expertise available in the country for commercial aquaculture.
Dr John March, CEO of Big DNA commented, “We are delighted to be part of this significant European initiative, which recognises the potential of our chimeric M13 phage-based vaccine technology for use in applications such as aquaculture. This further expands the utility of our platform technology in addition to our core interest in developing human healthcare products.” 10/12/12: Stories on scallop farming, slamon freshness, BAP certification and more... National Lobster Hatchery - research by Carly Daniels.
07/12/12: Sex change prawns, seafood flavour wheels and Seafood in Alaska. 05/12/12: Stories on lobster larvae, Nutreco, new NOAA staff and more... Marine Omega 3's - The Healthiest Fats. 04/12/12: Zebrafish, salmon and shrimp get the Aquaculturist blog treatment. Aquaculture 2013. AQUACULTURE 2013 will be held on February 21-25, 2013 in Nashville, Tennessee.
This is the Triennial meeting of the Fish Culture Section, American Fisheries Society, World Aquaculture Society and National Shellfisheries Association. Also, holding their Annual Meetings at AQUACULTURE 2013 are the National Aquaculture Association, U.S. 03/11/12: EU adopts maritime strategy for Adriatic and Ioninan Seas; Scottish maritime protection plans; using sea anemone venom in insecticides. Aquaponic tomatoes, lettuce and EC. What is EC? 30/11/12: Sea lice pesticides approved in Canada; NZ aquaculture advent calandar; Spain celebrates National Aquaculture Day.
New factory to bring jobs to Timaru. 29/11/12: Stories in rainbow trout in Lebanon and shellfish in Washington. 28/11/12: Stories about the Philippines; feed and sustainable aquaculture; IMTA. The Aquaculture Protein Centre (APC) was among the initial 13 Norwegian Centres of Excellence (SFF) established.
After ten years, its activities as an SFF centre are now drawing to a close. The centre was established to generate the knowledge needed to be able to replace fishmeal in aquaculture feeds. After ten years, the proportion of fish-based ingredients has been reduced to roughly ten per cent, while fish farmers have doubled their production. Fish going vegetarian APC Director Margareth Øverland believes that climate change and the increasing global need for food have given new urgency to the need to find feed ingredients that cannot be used directly as human food. The APC has shown that fish production is possible without the use of fishmeal. Red algae closes Sydney beaches. 27/11/12: Stories from Scotland, Uganda and Brazil. 26/11/12: USA special. 23/11/12: Awards and conferences. Norm Grant, Seafood Importers Association of Australasia. 22/11/12: Stories on shrimp farms and mangroves, pangasius in Pakistan, grouper viruses. 6th International Algae Congress. 19/11/12: News stories from Indonesia, New Zealand and Canada.
Video: Farming waters, changing lives. Reed Mariculture. EuroTier blog: International visitors flock to EuroTier. 15/11/12: FAO director general and EU fisheries minister meet; onshore halibut; Chinese hairy crab. Online dating for fish? Leading aquaculture company Landcatch is stepping up its search for the perfect fish by linking pedigree breeding programmes in Scotland and Chile.
Information on hundreds of thousands of salmon in both countries is now being fed into a state-of-the-art database which can make quicker and more exact decisions on pairing individual fish. The process is accelerating genetic advances by producing more robust offspring that grow faster and are less susceptible to disease. Dr Alan Tinch, director of genetics at Landcatch, which has its headquarters in Ormsary in Argyll, said: “We now have the ability to use information in all three programmes to make more accurate decisions on the selection of fish. That’s something unique.” Dr Tinch said the database effectively acts as a large and complex ‘dating agency’.
“In this way the next generation of fish is better in a number of respects than before – faster growing, more disease resistant, with improved fat content and better eating quality. EuroTier blog: Statistics reveal a bumper show. EuroTier blog: Tilapia - An opportunity for fish farmers in Germany and the EU. 14/11/12: BAP programme reaches 1-million-metric-ton milestone; Jamaica nets funding; from aquculture in port. 12/11/12: news stories from Kenya, Canada and Costa Rica.
