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The Aquaculturists blog is an online offshoot of International Aquafeed magazine. While the bi-monthly magazine covers aquafeed issues in-depth, the Aquaculturists takes a lighter approach. Our columnists have a keen eye for the most interesting, relevant and (let’s face it) bizarre aquaculture stories from across the world. Each weekday we scour the internet for topnotch news and package it for your perusal in one neat daily digest. The Aquaculturists are also massive fans of industry events and shows and can often be found out on the road. Here they share stories (and photos) from their travels and, being unable to keep a secret, share details of upcoming events.

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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. “It is to share his knowledge with our industry, how through aquaculture we might contribute to feeding a global population of nine billion people by 2050,” says Ji-Dan Ye. Mr Gilbert is also acknowledged for his experience working with a number of international organisations and the industry in China wishes to discuss how greater involvement might be beneficial. “The success he brought to IFIF could be used as a model for developing the aquaculture industry in China and for others to follow,” he adds.

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“As the representative of the aquaculture world’s nutritional magazine, International Aquafeed, we would like to share our knowledge and expertise in terms of nutrition and the aquaculture feeding industry, that includes fisheries, in China with him,” says Ji-Dan Ye.

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Dr Dominique Bureau, Professor of University of Guelph, Canada and an editorial board member on International Aquafeed will also be addressing the conference. His topic is: Nutrition and environmentally sustainable farming.

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01/09/13: EMS affects shrimp prices; New IMTA project in Norway; MSC programme in Poland

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Shrimp prices have hit a record high in the USA and Europe as a knock on effect from early mortality syndrome (EMS) in China and southeast Asia, reports the Bangkok Post. EMS was first spotted in China in 2009 and has since spread to Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. These four countries accounted for 70 percent of global shrimp exports in 2011 according to the FAO. Read more... 3

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Norway’s leading environment agency, Bellona and and seafood manufacturer Lerøy Seafood Group have joined forces to create a new aquaculture company. Ocean Forest, which was announced at AquaNor in August 2013, aims to create large scale production of sustainable seafood biomass and energy along the Norwegian coast. One of the focuses will be IMTA, specifically, growing macroalgae alongside salmon in a bid reduce CO2 emissions. More information... The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has joined forces with the BalticSea2020 foundation to launch its programme in Poland. Over the next three years, the MSC will help build a more sustainable fishing industry in the region, and provide Polish shoppers more opportunities to choose ecolabelled seafood. With more than 100,000 tonnes of annual catches, Poland is an important fishing nation on the Baltic Sea coast. The country also hosts many processing facilities that provide markets worldwide with fish and seafood products. “The MSC programme is helping fisheries worldwide improve their performance, to the benefit of the marine environment. With the BalticSea2020 foundation’s generous support we can now deepen our engagement with this vital sector in Poland, and with our partners, help promote the continuing transformation of the European seafood market to a sustainable basis,” said Camiel Derichs, MSC European director. Read more...

Event: High Value Aquaculture Finfish Symposium

The High Value Aquaculture Finfish Symposium takes place at Kagoshima University, Japan, October 15-18, 2013. The symposium will address the present and future status of modern technology on high value cultured fish. Attention will be given no only to the scientific aspects but also the marketing and business based issues. Kagoshima is a city with some of the leading views in the country. The grandeur of the active volcano Mt. Sakurajima attracts visitiors from all over the country. From Kinko Bay, a production base of farmed fish, Mt. Sakurajima looks as though it is floating in mid air. The major farmed fish in the area are blue fin tuna, amberjack and yellowtail among others. More information...

03/09/13: Algeria and China discuss aquaculture collaboration; extruded feeds in Bangladesh; mangroves in Malaysia Algeria and China discuss aquaculture collaboration plans.

Officials from both countries met to discuss the development of aquaculture in Algeria with technical assistance from Beijing. Algeria is also willing to open its doors to Chinese aquaculture investors in order to help develop the aquaculture industry. Read more... Despite being a relatively new idea in Bangladesh, extruded feeds are growing. This article looks at the Rupshi Fish plant which started a decade ago. The feature charts the rise of extruded feeds in the country and overcoming the hurdle of public acceptance. Read more... This article looks at how Malaysia’s mangroves have been depleted in recent years. Mangrove cover in Malaysia has declined by 30 percent over the past five decades from 800,000 hectares in the 1950s to 575,000 hectares today. 4

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04/09/13: Boosting Columbian aquaculture; new auditing partner for BAP; aquaculture in Ghana

Columbia’s aquaculture industry has boosted its exports thanks to work carried out at the Colombian Aquaculture Research Center. The centre, which was founded in 1993, carries out government-funded research projects and provides fish and shrimp larvae to fish farms. The main aim of the centre is to help improve the quality of farmed species in the country which is yet to fully exploit its aquaculture potential. Read more... Food Certification International Ltd (FCI) has joined the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s team of Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-approved thirdparty certification bodies. In a service agreement between the two organisations, FCI will conduct auditing and certification activities for aquaculture farms, hatcheries, processing plants and feed mills that apply for BAP certification. “FCI is extremely pleased to have been awarded approval by BAP and is looking forward to assisting in the ongoing growth of the BAP standards into new species and geographies. The ability to provide BAP certification complements FCIs service offering to the international aquaculture and seafood processing sectors,” said Martin Gill, managing director, FCI. Read more... Can aquaculture offset Ghana’s fish deficit? Etornyo Agbeko, a researcher at the Water Research Institute for the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (WRI-CSIR), has claimed that aquaculture could be a way fill the country’s 960,000 mt fish deficit.

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One potential option Agneko is exploring is using dugout ponds to raise fingerlings. Water from these ponds is usually used for crop irrigation. Growing fish in the water would double its usage and the fish waste would have added benefits for crops. Tackling this the fish deficit could help reduce the malnutrition rate in Ghana which currently stands at 28 percent. Read more...

05/09/13: Rise of Chinese feed pigment industry; Brazil’s tilapia project

The rise of the Chinese aquaculture over the last 40 years has had a beneficial effect on other domestic industries including the feed Chinese feed pigment sector. Capsanthin, canthaxanthin, lutein, apo-ester and astaxanthin are the five main feed pigments on the market and are common ingredients in a variety of feeds. The feed pigment market has experienced two changes since it started in the 1990s; the replacement of synthetic products by natural ones and foreign brands by domestic ones.

