Pin it. Man left covered in blood in New Zealand after being savaged by SEAL. An 85-year-old man was attacked by a seal in New Zealand on Saturday The man was on a coastal walk in New Plymouth when the animal lungedHe was taken to hospital in a serious condition and with a leg injuryWitnesses saw there was blood everywhereThe seal was found 300 metres away and will be released in the next few days By Ryan Lipman Published: 12:56 GMT, 31 May 2014 | Updated: 15:53 GMT, 31 May 2014 An 85-year-old man was ferociously attacked by a seal on Saturday morning while taking a scenic coastal walk in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
Occurring near the Belt Road Seaside Holiday Park at around 08.15am, there was a trail of blood left on the walkway after the incident, reported Stuff.co.nz. The elderly man suffered a serious leg injury after the seal lunged at him and was treated by paramedics at the scene. A male fur seal attacked an 85-year-old man in New Zealand on Saturday. He was then taken to Taranaki Base Hospital in a serious condition, but is since stable, reported Tvnz.co.nz. 20/02/14: New aquaculture zone in Western Australia; FISHBOOST project; Chef turns fish detective. Kimberley, Western Australia has received environmental approval for a new aquaculture zone that will significantly increase fish production.
It is expected that the 2,000 hectare zone will produce up to 20,000 tonnes of barramundi per year. Full news available here. A new European research project FISHBOOST, hosted by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (NOFIMA) began yesterday. 19/02/14: Revision of National Aquaculture Charter. Revisions and updated were recently made to the National Aquaculture Charter (CNA) 2014, which includes studies in biotechnology, geographic distribution, farming and health management systems of 26 species with aquaculture potential and high market demand.
The updates were made under the National Fisheries Institute (Inapesca), and thMexican Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food. The National Aquaculture Charter was first published in January 20011, and has since become a tool for consultation and guidance for the Mexican sector of aquaculture production, as well as an instrument to promote technological innovation and sustainable development of aquaculture.
In its 2014 edition, the CNA presents the study of 26 information sheets, which will be incorporated into the updated document, of which three belong to aquaculture sector. 19/02/14: Chicago vs carp; fishmeal production at Icelandic firm; 'prawn city' expands production. Following an infestation of Asian carp, Chicago, USA is considering drastic measures to prevent the species entering North America's Great Lakes.
Authorities recently announced potential plans to block the city's canal system to stop Asian carp entering the lake, a move that could cost up to $18bn (£11bn). Full news available here.Icelandic fishmeal firm HB Grandi recently announced it has commissioned a new production line for handling by-products from groundfish production at its fishmeal plant.
"The meal and oil produced from [the by-products] is excellent for manufacturing feed as the freshness of the raw material is as good as it can be and the salt content is minimal," said Almar Sigurjónsson, department manager in charge of HB Grandi’s fishmeal production.Full news available here.Known as "prawn city", Zhanjiang, Shanghai is set to expand production and improving product quality in its aquatic agricultural bases. Leiber. 18/02/14: New! IAF article: Successful moisture control in aquatic feeds. 18/02/14: Stirring stories - shaping strategy, by Roy Palmer. Below is an extract by Roy Palmer, director of Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF).
The column appears in the January/February 2014 edition of International Aquafeed magazine, available now in English, Spanish and Chinese. 18/02/14: Prawn tagging study; investment to expand Canadian aquaculture; crude oil in fish hearts. The prawn fishing industry in the Spencer Gulf - an inlet off the Southern coast of Australia - along with State Government researchers are collaborating on a study which involves tagging prawns in order to improve the growth and movement patterns. 6000 western king prawns have been tagged in the region over the past two years, of which around 100 have been recaptured by prawn fishers and sent to researchers for analysis.
Full news available here. Last week, the Honourable Gail Shea, minister of fisheries and oceans, Canada, along with Dr. James Lunney, MP provided further details regarding the country's future aquaculture plans. A recent investment of $54 million over the next five years will help expand Canada’s Sustainable Aquaculture Program, which focuses on scientific research and regulatory enhancements. 17/02/14: New! IAF column: Requirement and digestibility modelling to ensure safe phosphorus intake, by Dominique P. Bureau. This column appeared in the January/February 2014 edition of International Aquafeed magazine, available now in English, Spanish and Chinese.