EuroTier blog: Fish in Focus. "Aquaculture is an integral part of EuroTier," she told The Aquaculturists on the setting-up day for this key event for world livestock production, in Hannover, Germany.
"This year we have been overwhelmed with the interest in aquaculture with more than 60 participants registering in advance to participate in the Aquaculture Forum. " Dr Schmidt-Puckhaber says that aquaculture is not getting the support it needs to develop its potential, particularly in Germany were locally-produced fish are finding favour with consumers. "We've seen a significant increase in fish production in recent years but it should be more. We are bringing producers, processors and politicians together to hear about how fisheries in a land-locked country like Germany are doing in terms of their natural resources and how they might develop in the short term," she says.
If you can't make it to the opening tomorrow morning, then plan on coming either Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. 08/11/12: ocean acidification; Kuwait's aquaculture plans; Gray Aqua Group nets funding. 07/11/12: farmed salmon pose sea lice risk to wild fish; ITMA in the UK; lobster aquaculture. WAS Asian Pacific Chapter -APA 2013. 02/11/12: Irish fish farm plans cause controversy; land-based salmon farming; urban aquaculture in Chicago; Video: Sustainable aquaculture hatch-to-harvest. Our Friday video this week comes from the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC). It takes an in-depth look at Pacifico Aquaculture’s operation at Isla Todos Santos, Baja, Mexico, which raises native white bass and hybrid striped bass, among other species.
The mini-documentary follows the partnership involved in the entire hatch-to-harvest process, including a fingerling transfer from the hatchery at Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, stocking at the Pacifico site for grow-out, harvesting, processing at Santa Monica Seafoods, and end consumption at the Sushi School of Los Angeles. 01/11/12: sea lice; 'ocean-grabbing'; Lagos aquaculture. 01/11/12: sea lice; 'ocean-grabbing'; Lagos aquaculture.
GAA seeks candidates for innovation award. The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has established a special award to recognise and reward innovative practices that overcome production challenges or mitigate negative environmental or social impacts at aquaculture farms certified under the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program. The inaugural Global Aquaculture Innovation Award program - sponsored by Novus International - was announced on November 1, 2012 during GAA’s GOAL 2012 conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Innovations can span the full range of farm activities, including wetlands conservation, feed management, water-quality management, effluent reduction, energy reduction, staff training, community relations, animal welfare, and health and nutrition. Three finalists will be invited and paid by Novus to attend a semifinalist summit at the company’s St. Charles, Missouri, headquarters in the summer of 2013. The award is open to all producers with active BAP certification.
Aquculture without Frontiers interview. I am really excited about the next issue of International Aquafeed, in particular the interview with Dave Conley, Executive Director, Aquaculture without Frontiers, Canada. We chatted for ages and it was a real struggle to edit the piece down to just one page. So I thought I'd share the whole interview here. 19/10/12: banned salmon sites in NZ; wrasse to rid salmon of lice; Kenyan fish consumption. Video: Closed containment pens. 6th International Algae Congress - Present and potential industrial applications. Microalgae have been of major interest for producing biofuels in the last decade. Recently, development and focus was changed towards the use of microalgae in the food, feed, materials and chemical sector as well. Microalgae contain high amounts of lipids, proteins and carbohydrates, which all can be used for different markets. For biofuels only microalgae production appears to be too costly but in a biorefinery concept where the different compounds are isolated, algal biofuels remain a feasible option.