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This article examines how the pigment industry has responded to these changes. Read more... The Brazilian government has joined forces with an Israeli company to develop tilapia breeding techniques in the state of Parana. The region has been chosen by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MPA) as the ideal location for the initiative which it hopes will revolutionize the fish breeding industry in the area. The Israeli company, Mitrelli will be working in close cooperation with the Brazilian MPA, operating a turnkey service encompassing fish rearing right the way through to marketing. Read more...

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Aquativ-Diana strengthens its technical support

Jean-Pierre Rivery, president of Aquativ-Diana, is pleased to announce the arrival of Philippe Sourd, doctor of veterinary medicine, as its new fish health specialist. Sourd qualified as a vet in France, specialising in aquaculture and fish health. He then moved up to the north of Scotland to work for Fjord Seafood. After four years in this role, he joined an independent fish vet in France and helped build up one of the most successful fish vet consultancy services in continental Europe. Sourd will act as the world referent for fish technical support at AquativDiana, providing scientific communication linked to the health benefits of Aquativ - Diana products. More information...

Certification of aquaculture: one of the strategies to sustainable seafood production

Certification of products from aquaculture is contributing to sustainable production, but it also has serious limits. Therefore, it should be seen as one approach among many for steering aquaculture toward sustainability. This is argued by an international team of researchers in a paper published in Science on September 6, 2013. Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing global food production systems, and now contributes around 13 percent of world animal-protein supply. It provides almost half of the world’s supply of seafood. The rapid expansion of the sector has come with a wide range of concerns about the environmental and social impact of aquaculture. In response, NGO-led certification schemes, such as the Dutch based Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), have developed standards against which the environmental and social performance of aquaculture can be measured. Based on the work of an international network of researchers, the paper argues that aquaculture certification has limits as a means of governing sustainable production. Aquaculture certification is limited in the volume of global production it can certify, given market demand for certified seafood is currently limited to the US and EU while the majority of seafood consumption occurs in other markets. The impact of certification is also limited in reaching wider sustainability goals, it is focused on the farmlevel instead of the cumulative impacts of multiple farms in one location on the surrounding environment or farming communities. Furthermore it is limited in its ability to include stakeholders, particularly smallholder producers, in the Global South where the vast majority of global production comes from.

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The implication of these limits is that certification needs to be seen as but one of a wider array of strategies for regulating sustainable production. Assumptions that countries in the Global South are unwilling or incapable to regulate aquaculture no longer holds true everywhere. Many of these countries have experience with international food safety regulation and represent some of the most important domestic markets for aquaculture products globally. Certification should therefore be seen as part of a broader array of governance approaches for promoting sustainable aquaculture production. Global certification also needs to better complement national level sustainability programmes. Further research is needed to determine what kind of hybrid forms of environmental governance can be developed that move beyond an overemphasis on certification, and instead draw on the strength of states, the private sector and institutions such as the ASC. Certification volume Only a 4.6 percent of the global aquaculture production is currently certified. The 13 main species currently covered by the ASC currently account for 41.6 percent of the worldwide aquaculture production, leaving 58.4 percent of aquaculture production with no opportunity for certification. The recent introduction of two additional certification labels for multispecies standards has expanded the potentially certifiable volume to 73.5 percent. In practice, however, the new standards will only lead to an increase of 0.1 percent in certified volume because much of what is potentially certifiable is produced in countries like China with little demand for sustainability certification. Publication S. R. Bush, B. Belton, D. Hall, P. Vandergeest, F. J. Murray, S. Ponte, P. Oosterveer, M. S. Islam, A. P. J. Mol, M. Hatanaka, F. Kruijssen, T. T. T. Ha, D. C. Little, R. Kusumawati. Certify Sustainable Aquaculture? Science Vol. 341: 1067-1068, 6 September 2013.

06/09/13: Aquaculture predicted to surpass wild capture by 2015; Biomin’s new premix plant; salt field aquaculture in Australia Aquaculture is predicted to surpass wild capture fisheries as the main source of fish for human consumption by 2015 according to statistics released by the FAO.

Capture fisheries’ output is projected to rise by only 5 percent by 2022 with aquaculture increasing by 35 percent. World fisheries and aquaculture production is expected to reach about 181 mt by 2022, a 18 percent growth compared to the 2010-12 base period. Most of the production gains will come from aquaculture. However, aquaculture production growth is anticipated to slow to 2.4 percent per year, compared to 5.9 percent for the previous decade. Read more... Biomin is to open a new premix plant in Vietnam in October 2013. The 4.7 ha facility will be fitted with a micro dosing system and house a laboratory with several cutting-edge technologies, including a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) system. “This will enable BIOMIN to provide the highest possible level of nutritional and mycotoxin analytical services for its customers. On top of that, the LC-MS/MS will also support the Biomin Mycotoxin Survey Program, strengthening the position of Biomin as the market leader in this field,” says Jan Vanbrabant, CEO Asia Pacific, Biomin. Read more...

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This article looks at a discussion taking place in Western Australia surrounding what to do with Dry Creek’s salt fields. One of the options is converting the fish farm alongside a housing development. Read more...

AquaNor 2013 event review

We went to Trondheim armed with 1,000 magazines of International Aquafeed May/June and 500 copies of the International Aquafeed Directory. On the first rainy morning or August 13, 2013, Norwegian Minister of Fisheries Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, AquaNor chairperson Liv Fjordholm, and the mayor of Trondheim, Rita Ottervik gave interesting speeches about AquaNor, aquaculture and all the brilliant shades of internationalism that the event brings for the industry and locale.

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We then heard from the UN FAO’s Arnie Mathisen who revealed startling truths about population rises, obesity and poverty and the need for today’s aquaculture production output to roughly double by 2050 to meet the nutritional needs of the world. Mathisen and called on all at AquaNor to take heed to this mission together.

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There was also a fun element to the event opening with live music and a fashion catwalk showcasing clothes made from salmon. Inspired and with our diaries full of names and companies we really had to see, we went off to the halls. Hall A-G contained the hundreds of exhibition stands and Hall H ran different seminars. We attended quite a few feed-focused talks from EWOS, Skretting and Aller Aqua which were excellent. Throughout the week in Trondheim we bumped into familiar faces which of course made the event a sociable one: Joe Kearns from Wenger, David Mack of Aquaculture UK, Shane Hunter from Aqua Biotech, Elizabeth Sweetman from Alltech and International Aquafeed magazine’s editorial advisory panel and many of the Novus staff. Lastly, we felt very lucky to have been so well cared for by the event organisers. We greatly appreciated and got a lot of value from both the press centre and the press dinner on the penultimate night. We are already looking forward to AquaNor 2015 and encourage all to return for a fantastic exhibition.

