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- - EU - By 2050 the global population is set to reach nine billion people and worldwide demand for food, feed and fibre is forecast to increase by 70 per cent. To thrive in that context, economies will need to use natural resources in a far more efficient manner.
- - RUSSIA - The volume of Russian market fishery products in terms of value now stands at about 480 billion rubles. In the next five years this can be doubled, predicts the general director of "Northwest fishing industry consortium" (SZRK) Dmitry Denezhkin.
- - EUROPE - Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki has met with representatives of the European Transport Federation.
- - SRI LANKA - Steps will be taken to double the inland water fish harvest by 2013, said Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Minister Dr Rajitha Senaratne.
- - IRELAND - Simon Coveney, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has launched a public consultation process on how to harness the potential of Ireland's vast marine resource to tap into a Trillion Euro global market for marine products & services (including seafood, tourism, shipping, oil and gas, renewable ocean energy and new applications for health, medicine and technology).
- - INDONESIA - Fishing in Cilacap waters, Central Java, has slowed dramatically due to bad weather.
- - US - New England fisheries can blame catch shares for revenue consolidation and underfunded stock surveys, said Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food & Water Watch.
Articles and Market Reports
- - The increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2 are making the oceans more acidic, according to a European research report.
- - With salmon prices reaching extraordinary highs last year, Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor speaks with Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of Marine Harvest to get a global market outlook.
- - While fishmeal is favoured by farmers because of its protein content, other protein sources are challenging its place as an animal feed.
- - The herring has much to learn from potatoes and coffee when it comes to marketing and developing new products, according to Audun Iversen, Research Scientist at the food research institute Nofima
- - Management of the goliath grouper, the largest member of the seabass family, has become an intensely debated issue in recent years. The University of Florida has been looking at the most recent science-based information on the biology and ecology of goliath grouper relevant to management issues.
- - The shrimp market is on the rise despite the difficult global economic situation, reports the FAO's Globefish.
- - Many in the aquaculture industry are dependent on fishmeal, according to the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
- - The Australian seafood industry plays an important role in employment. This study looks at current employment information in the seafood industry and highlights the need for more transparent data and available information on employment, education and training.
- - FAO has published technical guidelines on the use of wild fish as feed in aquaculture to support sections of FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) addressing responsible fisheries management and aquaculture development. The objective of these guidelines is to assist those concerned to ensure both aquaculture growth and equitable and sustained use of available fish stocks.
- - Broad concern and confusion about antibiotic use on farms have been expressed by the general public and policymakers, according to a white paper published from the 2011 National Institute for Animal Agriculture Symposium Proceedings on Antibiotic Use in Food Animals: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose.
