<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Aquaculture Pro - 'THE' site for aquaculture professionals]]></title><description><![CDATA[Articles]]></description><link>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright Aquaculture Pro - 'THE' site for aquaculture professionals]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Australian fishing sector looking at a big year]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Despite the cyclone damage, Australia's $2 billion commercial fishing sector is in for a big year.  
  With the drought breaking across much of the country, rivers are flushing huge amounts of nutrients into the ocean.  
  These nutrients provide food for fish, prawns and other shellfish.  
  Col Bishop, from Seafood Services Australia, says many seafood species will thrive.  
  &quot;After all of this rain, I think what you'll see is a few bumper crops coming over the next 12 months, particularly with prawns in the earlier part,&quot; he said.  
  &quot;But also with other fish species, so it's going to do the system a lot of good over the longer term.&quot;  
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:39:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/Oceania/australian-fishing-sector-looking-at-a-big-year-922011/</link><guid>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/Oceania/australian-fishing-sector-looking-at-a-big-year-922011/</guid><author>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:39:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aquaculture soon to supply half of world demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Traditional fisheries may no longer be the world’s most important provider of fish. A new United Nations report shows that fish farming or aquaculture may soon lead fish production.  
  The Food and Agriculture Organization says aquaculture is growing by a rate of 6.6 percent a year.  
  Aquaculture now produces forty-six percent of the world’s supply of fish. That represents a forty-three percent increase from two thousand six. The report also said aquaculture earned more money in two thousand eight than traditional fisheries.  
  The FAO headquarters in Rome published the document, &quot;State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture.&quot;  
  In aquaculture, fish are raised in tanks or small bodies of water called ponds. They also are raised in cages or nets in oceans, lakes and rivers.  
  The report says increased aquaculture has helped people around the world eat record amounts of fish. The FAO says each person ate an average of almost seventeen kilograms of fish last year.  
  But the FAO says the current yearly wild-fish harvest of ninety million tons shows no improvement. Decreasing numbers of fish and stronger catch limits have reduced the possibilities for catching wild fish.  
  The FAO report says about thirty-two percent of world supplies are overfished, depleted or recovering. It said these supplies of fish need to be urgently rebuilt.  
  Some scientists have criticized aquaculture. They say the nets and cages permit fish diseases and pests to spread.  
  Some aquaculture critics doubt that aquaculture can keep growing at the current rate. But Wally Stevens of the trade group Global Aquaculture Alliance says the industry must continue developing to feed growing populations.  
  Mr. Stevens says a one hundred percent increase in fish farming over ten years is necessary to keep providing for people at the current level. He notes that aquaculture creates jobs and wealth, especially for people in coastal areas of China.  
  The FAO reports that China remains the world’s largest fish-producing nation. China produces more than sixty percent of the world’s farmed fish.  
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/europe/aquaculture-soon-to-supply-half-of-world-demand-922011/</link><guid>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/europe/aquaculture-soon-to-supply-half-of-world-demand-922011/</guid><author>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:36:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scottish aquaculture applauded by EU]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham met today with European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki, to highlight Scotland's successful aquaculture industry.  
  Commissioner Damanaki views the growth of aquaculture - fish and shellfish farming - as a priority for the EU, a position shared by Ms Cunningham in Scotland.  
  Scotland is the EU's largest producer of farmed salmon and one of the three top providers of Atlantic salmon in the world, alongside Norway and Chile. Aquaculture is a success story for Scotland, supporting over 6,000 jobs and producing 144,000 tonnes of product in 2008-09, worth an estimated £434 million.  
  Speaking after the meeting, Ms Cunningham said:  
  &quot;I had a very constructive dialogue with Commissioner Damanaki, who recognised Scotland's key position within the EU as a leader in aquaculture - in terms of the quality of our farmed fish produce, innovative marketing and leading research.  
  &quot;Scotland has developed a thriving aquaculture industry. Beyond salmon, Scotland's most valuable food export, we are expanding production of mussels, trout and oysters. Scotland is also leading the way in developing other farmed species, such as halibut.  
  &quot;Farmed fish are an essential way to meet the increasing global demands for fish and seafood. Indeed, in the EU only 40 per cent of demand for seafood can be met from current European production. Therefore, it's more important than ever that European aquaculture is able to grow sustainably, while Scotland is well placed to grow its aquaculture market within the EU.  