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09/09/13: FAO documents available as e-books; Canadian ministers agree aquaculture cooperation; cage found adrift

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FAO has launched its Fisheries and Aquaculture document as an e-book. Compatible with iPad, Kindle, Nook and Sony Reader, the e-books allow readers to highlight interesting passages, bookmark pages, make notes or search the full-text content with one click. The title, along with others focusing on agriculture and food, are available to download online. More information... Fisheries ministers in Canada have committed to working together to benefit the country’s aquaculture industry. In a meeting held in Quebec, the ministers discussed three challenges the fisheries and aquaculture industry faces: developing the lobster industry, protecting fisheries and preventing invasive aquatic species form entering Canadian waters.

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“Today was a day of collaboration between federal, provincial and territorial partners,” said the Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “We want to see our fisheries and aquaculture industries grow and we remain committed to working together to protect our fisheries’ productivity and develop the fishing and aquaculture industries to ensure its sustainable future in Canadian waters.”

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“It was a pleasure to welcome the federal, provincial and territorial fisheries and aquaculture ministers and to share our priorities and directions. Our government will continue to support initiatives that help make Quebec’s fisheries and aquaculture industry a prosperous industry that creates well-paying jobs, is environmentally responsible and contributes to the highest and best use of our territory’s resources,” said Jeannine Richard, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and MNA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Read more... An aquaculture cage has been found floating adrift in Cuttail Island, Burgeo, Canada.

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10/09/13: Scottish salmon on the rise; distribution agreement between PHARMAQ and Skala Maskon; enhanced cultivation of tilapia can boost fish production Scottish farmed salmon production has reached its highest output since 2003.

In 2012, the country produced 162,223 tonnes, an increase of 2.7 percent on the previous year. The increased production is a £537 million boost for the Scottish economy. Read more... PHARMAQ and Skala Maskon have agreed a distribution agreement covering Skala Maskon’s vaccination machines and other equipment for the aquaculture industry in Latin America.

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“To PHARMAQ this agreement offers a great opportunity to add further value to the business of our vaccine customers in the region and is a part of PHARMAQ’s long term strategy”, says Jan Oppen Berntsen, director of Feed Products and Technical Equipment, PHARMAQ AS. “Skala Maskon has for long wanted a strategic partner that can help us promote our innovative technology to the international aquaculture industry. Latin America is a key market in this respect, and PHARMAQ has the ideal expertise and market knowledge to introduce our technologies in this region. We strongly believe that this partnership will be mutually beneficial, as well as bringing new possibilities for the Latin American aquaculture industry”, says Jon Anders Leikvoll, managing director, Skala Maskon.

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PHARMAQ AS Technika is established in Puerto Montt, Chile and holds the responsibility of marketing and selling the Skala Maskon products in the region. Offering high-quality technical services and follow-up to the customers will be an important role of the company. Read more... Experts at a linkage event in Bangladesh have stressed the need for enhanced cultivation of mono-sex tilapia by adopting the improved farming management technology for boosting fish production in rural areas. WorldFish organised the filed level linkage event under the USAID funded Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia in Bangladesh (CSISA-BD) Project at the fish farm of farmer Mizanur Rahman in village Tulshipur under Mithapukur upazila, Bangladesh.

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11/09/13: AgriMarine signs deal for West Coast Fishculture; Sainsbury’s cash for fish farmers; Vietnam stops tests on Japanese fish

AgriMarine has shifted the company’s strategy towards becoming a global producer of sustainable fin fish such as salmon and trout.

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Vietnam has lifted its radioactivity testing on food imported from Japan. All food products enetering Vietnam from Japan were subject to strict tests for radioactivity following the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011. The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has welcomed the relaxation saying it will help the Vietnamese seafood processing enterprises increase competitiveness and reduce costs. Read more...

12/09/13: Biosecurity on salmon farms; private sector aquaculture in Uganda; aquaculture in consumer media

Founder of Huon Aquaculture, Tasmania, Frances Bender talks to ABC Rural on the importance of biosecurity. Describing salmon as the canary down the mine, Bender says that the fish are the best warning signs for farmers. “Biosecurity is something that we live and breathe, if we don’t manage biosecurity we as an industry could not exist,” she says. The company obviously knows its stuff: it has been nominated for the Biosecurity Farmer of the Year in the Animal category. The audio section gives a really good insight into how biosecurity works and how started off in the salmon industry. Read more... Is a private sector led fish industry the way forward for Africa? Eleven countries in eastern Africa have begun drafting a policy to promote aquaculture, with the private sector leading the way. Fisheries officials and government representatives met in Kampala, Uganda to evaluate the Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) phase II fish programme. The programme, which funded by the European Commission, aims to strengthen fisheries management. The officials concluded that one of the key successes of the process has been is a developing a regional policy framework for aquaculture. “The comprehensive policy framework will promote aquaculture as a business and encourage the private sector to take the lead,” Lovelock Wadanya, acting head of the fisheries sector for Uganda told New Vision. Read more... There’s a lot of misinformation out there about aquaculture so I really like it when consumer media tackles aquaculture in an honest and balanced way. This article in Salon looks at salmon farming and is possibly the only article to refer both the Global Salmon Initiative and Breaking Bad. Read more...

Funding bolsters aquaculture promotion in Newfoundland

The Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association will engage in more promotional activity at home and abroad with assistance from the Provincial Government. Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, announced a funding boost of CAD$27,488 under the Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program to support marketing initiatives at a variety of special events.