One of the major environmental concerns for freshwater fish farming operations is the release of phosphorous waste. This element is the most limiting factor for algae growth in freshwater ecosystems, and even a modest increase can, under certain conditions, set off a chain of undesirable events in the water body including accelerated plant growth and algae blooms. The potential for deleterious effects on aquatic ecosystems is high. On the other hand, phosphorous is an essential nutrient for ll animals. There is a need therefore to maintain the supply of the nutrient (in digestible form) to meet the requirements of the farmed organisms while warding off dietary excess, which results in increased waste output and the potentially deleterious environmental impacts.
17/02/14: Aquaculture America Abstract: Developing and validating protocols for waterless shipping of live shrimp. 17/02/14: Delousing medicine effects on cod; Fish to 2030 report; acquisition of aquaculture vaccine assets. “We are aware that the use of diflubenzuron has increased, and that this substance can be distributed in the environment, so we wanted to study its effects on fish species that we know feed near sea-cages; in this case, Cod,” says Bjørn Tore Lunestad, a NIFES scientist.
Full news available here. Fish farms will provide nearly two thirds of the global food fish supply by 2030. View a PDF version of the report here. UK based biotechnology firm Benchmark Holdings PLC has acquired the aquaculture vaccine and development assets of American animal health company Zoetis Inc in a deal worth US$3m in cash. As part of the deal, Benchmark have also acquired a worldwide license to utilise Zoetis' research and knowledge in order to drive the development of the aquaculture vaccines. Full news available here. GMP+ International.
Bermuda Sun: Bermuda crabs make international headlines. The story of five Sargassum crabs being swept from Bermuda to the south coast of England may have attracted international headlines this week.
But local conservation experts say the quintet’s voyage is not entirely uncommon. The Daily Mirror reported how the five crabs washed up on a Dorset beach after clinging to debris as they were swept across the Atlantic. A spokesperson for Conservation Services told the Bermuda Sun: “The arrival of Sargassum crabs in south west England is a rare occurrence but not uncommon. “The intensity of the recent series of winter storms there, which originate from North America, seem to have pushed mats of Sargassum and associated flotsam northward into the Gulf Stream and then rapidly across the Atlantic. “The warm waters of the Gulf Stream would have sustained the crabs on their journey.
The five tiny ‘Bermuda’ crabs were picked up by conservationist Steve Trewhella on Chesil Beach near Weymouth. And the crustaceans are now in the aquarium of his Wareham home. 10/02/14: Nigeria's 420,000 tonne fish production; sawmiller raises salmon; Investing in Gulf aquaculture. The Catfish Association of Nigeria (CAFAN) recently announced that the country produced 420,000 metric tonnes of fish after aquaculture was included in the Growth Enhancement Support (GES) scheme last year.
Chief Tayo Akingbolagun, president of CAFAN told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the Federal Government placed a ban on some fish species in order to stimulate local production. Full news available here. A Wisconsin, USA entrepreneur could soon be producing Atlantic salmon just a mile off the Mississippi river. Kent Nelson, who owns a Prairie du Chien sawmill with his two brothers, is using water from a near-by spring to raise an estimated 30,000 Atlantic salmon. His first crop of 2 to 2.5 pound, 2-year-old fish will be harvested this summer, and a new batch of 35,000 eggs will be hatched this spring. Dinnissen. 31/01/14: Friday video: Closed containment - The future of fish farming.
31/01/14: Bob Geldof announced to present at aqua conference; Bermuda's first aquaculture license; intersex tuna found in the Mediterranean. Irish singer-singwriter and political activist Bob Geldof has been announced as the main speaker at this year's AquaVision conference. AquaVision is an established, world-class aquaculture conference that attracts a diverse range of stakeholders from across the aquaculture industry to Stavanger, Norway every two years. This year's show takes place from 16-18 June. “Sir Bob Geldof is one of the world’s highest ranked and most authoritative corporate speakers and I am therefore delighted he will be one of our main speakers at AquaVision 2014. His presentations are highly provocative, uplifting and inspiring,” says Viggo Halseth, COO of Nutreco Aquaculture.
