Namibia: Seafood Value Addition Report Launched From AllAfrica.com Charles Tjatindi Swakopmund The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources yesterday launched a Value Addition Report on the seafood industry. Increasing global demand for seafood, as well as consumer trends towards higher demand for value-added products, have put focus on the operations of the industry and the products it produces, the report says. There are also significant spin-offs to support sectors for the fishing industry, such as market research, introduction of more sophisticated...

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AM Best Affirms Ratings of Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance ... From Reuters The company writes business through its network of international branches and maintains a significant position in most of the markets in which it participates. SMMI further enhances its business profile through the use of its technical expertise and, in respect of aquaculture business, its in-house risk manager, Aquaculture Risk Management Company. Best Company is a global full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial and health care service industries, including...

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Closing date for Scottish aquaculture competition looms From Fish Farmer Magazine Organised by Lantra, the Sector Skills Council, the Aquaculture Learner of the Year award will recognise and reward outstanding learners in the sector at a ceremony in February 2008. Sid Patten, Chief Executive of the trade body Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO), added: The hunt for the top aquaculture learner is a wonderful opportunity for companies to increase motivation in their already hard-working employees. The Aquaculture Learner of the Year will then compete with 14 other...

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Time course deposition of conjugated linoleic acid in market size ... From www.sciencedirect.com CLA supplementation increased ( P 0.01) myristic, palmitic, palmitoleic and total saturated fatty acids, and decreased oleic and eicosenoic acids in both tissues. Supplementing the finishing diet of heavy pigs with CLA has thus shown to be an effective tool for increasing the CLA content in cured ham and, also, the saturated:unsaturated ratio of the lipids, a positive effect from a technological point of view. Dietary CLA did not affect significantly the activity of the lipogenic enzymes...

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NOAA 10-Year Plan for Marine Aquaculture, October 2007 From www.thefishsite.com/ Babcock and Quinn Weninger, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University - Declining salmon prices, due primarily to expansion of farmed salmon production, have reduced revenues for Alaska s wild salmon fisheries by roughly 62 percent over the past 10 years. Babcock and Quinn Weninger, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University - Declining salmon prices, due primarily to expansion of farmed salmon production, have reduced revenues for Alaska...

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