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“Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture industry has grown rapidly in recent years, and strong marketing will be vital to continuing that success,” said Minister Dalley. “The Provincial Government is proud to invest more than $27,000 as part of ongoing efforts to support the industry as it builds awareness of its high quality seafood products and attracts new customers in diverse markets.” The funding supports the Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association’s participation in provincial events such as the Salmon Festival Dinner held by the Town of Grand Falls–Windsor, the Royal St. John’s Regatta, and the Harvest Celebration Agrifoods and Garden Show held in Corner Brook. The funding also supports the association’s attendance at international trade shows such as Seafood Expo North America (formerly called the International Boston Seafood Show). “This funding support is key to building the customer base for provincial aquaculture products both locally and internationally,” said Cyr Couturier, Executive Director of the Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association. “Our products are developed to the highest social and environmental standards recognized globally. They are fresh, nutritious and of the highest quality. On behalf of the industry, I wish to thank the Provincial Government for helping the industry promote these product features.” The Provincial Government’s overall investment in aquaculture has helped create employment for approximately 1,000 people, and helped increase aquaculture production market value so that it now exceeds $100 million annually. Budget 2013: A Sound Plan, A Secure Future included a $2.2 million investment in the Fisheries Technology and New Opportunities Program, which has promoted innovation in the province’s billion dollar fishing and aquaculture industry by assisting more than 200 research and development projects since 2008. More information...

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13/09/13: Aller Aqua’s aquafeed R&D facility; MSC launches consultation on fisheries; blobfish voted world’s ugliest creature

The Aller Aqua Group has founded a new research and development (R&D) facility.

The trial station Aller Aqua Research (AAR) GmbH will be located in Buesum, Germany embedded into the Science and Technology Park (mariCUBE) in close proximity to the aquaculture research institute Gesellschaft fuer Marine Aquakultur GmbH. Established 2 hours drive from Aller Aqua A/S in Christiansfeld, Denmark, the trial station consists of several recirculating aquaculture systems, ultra-modern laboratories for nutrient and trace element analysis, as well as equipment to target physiological and molecular issues. With respect to the volatile raw material market situation, it is of increasing importance for feed manufactures to evaluate new raw materials, particularly for aqua feeds. The innovative structure and set up makes AAR flexible for conducting comprehensive ingredient analysis and feeding trials. The trial station enables Aller Aqua to perform trials with both fresh water and marine species under selectable environmental conditions. The concept behind AAR is to act as branch point, with an ‘interactive’ testing process for new feeds at the trial station and in commercial fish farms of Aller Aqua’s globally distributed customers. The foundation of AAR is a mile stone in Aller Aqua’s history and is a clear commitment towards customers’ needs for competitive quality feeds. Read more...

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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched a second round of public consultation on its proposals for improving its environmental standard for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. This online consultation will close on October 26, 2013. This is the second, and final, opportunity for stakeholders to offer their views on proposals for changes to the fishery standard. Stakeholders will also have the opportunity to comment on other proposals for program improvements, including changes to the fisheries assessment process designed to reduce the time, cost and complexity of certification assessments. An early stage public consultation on the fisheries standard review topics took place in spring this year. Read more... The blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, making the creature the world’s unofficial ugliest animal. The blobfish lives off the coast of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania, at depths of between 600 and 1,200 m, where atmospheric pressure is several dozen times higher than at sea level. It feeds on crabs and lobsters and so suffers a significant threat from fishing trawlers. Although it is inedible itself, it gets caught up in the nets. The campaign to save the world’s ugliest creatures was started by biologist and TV presenter Simon Watt. Watt worked with comedians, who created a YouTube campaign message for their chosen ugly animal. The public were then asked to vote for their favourite. Check out the pictures on the link below. It’s not pretty. Marit Stormoen’s PhD project focuses on the control of Pancreas Disease and salmon louse in the Norwegian aquaculture industry. Pancreas Disease (PD) is a viral disease currently spreading along the Norwegian coast and is caused by Salmonid Alphavirus 3 (SAV3) or Salmonid Alphavirus 2. Stormoen compared the mortality rate in Norwegian fish farms with and without PD respectively during the period from 20032007. Mortality in farms with PD declined from 2004 to 2007 but there were still large variations in mortality rates between the different farms. Stormoen’s analyses also showed that it was not just the water temperature that affected mortality rates on farms with PD, but also the season. The highest mortality rate was registered during the spring. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-09-disease-norwegian-salmonaquaculture-emphasis.html#jCp Read more...

International Aquafeed September/October 2013 online now Welcome to the new edition of International Aquafeed. We’ve got a really varied issue for you this month so I’ll dive straight in and tell you all about it. Microalgae has attracted much attention as a potential aquafeed ingredient so we thought we’d take a closer look. One Simon Davies’ MSc Sustainable Aquaculture Systems students, Nathan Atkinson, weighs up the potential of microalgae meals in compound feeds for aquaculture. In our interview, Andrew Jackson of IFFO talks about the strategic use of fishmeal in aquafeeds and how IFFO helps ensure responsible fishmeal production. The expert topic this issue is salmon. This species is a favourite on dinner plates across the world so we look at how salmon is farmed and fed from Iceland to Tasmania and Scotland to New Zealand (and a few other places in between).

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Turning our attention to ornamentals, Dong Zhang and Fei Yin of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, write about the effects of feeding lined seahorse juveniles with enriched Artemia nauplii. While we are talking about seahorses, our photo shoot this issue also looks at this fascinating creature. Marine Conservation Cambodia is doing some very important work using aquaculture to help restock threatened Hippocampus spinosissimus and Hippocampus kuda populations off the southern coast of Cambodia. But aquafeed is not just about feed ingredients, the equipment used to process them plays a vital role in the quality and composition of the final product. Joyce Li of Amisy, China looks at the role of grinding equipment in pellet production for a different fish and crustaceans. On the technology front, Patrick Higgins of YSI, USA talks us through ammonia in aquaculture ponds and effective techniques to measure ammonia levels. Outside of the office, the summer has been full of events and there are plenty more to look forward to as we approach the autumn. In this issue, we review AquaNor which took place in Trondheim, Norway in August. The review includes some video interviews which smartphone users will be able to access in the palm of their hands. But if you are not technically savvy, don’t worry, there’s plenty of material to keep you occupied. We also spoke to Alistair Lane of the European Aquaculture Society who gave us the lowdown on Aquaculture Europe 2013 and the state of European aquaculture. As always, I’d love to hear what you think of the magazine so drop me an email at alicen@perendale.co.uk You can read the full edition on the International Aquafeed website or in the window below.