Bühler. 30/01/14: NY high school raises fish; Mexico initiates shark ban; ISA outbreak in Chile. 28/01/14: Aquaculture training in Egypt; environmentally friendly shrimp farming; new director of SPC Fisheries appointed. Biomin. 27/01/14: Event: Future Fish Eurasia. With a coastline that runs from the Mediterranean Sea all the way up to the Marmara and the Black sea, as well as rich inland freshwater resources, Turkey boast ideal conditions for aquaculture. What will Future Fish Eurasia involve? Now in to its 7th edition, Future Fish Eurasia is provides a great platform for over 300 local & international companies to display their products and services. The event will cover a wide range of topics including fish products and aquaculture and fish processing equipment. Organised with the full support of the Ministry Of Food, Agriculture & Livestock, Aegean Exorters Association, İstanbul Exporters Association, İzmir Fish Producers Assoc., Turkish Seafood Promotion Committee and Eurofish Organisation, the event caters to fish traders, fish farmers & processors.
27/01/14: Feed approach for farmed salmon; pond research in the catfish industry; aquaculture asset aquisition. Norwegian feed supplier EWOS has developed sophisticated health feeds that support farmed salmon through recovery from inflammatory diseases like pancreas disease (PD), heart skeletal muscle inflammation (HSMI) and cardio-myopathy syndrome (CMS). Since 2006, EWOS has undertaken an intensive research programme to assess the effects of dietary modulation upon farmed salmon that have been challenged by these viruses. Full news available here. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently presented research that gives the precise levels of dissolved oxygen needed to keep pond-raised catfish alive and growing. Prior to this new research, fish farmers relied on daily observations to determine if fish were getting enough oxygen. Closing the food waste loop: a new angle for insect-based feeds.
Drought drastically shrinks reservoirs that feed 'salad bowl of the world' Since the gold rush era of 1849 when rain records started in San Francisco, even the driest of years in Northern and Central California had at least a few significant precipitation events; enough rain to turn the hills to emerald green and snow to whiten the mountains.
However, so far, this rain season — which runs from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014 — has seen the smallest amount of precipitation on record. The Paso Robles airport has only recorded about a half-inch of rain, while Cal Poly (home of climatology for San Luis Obispo) has logged an inch of rain. The last time the rain gauge at Diablo Canyon Power Plant recorded more than an inch of rain in a 24-hour period was Dec. 22, 2012. 20/01/14: International Aquafeed reaches new readers. Just in case you missed it, International Aquafeed's November/December 2013 edition is now available in Spanish. The quickest way to read it is to view it online here! Mrs Tuti Tan says Perendale is very proud to be publishing in Spanish and is even more excited that IAF magazine will for the second time be published in Chinese this month.
"We recognise that not all aquaculturists we want to reach read English, and Spanish and Chinese are two key languages that we cannot overlook in the aquaculture sector. "The September-October edition of IAF was published in Chinese and distributed in China in November. We are now following up with our second edition and will hopefully publish each subsequent edition in Chinese, as we have done with Spanish, from now on," she adds.
"We are very pleased to report that Dr Mai Kangsen, widely known worldwide throughout the aquaculture industry, has joined IAF as its Associate Editor - China. 20/01/14: Ex-IFIF Secretary General appointed President of newly formed AISP. Prevalence of mycotoxins in aquafeed ingredients: an update. Identifying Danger Zones Could Help Prevent Sea-Turtle Deaths. When ocean-dwelling leatherback turtles encounter fishing lines or nets, the results can be deadly for the large marine animals. To help protect these turtles, researchers have identified "hotspots" where some of these deadly encounters are likely occur in the Pacific Ocean. Leatherback turtles, which weigh up to 2,000 lbs. (900 kilograms), don't have a solid shell. Spirulina: Nutrition Facts About Blue-Green Algae - Living Green Magazine.
By Jenny Travens Blue-green algae may not be a staple in restaurant menus, but many people recognize the health benefits it offers. BioMarine 2013. BioMarine 2013 has been an outstanding success, hosted in Halifax by Atlantic Canada in association with the Canadian Research Council and Novus Aquaculture who prides itself on Solutions, Service and Sustainability, the four day conference managed to focus on all the key areas that matter in the drive to improve sustainable and ecological aquaculture worldwide. With over 300 senior delegates from around the world, it was a privilege to be part of a process that in bringing academia and industry together to focus on and solve the key issues facing our oceans and the ever growing global population and how we plan to sustainable feed everyone. BioMarine was also the launch pad for the Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health X Prize, this is a $2 million dollar prize purse to incentivize the development of accurate, robust, and affordable pH sensors that will profoundly improve our understanding of ocean acidification.
