Thailand Frozen Foods Association Stops Purchases from Peeling Sheds
Members of the Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA) have decided to stop buying processed shrimp from third-party peeling sheds and will instead process shrimp in-house. The change will take effect on January 1, 2016. The decision followed a vote by association members to reduce the risk of human rights violations and illegal labor practices in the supply chain. Credit: http://goo.gl/1zu7Ah
Ecuador Prices Decrease on Surpluses
Through mid-December 2015, farm-gate shrimp prices were relatively stable, but now prices for some sizes have begun to decline as buyers in the United States, China and Europe end their purchases for the holiday season. Credit: http://goo.gl/unwVAx
India Prices Increase on Shortages
Thus far in December 2015, shortages of Penaeus vannamei have caused prices to rise. Credit: http://goo.gl/6wKoPI
Tilapia: A Nutritious, Environmentally Friendly Fish
Often dubbed the ‘aquatic chicken’, farmed tilapia is now a staple in many parts of the world. A healthy source of protein, micronutrients and essential fatty acids, tilapia is now the fourth most consumed fish in the US and it is farmed extensively in China, Egypt, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Brazil among many other countries, writes the WorldFish Center. Credit: http://goo.gl/XP2YYc
Lobster sales to EU drop
American lobster exports to the European Union (EU) have shown a declining trend for Christmas season due to a strong US dollar and a less-than-festive economy overseas but lobster fishermen enjoy a tide of good prices and landings. Credit: http://goo.gl/VEDzac
Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) Fishery, Farming Achieves Sustainability Certification
AUSTRALIA - The Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) fishery and farms have achieved an important milestone by being awarded the international Sustainability Certificate of the “Friend of the Sea,” a non-profit NGO which is the world’s largest certifier of seafood. Credit: http://goo.gl/5F0c0y
Salmon farmers lose USD 16 million in exports due to aviation strike
The recent strike carried out by aviation workers of Chile has added another problem to those already being faced by the national salmon industry, stemming from low export prices and profitability drop. Credit: http://goo.gl/TEGCEh
Shrimp fishery closed in Sergipe
Since last Sunday, and until 15 January, the shrimp fishery in Sergipe, in northeastern Brazil, will be closed. Credit: http://goo.gl/0tjtK3
Call for PhD Projects in Sustainable Feeds for Finfish
SCOTLAND, UK - The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) and Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) invite funding applications for PhD projects which consider biotechnology solutions to the supply of sustainable feed ingredients for the benefit of both the industrial biotechnology (IB) and aquaculture industries in Scotland. Credit: http://goo.gl/QXGScE
Ambitious goals to harness the potential of Angolan aquaculture
Aquaculture, considered one of food production sectors that is growing very fast in the world, is also boosting in Angola. Credit: http://goo.gl/2HSRYQ
CFOOD Seeks to ‘Set the Record Straight’ on Seafood Sustainability
US - When Pew Environment, an arm of the American-based non-profit Pew Trusts who seek to use ‘evidence-based, non-partisan analysis to solve today’s challenges’ tweeted an image stating about 90 per cent of the world’s fisheries are in decline, they were probably not expecting to be on the receiving end of an exasperated fisheries scientist. “Not 90 per cent in decline, 61 per cent fully fished + 29% overfished. Credit: http://goo.gl/lek2mj
Exopolymers in Hatcheries: An Overlooked Factor in Hatchery Hygiene and Feed Quality
Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS),1 or exopolymers, play vital roles in the productivity of commercial hatcheries, yet have received little attention in aquaculture outside of their role in the biofilters of recirculating systems, write A. Joycea and S. Uttingb, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Credit: http://goo.gl/TlL8jX
Scientists Develop Technique to Perform Fish Dietary Analysis
UK - Scientists have developed a technique to perform dietary analysis of fish by analysing microscopic tooth wear. Credit: http://goo.gl/N6KqK8
Floods impacting on shrimp production
Floods are affecting the formerly rising India’s seafood exports, which in the last years had increased by more than 60 per cent to reach INR 330 billion (USD 4,920 million). Credit: http://goo.gl/FpGPrH
AIPCE stresses pros and cons of ATQ Regulation
EU Fish Processors Association (AIPCE) has publicly welcomed the autonomous tariff quota (ATQ) system for the next three years because it considers it properly reflects market needs but regrets it disregards opportunities to support the sector innovation and growth. Credit: http://goo.gl/8sgKyR
Viet Nam Remains Japan’s Biggest Shrimp Supplier
VIET NAM - Statistics from the International Trade Center (ITC) showed that Vietnam remained the leading frozen raw shrimp supplier to Japan. It was followed by Thailand, Indonesia and India, respectively. Credit: http://goo.gl/rcrfcn
Exopolymers in Hatcheries: An Overlooked Factor in Hatchery Hygiene and Feed Quality
Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS),1 or exopolymers, play vital roles in the productivity of commercial hatcheries, yet have received little attention in aquaculture outside of their role in the biofilters of recirculating systems, write A. Joycea and S. Uttingb, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Credit: http://goo.gl/TlL8jX
Bacillus Probiotics Improve Hatchery, Nursery Production In EMS-Hit Mexico
In early 2014, a trial to evaluate the effects of a mixture of Bacillus strains on early mortality syndrome bacteria during the larviculture and nursery phases for shrimp was carried out at a commercial hatchery in Mexico, write Oliver Decamp et al. Credit: http://goo.gl/eCZjkj
FDA rejects eight contaminated Vietnamese shrimp entry lines
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported refusing a total of 129 seafood entry lines in November, 7 per cent of which were shrimp entry lines refused for reasons related to banned antibiotics. Credit: http://goo.gl/BDxKcV
United States The Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii—Shrimp Broodstock
The business section of Hawaii’s Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii (NELHA), a state agency that’s part of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, is where two of Hawaii’s largest shrimp broodstock facilities—Shrimp Improvement Systems and Moana Technologies—locate their production facilities.Credit: http://goo.gl/qQeO4U