16/09/13: Scallops in aquafeeds; petrol spill kills fish at Marshall Islands fish farm

Did you know that almost half of scallop parts never makes it to land? Fishermen usually shuck their catch at sea, meaning that the shell, roe and viscera are discarded overboard. Scientists at the University of Rhode Island, USA have been exploring ways to turn these by products into marketable commodities. One option is using the viscera in hydrolysate form in aquafeeds to enhance flavour and stimulate growth. Trials on flounder and European sea bass showed that the vsicera performed well in terms of weight gain and feed consumption. The next hurdle is to develop scallop viscera as a commercially viable feed ingredient. Read more... A ship fuel spill in the Marshall Islands has killed fish at a farm in Majuro. Despite a clean up opertaion by farm workers the petrol leak killed some fish. The Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority is investigating the spillage but at present it’s not known which vessel the fuel came from. Petrol leaks from ships are common in the Marshall Islands and endanger both wild and farmed fish populations. Read more...

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Aquaculture Europe 2016 will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland. AE2016 will feature a scientific conference, an international trade event, special sessions for aquaculture producers and satellite workshops and events. The EAS 2012-2014 President, Kjell Maroni expressed the satisfaction of the board of directors, with “a very strong proposal that mixed well the attributes of Edinburgh, the status and potential of aquaculture and blue biotechnology in Scotland and the strong support of the Scottish Government for this event”. He also commented that bids for AE events organised by EAS come from members that mobilise the main stakeholders in that country to host it. “This is the first Aquaculture Europe event ever to take place in the UK and in Scotland in particular and we are very happy with the proposed theme on blue biotechnology, coming ten years after a very successful AE event in Barcelona on the same theme. Our partners in Scotland will be able to mobilise the sector there and beyond and we are sure that AE2016 will be very well attended – both for its content and for its location”. Scotland’s Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Paul Wheelhouse added “Scotland is world renowned for high quality and healthy farmed fish and shellfish products – and highly recognised for best practice in aquaculture, and our innovation and development of new technologies.”

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17/09/2013: Fiji’s fisheries laws; Young’s funky fish; Hong Kong bans shark fins Fiji is reviewing its fisheries laws.

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Currently, there are two new decrees: the Offshore Fisheries Management Decree, which was officially passed in January 2013, and the Aquaculture Decree, which is expected to be promulgated by the beginning of 2014. A third decree— the Inshore Fisheries Management Decree—has been drafted but is still being reviewed and is subject to further consultation with stakeholders. The objective of all three decrees is to conserve, manage and develop Fiji’s fisheries to ensure for the benefit of the people. Read more... British seafood producer and distributor, Young’s Seafood recently launched its new Funky Fish Kitchen brand, which will provide 11 chilled fish products to British supermarket chain Asda. The range is being launched as part of the company’s campaign to inspire more consumers to eat fish at least two times a week. “The Funky Fish Kitchen brings a new sense of fun to fish and seafood. We want these innovative fish-with-a-twist products to be meal occasion inspirations; we know that more lunch occasions could include seafood”, said Marina Richardson, marketing controller at Young’s. Read more... Conservation groups have praised the Hong Kong government decision to stop serving shark fin and bluefin tuna at official functions. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), demand for the fins and other shark-related products has led to some shark species falling in numbers by 60-70%. “After almost a decade of advocacy in the form of petitions, protest marches, letter writing and media campaigns, the Hong Kong government has finally seen fit to do the right thing - for which we applaud them,” Alex Hofford, executive director of Hong Kong-based marine conservation group MyOcean told French based news agency, AFP. Read more...

18/9/13: Illegal mud crabs; Spanish fish strategy; Meeting the challenges of 2050

A Brisbane restaurant was fined AU$17,000 after authorities seized 100 illegal crabs from its kitchen. Under Queensland law only male mud crabs over a certain weight can be caught, and it is suspected that these crabs were obtained on the black market. All but one of the crabs were eventually released back into Brisbane River. Read more... Spain’s Secretariat General of Fisheries plans to hold a series of consultations to decide on its fisheries and aquaculture strategy for the rest of the decade. The meetings will take place in September and October and will include representatives from the aquaculture, fishery and processing sectors. The strategy will be unveiled on November 7 at the Third Congress of Fishery Product Quality. Read more... Engineering and Technology magazine has fingered aquaculture as the likely solution to meet the protein demands of 2050. Contemporary problems well-known to regular readers like pollution caused by densely packed farms and fish-to-fish feeding can be overcome with plant-based solutions and advances in fish genetics. Read more... Conservation efforts for New Hampshire salmon will come to an end, as the US federal government withdraws its funding for a project to restore Atlantic salmon to the Merrimack River. The 30-year programme has seen little success in recent years, and the latest round of budget cuts saw salmon get the axe. Read more... 20

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Novus WAS Internship Challenge

Novus International, Inc. is pleased to announce the sponsorship of the Novus World Aquaculture Society (WAS) Internship program. Aquaculture has a bright future, as it represents the fastest growing animal production industry. Novus recognises the need for the industry to attract and educate talented individuals to become future aqua research scientists and nutritionists. This internship program represents an investment by Novus into the future of the aquaculture industry. All eligible candidates are encouraged to apply! Health problems continue to challenge aquaculture development and expansion. Viral, bacterial, fungal or parasite infections whether from new emerging pathogens or well known diseases, often leave producers with few available treatment or prevention options and significant losses. To be considered for the internship please present a proposal that includes the following: • Choose a model disease and suggest an experiment aimed at testing a novel possible preventive or treatment solution. • Provide background literature review on the pathogen, pathogenesis, epidemiology and/or host pathogen interactions etc. as appropriate to support experimental designs and hypotheses. Proposal to be submitted by October 30, 2013 describing an innovative testable proposal in the area described above. Proposals should be limited to two to three typewritten pages plus references. A one-page CV of the candidate should be attached to the proposal. Applicant must be enrolled in a University MSc or PhD program at the time of application. The selection of the Novus intern will be announced at Asian-Pacific Aquaculture 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Following the selection, the four-week internship will be scheduled from June to August, 2014. The intern will work with The Novus Aquaculture Research team on a current project being carried out at the Novus Aqua Research Center in Vietnam. Vietnam is the third largest aquaculture-producing country in the world. Our Novus Aqua Research Center is integrally connected to the aqua industry and will allow the intern to learn about and experience aquaculture in Vietnam through interactions with the Novus research and operations teams.

