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Welcome to the Aqua KE Government Documents Library
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Has salmon farming outgrown itself?
March 31, 2008 (The Daily Telegraph)-- LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Salmon farming seems always in the news, disadvantageously.
This is embarrassing for Scotland where in the 1970's it was identified as the successor in remote regions to North Sea oil, and steadily subsidised by Government.
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Aqua Bounty Tech, Stirling Products agree strategic tie-up in Chile Salmon market
February 4, 2008 (Forbes.com) -- LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc said it has entered into a strategic tie-up with Stirling Products North America Inc for an exclusive option to distribute ProVale, a highly bioactive disease management beta glucan product for salmons, in Chile.
The biotechnology company focused on enhancing productivity in the aquaculture market said it will manage the required field trials and that it will test ProVale as a replacement for antibiotics in the diets of farmed salmon.
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NOAA and the USDA Want Public Comment on New Aquaculture Feeds Initiative
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are partnering on a new initiative to speed up the development of alternative feeds for aquaculture. According to their announcement, the "purpose of the initiative is to identify alternative dietary ingredients for aquaculture that will reduce the amount of fishmeal and fish oil contained in aquaculture feeds while maintaining the important human health benefits of farmed seafood."
Learn more about the aquaculture feeds initiative by downloading a copy of the notice from our collections.
NOAA and the USDA are encouraging all to submit comments before February 29, 2008.
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Aquaculture farm expansion wins OK
December 12, 2007 (Providence Journal) -- Jeffrey Gardner’s request to add 2 acres to his 5-acre aquaculture farm on Winnapaug Pond in Westerly won unanimous approval from the Coastal Resources Management Council last night despite objections from Westerly Town Solicitor Steven Hartford and some of the property owners around the pond. Read the full story.
Free market aquaculture benefits the fishing public
December 12, 2007 (The Salt Lake Tribune) -- Brett Prettyman's Nov. 29 anti-free enterprise attack on Utah's private aquaculture industry and Rep. Mike Noel demands a response. Read the full story.
Many blast plan for offshore fish farming
December 12, 2007 (AP) -- A federal proposal to open the Gulf of Mexico to offshore fish farming was blasted by fishing and environmental interests. They are worried about such things as disease, pollution and the economic toll the plan could have on that region's commercial fishing operations. Read the full story.
Fish 'farms' could break import dependence
December 8, 2007 (The Times-Picayne) -- It's being hailed as the solution to America's dependence on imported seafood: industrial-scale fish farms in the open ocean, capable of putting red snapper and grouper on every dinner table in the country. Read the full story.
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Aquaculture Rules Intended to Blunt critics' Complaints
December 2, 2007, Newport News, Va. (AP) -- Escalating conflicts between the people who work the waters and those who are drawn to the shore have given rise to rules to govern the growing aquaculture seafood industry.
Aquaculture is the practice of growing oysters or clams in cages, racks or trays placed in rivers and creeks. Demand for their products has grown, resulting in disputes between growers and boat and property owners.
Last week, the Virginia Marine Resources Commission approved criteria that will guide where shellfish growers can place the protective enclosures. First stop will be Steven G. Bowman, the VMRC commissioner, who will have say over permits.
Read the full story here.
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U.N.: Aquaculture must grow to meet demand
November 20, 2007 (UPI) -- Aquaculture may be the only way to meet future demands for fish as the global population increases, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome said.
The addition of 2 billion people to the worldwide population by 2030 means fish farms will have to produce 85 million tons of fish per year just to keep up with demand, the FAO said in a news release. The organization said roughly 48 million tons -- or 40 percent -- of fish currently consumed worldwide are the product of fish farming, or aquaculture.
Read the full story here, or browse our collection of related fish farming documents.
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NOAA's Ten-Year Plan for Marine Aquaculture Released
NEW!!! -- NOAA's Ten-Year Plan for Marine Aquaculture can now be found in the Aqua KE library. Released on October 30, 2007, William T. Hogarth, NOAA's Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, says the ten-year plan will "guide NOAA as we work to establish marine aquaculture as an integral part of the U.S. seafood industry, and as a viable technology for replenishing important commercial and recreational fisheries." Check out the full plan here.
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EPA Targets Fish Farms With Permits
November 12, 2007, BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Federal environmental officials have a new permitting process designed to cut down on pollution that trout farms and other aquaculture producers discharge into the Snake River. Click here for the full story.
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