Worldwide basic research, pilot and demonstration projects were developed. We are working on the basic aspects to make commercial production of microalgae possible. For more information contract Christie de Vrij, Christie.deVrij@dlg-benelux.com. 16/10/12: aquaculture in Asia; giant clams; deep sea salmon farming. Open-ocean fish farmer: Future of food. 12/10/12: Jamaican aquaculture plan; new turbot feed; Nutreco business sale. NK Chemicals. International Conference on Gut Health and Animal Nutrition. The American Soybean Association and Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech Co. Ltd are to be joint organisers of an International Conference on Gut Health and Animal Nutrition. Universities and research institutes from across the world will join nutritionists and the Technical Director of the American Soybean Association to speak on a range of subjects, including on phytobiotics and sustainable animal production, nutritional research and nutritional strategies for an AGP-free future.
IAF Article: Fishmeal and sustainable aquaculture by IFFO. INVE. 9/10/12: EU Limassol Declaration; illegal algae; crab parasite. Acquisition in Ecuador takes Nutreco to global top three shrimp feed producer. Associated aqua feed joint venture in Honduras with leading international tilapia producer Regal Springs from Indonesia provides potential for further growth in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Evonik. Video: Octopus steals food and beats up a shark (at the same time!) PhD Research Conference, University of Stirling, UK. IAF Article: Using algae in aquaculture. 4/10/12: Maria Damanaki; BC aquaculture cash and more. 3/10/12: smoked salmonella salmonella; Seafood New Zealand; new CFO at GAA. Offshore Mariculture.
2/10/12: Climate change and fish size; fish oil in snack bars and a bizarre video. 1/10/12: FAO aquaculture initiative; BC salmon debtae continues; award for Australian's largest salmon farm. Aquaculture 2013. After the successful AQUA 2012 event, it is now time to get organised for the international aquaculture conference and exhibition in Nashville, USA, February 21-25, 2013. Institute of Aquaculture PhD Research Conference 2012. Welcome! Overfishing 101: How Ocean Fish Populations are Managed in the U.S. – National Geographic News Watch. In the second post of a special series to mark the 35th anniversary of the U.S. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a law that is helping to rebuild America’s depleted ocean fish populations and ensure their long-term sustainability, Lee Crockett looks at some of the basics of why all Americans should care about how our fish are managed. Shellfish - Aquaculture news & information.
New Research advances Understanding of Ocean Acidification. Get the latest seafood industry news and tips by subscribing to this Blog's RSS feed or via Email. Posted by Santa Monica Admin, on September 27th, 2012 in Announcements, Sustainability. Ocean Health Index receives mainstream press coverage. I've posted on the topic of the Ocean Health Index, which assesses the well-being of the world's seas, before. The collaborative project ranks oceans out of 100 depending in various factors including As we know, the outlook is pretty dismal with our seas scoring an unsustainable average of just 65 out of 100. Today this comment piece published in the Guardian, UK caught my attention. Greg Stone of Conservation International , which is involved in the Ocean Health Index project gives a clear overview of the aims and goals of the Ocean Heath Index.
28/09/12: Turkish fish exports; indoor aquaculture; abalone trafficking. Video II: Commercial catfish farm. Video: Catfish farm. Seafood Barcelona. Sptember - October 2012 - International Aquafeed. Til-Aqua Natural Male Tilapia Hatchery. FishOnline. Breeding Tilapia in aquaponics and Tilapia domestic violence. By TCLynx, on February 18th, 2011 This is a follow up to my article about keeping tilapia from breeding. So now that we have talked about how to stop the fish from breeding, how do you get them to breed when you want them to. I’ve read where people will put two females into a 50 gallon aquarium with one male and give him a flower pot as the “love cave” then warm up the temperatures for them.
I believe 86 F is probably needed to get this to work. I never got my aquarium that warm and the females were never in the mood so the male spent most of his time beating them up until I finally separated them. Now if per chance you have two female and one male in a fish tank that does get warm enough for the breeding to get going, there is another domestic tilapia violence issue. I have had fish killed by both of the above Breeding tilapia domestic violence issues. Now the above makes it sound like I never managed to breed any tilapia but I kept killing my breeders. Cefas: Home. The Aquaculturists. Global Aquaculture News & Events. Aquaculturists logo.
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