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Event: Latin American & Caribbean Aquaculture LAQUA 2013

The Latin American & Caribbean Chapter of the WAS presents a new event - LAQUA - at the Hotel Sonesta, Villavicencio, Colombia from 8th 11th October 2013. Organised in conjuntion with the congreso n Native Fishes, LAQUA will cover all aspects of South American Aquaculture. The Local Tilapia producers association is also organising a 3 day forum for their members in Villavicencio for three days.

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The Conference will see a flood of fish farmers, entrepreneurs and experts of Latin American and world aquaculture. The event will allow participants to share scientific advances, latest technologies, research results as well as obtain an overview of the challenges facing Latin American aquaculture. More information. For more information on the exhibition and sponsorship contact: mario@ marevent.com

19/09/2013: Combating illegal fishing in Ghana; ornamental fish cultivation in Thailand; shrimp pathologist to be honored at GOAL 2013 A new body to combat illegal fishing activities has been set up in the Greater Accra region of Ghana, West Africa. The new body will control, monitor and provide surveillance of every fishing operation within Ghana’s fishery waters. The move comes after Nayon Bilijo, minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, pointed out that Ghana as well as other countries in the West-Central Gulf area, have been targeted by local and foreign fishing groups and vessels, consequently destroying indigenous fish stocks and putting local communities in a position of poverty and vulnerability. Read more... According to Indonesian news agency ANTARA, Thailand is keen to learn marine ornamental fish cultivation from Indonesia. Suseno Sukoyono, head of the human resources development agency at the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, said several of Thailand’s fisheries research delegations recently visited Indonesia in the hope of learning more about the country’s marine ornamental fish farming. Read more... The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has announced that Dr. Donald Lightner, renowned shrimp pathologist will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at its GOAL 2013 conference which takes place from 7th - 10th October 2013 in Paris, France. Dr. Lightner is a shrimp and finfish pathologist at the University of Arizona’s School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, USA. Here he runs the Aquaculture Pathology Diagnostic Laboratory, a reference laboratory for shrimp diseases. Read more...

20/9/13: Dengue-eliminating fish; illicit fish farms; Trinidad aquaculture investment

Fish have been enlisted by the Punjab government in an unlikely new front of India’s war on dengue fever. Authorities believe that fish from the Rawal Dam hatchery can solve the rising number of cases in Rawalpindi without the use of anti-mosquito chemicals. They’ve been released into ponds and fountains in the hope that they eat larvae from the mosquitoes that carry the virus. Read more … Feed residue from illicit fish farms is threatening the operation of a power station near Manila, reports Philippines news organ The Inquirer. The coal-fired plant, largest in the Philippines, says fish feed is entering its water intake and jeopardizing the area’s electricity supply. Agricultural authorities say fish farmers should keep their cages 400m away from the plant perimeter at all times, but currently many are at a quarter of that distance. In 2008-9 the plant was forced to shut down after typhoon damage allowed fish to escape their cages and swim into the cooling system. 22

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Aquaculture in Trinidad and Tobago will receive a boost after its government announced a $3.6m investment in the industry. The money will be spent on new farms and technology, as well as research and training for the fish farmers of the Caribbean islands. Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj hopes the investment bring some commercial clout to aquaculture in his country. “Approximately 75 per cent of fish farmers can be considered to be subsistence or backyard farmers who, for a number of reasons, are unable to achieve economies of scale and hence commercial and economic viability,” said Maharaj. Read more …

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23/09/13: Aqua museum for Kerela; opposition to New Zealand geoduck farm; dam fish farming in Eritrea Mala in Kerala, India is to get an aqua museum.

Set up by the Agency for Development of Aquaculture, Kerala (ADAK), the museum will serve as a educational facility as well a tourist attraction. The project aims to develop the Poyya Fish Farm into a model traditional fishing village, which will provide an overview of the significant aspects of inland fisheries. Read more... Plans for a geoduck farm off Nelson Island, New Zealand have received strong opposition from existing coastal users. The Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) has asked for one of Emerald Sea Farms to find “a different remote location” for its shellfish farm. Emerald Sea Farms has reapplied for two sites on the island for geoduck farming, with one of the sites fronting the SCRD’s Harry Roberts Park. SCRD believe that the proposed site will interfere with boat traffic and the area’s potential as a forage fish spawning ground. Read more... Fish farming in the dams of at Gash-Barka region, Eritrea is going well according to Dejen Foto, head of fish farming in the Marine Resources Ministry. Fish farming at the dams of Gerset, Fanko-Rawi, Fanko-Tsimu’e and Bademit uses water cumulated in the dams for fish farming in addition to irrigation for farming. Read more...

Salmon farmers celebrate British Columbian aquaculture Salmon farmers in British Columbia, Canada have been celebrating Aquaculture Awareness Week with a host of activities on Vancouver Island.

The annual event is aimed at raising awareness of the industry and also a chance to thank the thousands of hard-working men and women who make the industry a success. “Our members work every day to contribute to their communities – and yet, there are many things people don’t know about aquaculture,” said Mary Ellen Walling, executive director, BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA). “Our goal during this week each year is to focus on building the understanding and pride in one of the key drivers for rural and coastal communities in BC.” 23

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Campbell River and Port Hardy councils have approved proclamations for Aquaculture Awareness Week September 23-27, 2013, following requests by the BCSFA. The proclamations recognise the important role that aquaculture – particularly salmon farming – plays in both communities and the BCSFA’s goal of better educating the public about their members’ operations and opportunities. “As the public awareness aspect of Aquaculture Awareness Week has grown and changed over the years, this week has also evolved into a celebration of the contributions of those who work in our industry and the work they do to support the communities they live in,” said Walling. “Volunteering with search and rescue, raising money for cancer research and supporting the local food bank are just some of the activities our workers are proud to take part in. Aquaculture Awareness Week affords the industry a chance to recognise those employees for that hard work and a chance to say thank-you.” Read more...

New! IAF article: Grinding equipment for aquafeeds

The first article form the September/October 2013 issue of International Aquafeed Joyce Li of Amisy, China looks at the importance of grinding equipment in aquafeed production for different fish and crustaceans. Click to read the full article.