  &quot;In Scotland we have developed a strategic and responsible approach to the management and planning of the fish farming industry. This expertise means we can make an important contribution to developing the industry across the EU and informing future EU policies.&quot;  
  Aquaculture is a growing industry, helping to underpin sustainable economic growth in rural and coastal communities in the Highlands &amp; Islands. In 2009 there were 1,043 fish and shellfish farms in Scotland.  
  Growth of the aquaculture sector has averaged 4.6 per cent per annum from 2000-2009. In 2009 it included £412m for Atlantic salmon, £6m from rainbow and brown trout, £0.5m from halibut, £7m from mussels, and £1.4m from other shellfish.  
  The sector, as a whole, provided over 6,000 jobs in 2009. Salmon cultivation provided 963 on-farm jobs, with a further 850 directly related on-shore jobs and an estimated 4,500 jobs in downstream processing. Cultivation of trout and other finfish provided 197 full and part-time jobs with a further 320 jobs in processing; shellfish cultivation provided 345 full and part-time jobs.  
  Roseanna Cunningham, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, met with the Fisheries Commissioner at the European Commission in Brussels. She also held a meeting this morning with Connie Hedegaard, EU Climate Action Commissioner, to call for the EU to set more ambitious climate change targets.  
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:35:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/europe/scottish-aquaculture-applauded-by-eu-922011/</link><guid>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/europe/scottish-aquaculture-applauded-by-eu-922011/</guid><author>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:35:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities for aquaculture in Michigan]]></title><description><![CDATA[  Increasing interest in local food means there's opportunity for expansion in Michigan's relatively small aquaculture industry, including the possibility of converting unused buildings in Detroit for raising fish, the director of state Department of Agriculture said Tuesday.  
  Keith Creagh spoke at a meeting of the Michigan Aquaculture Association in Tustin, about 45 miles south of Traverse City, and met with fish farmers who gathered for the event. He told The Associated Press in a telephone interview afterward that his department is interested in working with the industry to help it expand.  
  &quot;There's great opportunity to grow some of our aquaculture species locally, process them locally,&quot; Creagh said.  
  In Detroit, there have been early discussions about using space in old buildings to raise tilapia, he said. Fish are already being raised in other cities. In Milwaukee, for example, former pro basketball player and urban farmer Will Allen has developed a fish farming system in which lake perch and tilapia are raised in water that also circulates to feed plants. Creagh had no details on plans in Detroit but said fish farming presented &quot;a great opportunity.&quot;  
  &quot;Maybe we could sell that in some of the local markets in Detroit,&quot; he said. &quot;Those are the types of things that we can get pretty excited about, because it puts jobs plus a new food supply.&quot;  
  The Detroit mayor's office said Tuesday it wasn't aware of any current discussions about the idea.  
  The meeting at the 4-H Kettunen Center conference and retreat facility was focused on opportunities in Michigan for aquaculture, which includes fish farming in natural and manmade bodies of water. Creagh said there is optimism and excitement about prospects for the industry, noting the state's abundant freshwater resources and climate that's good for raising cold-water species.  
  Dan Vogler, president of the Michigan Aquaculture Association, said industry has been growing worldwide but generally has been stagnant in Michigan over the past decade with revenues estimated at about $5 million per year. He said that could double or quadruple in the next decade, but the state needs to evaluate its aquaculture regulations to ensure they make sense.  
  &quot;The growth potential is there. The market potential is there,&quot; said Vogler, 42, whose family owns Harrietta Hills Trout Farm in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. &quot;It's time to fish or cut bait, and get something moving.&quot;  
  Creagh's appointment by Gov. Rick Snyder took effect at the start of the year. The department is being renamed the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to reflect a broader mission, and that name change takes effect next month.  
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:21:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/north_america/opportunities-for-aquaculture-in-michigan-922011/</link><guid>http://www.aquaculturepro.com/north_america/opportunities-for-aquaculture-in-michigan-922011/</guid><author>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:21:00 +0000</author><comment></comment></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishery villages to be relaunched]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The fishery villages program will be re-launched and the fishery population will be given better houses, said Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne. He said under the new program action would be taken to make available playgrounds, children’s parks and other requirements of fishery children. By now, the Minister said, plans had been drawn up to construct 4000 houses for homeless among them.  
  The Minister further said that more than 70,000 families had been given the membership of fishery organisation within a period of only four months.  
  The President had allocated 4 billion rupees in 2010 to improve the quality of the fishery industry.  
  The Fisheries Minister said that he had planned to do away with the malnutrition among the people by the end of the year 2013.  
  Nishantha Mutuhettigama and Mohan Silva MPs and Ceynor Managing Director Ujith Anuradha and the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer Premasiri Perera were among those who were present on the occasion.  
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