New Welsh trade body to be launched From Fish Update A NEW association to help Welsh aquaculture businesses improve their competitiveness and achieve international success will be launched at Port Penrhyn in Bangor tomorrow by Welsh Assembly Government Rural Affairs Minister Elin Jones. The initiative to establish the Welsh Aquaculture Producers Association (WAPA) has been led by the Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Research (CSAR) at Swansea University, in liaison with industry representatives and with the support of the Welsh Assembly...

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Shellfish set to soar From Vancouver Province After research into the shellfish aquaculture industry's potential in B.C., the provincial government's Shellfish Development Initiative announced in 1998 the industry has the potential to be worth about $100 million and this could create more than 1,000 jobs in coastal communities. Tillapaugh said new investment in the industry has been slow in coming and a loonie at par with the U.S. greenback has hurt an industry that is dependent on exports to the U.S. With lower profit margins, the...

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Local shrimp grower exports to Indonesia From Saipan Tribune Local shrimp grower Saipan SyAqua Aquaculture exported 125 pairs of broodstocks-or parent shrimps-to one of the biggest shrimp hatcheries in Indonesia last December. Catalma said the China Town shrimp farm exported 250 pieces (125 male and 125 female) of 10-month-old broodstocks to the Southeast Asian country last Dec. 27. Currently, Saipan SyAqua is the only shrimp farm outside of Hawaii that exports Pacific white shrimp broodstock. Aside from culturing broodstocks for export to...

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Aquaculture Development Conference in Atlantic Beach From www.crystalcoastnews.org Imported seafood is a plague that is harmful to the United States economically and is unhealthy for consumption. Most imported seafood you can find at the grocery store or even in restaurants is from Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, and other countries where there are NO REGULATIONS governing the farming of seafood. United States fish farmers and other seafood providers are governed by strict regulations covering nearly every aspect of the aquaculture practice.

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New fish food brewing From Columbia Daily Tribune Fish farming has taken off as the world s catch of wild fish has hit a plateau. We can t support the growth of the aquaculture business using fish to feed fish, said Randy Swenson, CEO of Oberon FMR Inc. The business we re in is fish meal replacement. Oberon is teamed with the Colorado School of Mines and New Belgium to brew up its fish meal replacement at a pilot production plant at New Belgium in Fort Collins. The resulting Jell-O-like goop will be dried into granules and added to fish...

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