24/09/13: Salmon stress; climate change and fish farming; addressing sustainability in aquaculture

Stress might be the reason why losses is salmon aquaculture are high and why large numbers of salmon do not return to their breeding ground to spawn, according to research by Uni Research AS. The team researched new ways to evaluate salmon’s mental robustness, their ability to learn and react to a new environment. They found that salmon exposed to mild chronic stressors such as being transferred into new tanks can limit their ability to deal with new situations. It’s hoped that being able to identify what causes salmon stress will help improve management to Read more... An increase in aquaculture and marine protected areas could help Pacific countries in the Coral Triangle adapt to climate change according to a report by the Asian Development Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute. The report found that domestic fish production is likely to be slow until 2050 due to climate change. It also warns that Pacific coral triangle countries could become net importers of fish unless there are significant adaptation measures. The findings were launched at a workshop assessing development strategies in response to climate change in Vanuatu. Read more... Aquaculture often comes under fire for its sustainability credentials so it is great to find an article which looks at ways the industry is addressing the issue. This article on GreenBiz highlights five different projects or companies that are cleaning up fish farming. They include innovative technology, new species and industry-led sustainability drive. Take a look. Read more...

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Event: Asian Pacific Aquaculture

“Positioning for Profit” is the theme of the Asian Pacific Aquaculture Conference and Trade Show scheduled from December 10-13, 2013 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The conference emphasizes the need for the whole industry to take a more strategic approach to expansion. Plenary speakers There will be two plenary speakers who will both bring their expertise to the show. Dr Pham Anh Tuan has been deputy director general at the Directorate of Fisheries (D-FISH) of the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi since March 2010. Dr Pham Anh Tuan is an aquaculture expert in various fields such as Aquaculture extension, project design & management, development of aquaculture techniques suited to varying geographic and socioeconomic conditions, aquaculture extension and development as a component of integrated rural development. Dr Pham Anh Tuan has experience in freshwater species such as grass carp, Chinese carp, tilapia, etc. especially on the reproduction cycles and techniques. Dr David Hughes, the second plenary speaker, is emeritus professor of Food Marketing at Imperial College London, and visiting professor at the University of Kent Business School and at the Royal Agricultural College, UK. David is a much sought-after speaker at international conferences and seminars on global food industry issues, particularly consumer trends, and is a strong proponent of building vertical alliances between key chain members in the food industry - farmers, life science and input companies, ingredient firms, food and beverage manufacturers, retailers and food service. A range of sessions Session titles include: husbandry environment, hatchery genetics, molluscs, IMTA, biofloc, aquaponics, lobsters, economics & management, crustacean health, seahorses, crustacean husbandry, recirculation systems, tilapia, tuna, cobia, yellowtail, pangasius, seabass, algae, sustainable development, etc.

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There will be several workshop organised just prior to APA13. The Aquaculture Engineering Society workshop ‘Biofloc Technology’ on December 9-10, 2013 focuses on Bioflocs, Integrated Aquaculture and Disease Prevention. Many more workshops being organised by the APA13 exhibitors are on invitation only. Some very special tours will be set up by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. One tour to Cat Ba and Ha Long will include a visit to the National Marine Broodstock Center and to the Ban Sen Oyster Farm. A second tour includes the visit of several fish cages while the tour to Ben Tre includes the visit of a clam and a shrimp farm and a shrimp hatchery and processing unit. More information on www.was.org or in Vietnamese on www.vienthuysan2.org.vn Email: apa2013ria2@hcm.fpt.vn For trade show info: mario@marevent.com Look out for a full preview of the event in the next issue of International Aquafeed magazine.

25/09/13: Breakthourgh in octopus aquaculture; combined agriculture; Nofima’s R&D course

Aquaculturists have struggled with octopus aquaculture but one company has made a breakthrough and it’s all down to diet. Mayab Molluscks, based on the Yucatan coast of Mexico have managed to successfully rear octopi from eggs. At first, the octopi were given live feeds but the graduated onto a mix of crab and shrimp. Read more... The potential food security benefits of combining aquaculture with other farming is being explored by the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (WECARD) and University of Ibadan, Nigeria. In a pilot project, the team used poultry or pig waste to raise maggots to supplement fish feeding and using a stocked fish pond to cultivate lowland rice. Dr Kolawole Ajani, project coordinator, University of Ibadan, told the Nigerian Tribune that, “the aims of the project include developing viable and sustainable aquaculture with rice and poultry for rural farmers; to ensure integration of livelihood, that is, poultry, piggery, rice and fish farming; to eradicate hunger among small scale farmers”. Read more...

Nofima is collaborating with the University of Tromsø to run a course on management of R&D.

On one hand, the course aims to get the seafood companies to work more strategically with research, development and innovation. On the other hand, it aims to help develop closer contact and interaction between research, industry and funding agencies. The target group is small and medium-sized seafood companies. The course is particularly aimed at managers, mid-level managers and others who have or are intended to have responsibility for research, development and innovation. “The objective is to improve the companies’ ability to run their own R&D activities, and the course will also help to raise the industry’s expertise in commissioning research, so that research funding is spent on research that is even better adapted to meet the industry’s needs,” said Audun Iversen from the food research institute Nofima. More information... 26

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New! IAF article: The potential of microalgae meals in compound feeds for aquaculture

Microalgae has attracted much attention as a potential aquafeed ingredient so we thought we’d take a closer look. One of Simon Davies’ MSc Sustainable Aquaculture Systems students, Nathan Atkinson, weighs up the potential of microalgae meals in compound feeds for aquaculture. Click to read the full article.

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26/09/13: Salmon escape in Canada; meeting the demand for bluefin tuna; migrant workers in Thailand’s farmed shrimp industry As many as 20,000 salmon have escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture farm in Hertimage Bay, Canada after storms currents overturned a cage. Cod fishermen have reported catching some of the salmon and have found dead fish along the shoreline.

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Cooke Aquaculture told the Canadian broadcaster, CBA, that the fish do not pose a risk to the local environment. Read more... The demand for bluefin tuna is on the rise putting the pressure on wild stocks. Unfortunately, attempts for farm the fish have proved difficult on a commercial scale. However, traders in Japan have not been put off and are keen to meet the growing consumer demand with aquaculture. Toyo Reizo Co., an affiliate in the Mitsubishi Corp. group, has purchased tuna fry, which were artificially hatched by Kinki University. The company plans to begin shipment of its Tuna Princess brand this month and estimates it will ship 30 tons of the tuna this fiscal year. Read more...

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This film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EFJ) explores the use of migrant workers in Thailand’s farmed shrimp industry. The country is the world’s largest exporter of farmed shrimp and business is booming. Migrant workers account for a staggering 90 percent of the shrimp workforce. However, strict immigration laws means that many of these workers are in the country illegally. The film investigates the treatment of these workers, many of whom are trafficked and face arduous journeys, and even armed robbery, before enduring abusive conditions in shrimp processing factories. Watch the film...