India embraces the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Standard. With the first GLOBALG.A.P. certified aquaculture producer in India, the country joins a worldwide network of producers committed to good aquaculture practices through the GLOBALG.A.P. New! GFMT article: Sweeping changes to OSHA’s sweep auger enforcement. In this article, Eric J Conn, head of the OSHA Practice Group, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., USA, discusses OSHA's enforcement memorandum which provides guidance on safe sweep auger work practices. After years of confusion and frustration in the grain industry regarding how to operate sweep augers without running afoul of Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) regulations, OSHA has finally issued an enforcement policy for the US employers that identifies the conditions that must be met to allow employees back inside grain bins with operating sweep augers.
Read the full article here. International Aquafeed publisher is VIP at Chinese aquaculture conference. International Aquafeed publisher Roger Gilbert has been invited to participate in the official opening of the 9th Symposium of the World’s Chinese Scientists on Nutrition and Feeding of Finfish and Shellfish to be held in Xiamen City, Fuijian Province, China from November 12-16, 2013.Event organiser Dr Ji-Dan Ye, the Secretary-General of Jimei University, in Xiamen, says Mr Gilbert has been invited as a visiting VIP due to his vision and background that he elaborated during his 22 years as secretary general with the International Feed Industry Federation, of which he was a founder. He says the experiences of IFIF globally may well serve as a model and should be shared with the conference delegates.
Aquaculture matters. 25/04/13: Commander award for Nutreco's Wout Dekker; GAA, ASC and GLOBALG.A.P agree to cooperate; EU Commissioner launches online aquaculture tool. The Royal House of Norway has announced today that H.M. King Harald of Norway has decorated Wout Dekker as Commander in the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for his contribution to Norwegian aquaculture.The decoration reflects the importance of aquaculture in Norway and Nutreco's contribution to its success.
Wout Dekker's commitment to innovation and sustainability was important to the development of the healthy and sustainable Norwegian aquaculture industry of today. 24/04/13: Ice Age salmon refuge; floatation devices for Scottish fishermen; 20 day fresh packaging. A coastal region in north west France has been identified as the site of an ice-free refuge for salmon during the Ice Age. Researchers from the University of Exeter, United Kingdom used genetics to trace the migration of salmon species from refuge areas into previously glaciated regions.
Rick Hansen named as Honorary Chair of ISS7. Expected to attract more than 600 delegates from around the world, the symposium is co-hosted by Vancouver Island University’s International Centre for Sturgeon Studies and the City of Nanaimo. Under Hansen’s leadership, the FRSCS develops and promotes education, public awareness initiatives, award-winning research programs and recovery plans for the Fraser River white sturgeon population. 29/04/13: Canada special. 17/04/2013: Federation touts sustainable land-based operations; is GM-salmon be coming to a plate near you?; Contentin and Jersey lobsters proclaim their sustainable identity. 09/04/13: Investigating fish deaths in Australia; starting fish farming in Nigeria; and more... 21/03/13: Cod and cancer; tuna aquaculture; wild salmon disease research. 18/03/13: Monday news round up. Aquaculture Europe 2013 plenary speakers Part 3.
Aquaculture Europe 2013 plenary speakers Part 1. 07/03/13: Aquaculture in Myanmar under threat; cod farming research and more... New home for Aquarama 2013. 06/03/13: How to destress a lobster; studying ocean acidification; MSC goes bilingual. Aquaculture 2013 review. Novus World Aquaculture Society (WAS) Internship programme winner announced. 28/02/13: Vietnamese shrimp exports expected to fall; four new salmon farms in New Zealand; mislabeling seafood. National Popularity of Community-Supported Fisheries on the Rise. Sesearchers unravel life cycle of blue-crab parasite. Small Fisheries Are Overfished, But They Can Be Saved. Global Aquaculture News & Events.