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New! IAF article: Marine algal polysaccharides: a new option for immune stimulation In the second algae feature in this month’s issues, the team from Olmix write on studies into the suitability of marine algal polysaccharides in immune stimulation in farmed animals.

Nowadays, all animal production is concerned with vaccination. This is an essential technique for the protection of livestock health which, however, entails significant costs for stock breeders. Maximizing the efficiency and profitability of prophylactic vaccination strategies is therefore a major stake. To achieve this, new avenues are constantly explored. One of these concerns is the use of new molecules extracted from seaweeds to help optimize the stimulation of the natural defences of the body and its response to vaccination strategies. Click to read the full article.

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27/09/13: Salmon special: Cooke Aquaculture escape update; feed limits put salmon at risk; understanding the life cycle of sea lice Today we round up the most importnat salmon stories from around the world.

Salmon farming in Canada is a controversial issue so it is not a surprise to hear that the recent escape at a Cooke Aquaculture facility in Heritage Bay, Newfoundland, has become a political issue. Jim Bennett, Liberal Critic for the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Department of Education, has raised his concerns about the incident in a letter to Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Bennett claims that the number is escapees in closer to 50,000 rather than the 20,000 reported by Cooke Aquaculture. If this is true, the escape would be the largest of salmon in Canada since 1999. He also writes about the potential danger of interbreeding and the spread of disease. In a statement on its website from September 24, 2013, Cooke Aquaculture does not mention how many fish escaped. However, the CBC Fisheries Broadcast spoke to Nell Halse, vice president communications at Cooke Aquaculture, about the escape. Halse explains how the incident happened and estimates that between 10,00020,000 fish escaped. The plan now is to try and capture as many of the salmon as possible. However, fishing regulations mean that the company cannot simply go out in boats to try and fish for salmon. Addressing the question of dangers to wild populations, Halse says that the fish not an invasive species and she believes they will not be a threat. Listen to the audio... Feed limits put salmon at risk according to Grant Rosewarne, chief executive New Zealand King Salmon. The company is asking for urgent action on its application to the Marlborough District Council to lift feed limits at its Clay Point fish farm in Tory Channel. Unless they can use more pellets at Clay Point from October to December they will have to starve fish, cull fish or harvest them too small for the market. Rosewarne said the fish need more feed because they are bigger than usual this season and there are greater numbers of fish. Read more... News that sea lice go through various larval stages before reaching adulthood could affect how the pest is treated in salmon. New results from the Institute of Marine Research, Norway have shown that the salmon louse has seven larval stages before it develops into an adult. Previously, nine larval stages have been described. For the aquaculture industry, understanding the life cycle and the number of molts, is important because some of the compounds that can be used against salmon lice infestation are inhibitors of the molting process. Read more...

New! IAF article: Expert Topic: Salmon

The expert topic this issue is salmon. This species is a favourite on dinner plates across the world so we look at how salmon is farmed and fed from Iceland to Tasmania and Scotland to New Zealand (and a few other places in between).

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We also report on the formation of the Global Salmon Initiative with exclusive comment from Ygnve Myhre, CEO, Salmar, and Chris Ninnes of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council. Click to read the full section of articles.

Event: 6th Algae World Asia comes to Bangkok this October to showcase new vistas

The 6th Algae World Asia, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand on October 28-29, 2013, will examine prospects and challenges of high performance chemicals as well as fuels from algae. Value addition in Algae chain has now moved beyond bio fuels to cover a host of high value products for a wide range of applications. Rapid strides in technologies that enable conversion to a wide variety of therapeutic products, proteins, nutrients, colorants and plastics have opened up immense growth opportunities in global algae business.

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CMT’s 6th Algae World Asia brings together leading experts and industry players in algae value chain, to identify, assess, thus evaluate prospects and challenges of high performance chemicals as well as fuels from algae. Dr Jason Pyle of Triton Health and Nutrition will assess commercial models for algae based protein manufacture while Dr Motonari Shibakami (AIST) will analyse breakthroughs in bioplastics from algae. Expert briefings on Dunaliella’s Glycerol production by Professor Ami Ben Amotz, commercial production of Astaxanthin by Dr Oran Ayalon from AlgaTechnologies and Tony Dowd from Asta Supreme, form the backdrop of new avenues in high value products from algae. Novel cosmetic products from algae by Heliae Development LLC and omega 3 enriched oil from algae by Fermentalg SA will provide techno economic insights into these new opportunities.

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30/09/13: Booming aquaculture in Newfoundland; cage culture in Uganda; pro-farmed salmon article causes a stir

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Aquaculture in Newfoundland, Canada is booming. In fact, some people in Harbour Breton say it’s responsible for saving their towns from possible resettlement. However, it’s not all going swimmingly. Gray Aqua is struggling to keep afloat after filing for bankruptcy protection earlier this year and Cooke Aquaculture has also had to deal with ISA outbreaks. So, can this boom continue or is there a new problem round the corner? Watch the video... Ugandan authorities are encouraging fishermen to switch to aquaculture to replenish declining fish stocks.

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Fish is a top export for the country but Lake Victoriaâ€™s fish stocks have been falling for the past decade due to overfishing. The government has enlisted the help of Chinese experts to train fishermen how to raise fish in cages. While other countries have been experimenting with cage culture but Uganda is the first to want to implement it on a large scale. Read more... A pro-farmed salmon article appeared in the Washington Post over the weekend. The writer argues that advances in aquaculture are leading to increasingly eco-friendly salmon which may help shake off farmed salmonâ€™s bad reputation with consumers. The article explores ways in which farmers have cleaned up their act including improved feed, disease control and minimising escapees. However, the article has not been warmly received on all fronts. Commenting on the Huffington Post website, Cheers actor, Ted Danson, said that article is misleading and farmed salmon are not a viable alternative to wild fish. What do you think?

New! IAF article: Understanding ammonia in aquaculture ponds

The danger of ammonia in aquaculture ponds is well documented but practical advice on how to measure ammonia levels is not readily available. Step in Patrick Higgins of YSI, USA (part of the Xylem brand) who writes on the different equipment and methods to measure ammonia levels accurately. Click to read the full article.

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