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‘Peru does not respect horse mackerel fishing allocated volumes,’ warns Sonapesca
The sharp decline in horse mackerel catches worries the Chilean fishing industry, who claims that this situation is due in part to the overexploitation of this resource by Peruvian fishermen. The president of the National Fisheries Society (Sonapesca), Rodrigo Sarquis, warns that
7th International Symposium on Sturgeons
Sturgeon, Science and Society – at the Crossroads: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century. The International Symposia on Sturgeons (ISS) are held at four-year intervals to provide a global platform to assess the progress made in both conservation
AgriMarine Provides Corporate Update
On April 22, 2013, AgriMarine Holdings Inc. announced that Dundee Agricultural Corporation (“Dundee”) had agreed, subject to the approval of the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”), to advance a loan in the principal amount of US$5,000,000 (€3,824,485) (the “Loan”) to the
Aker BioMarine, BioMar Group enter into new delivery agreement
Aker BioMarine and the BioMar Group have entered into a new five-year delivery agreement for Aker BioMarine’s unique QRILL(TM) feed ingredient. Two years ago, the two companies began working together to develop high-performance salmon feed that includes Antarctic krill. The partnering has been
AquaChile leads salmon exports in the first quarter
Chile exported a total of 180,420 tons of salmon in the first three months of this year, a figure that shows an increase of 17.4 percent over the same quarter of 2012, when 153,597 tons were shipped abroad. These exports
Asian Seabass Seed Production Unit Set up in Krishna District
Asian Seabass seed production unit — the first in Andhra Pradesh — in Krishna District, has been sactioned by the National Fisheries Development Board (NFDB). With brackish water aquaculture activity gaining ground in the district, demand for huge quantity of
Australis Seafoods totalled sales for over US$121 million in 2012
Between January and December 2012, the company Australis Seafoods SA produced 35,202 tons of salmon for US$121.7 (€93.565) million. While a year before the firm reached a production totalling 30,082 tons of raw material for US$163.6 (€48.897) million. According to the results of the
B.C. agrees to freeze on new salmon farms in critical zone
British Columbia won’t approve any new net-pen salmon farms in the Discovery Islands before 2020, in line with the Cohen Inquiry’s call for a freeze in that area to safeguard migrating wild sockeye. “We’re taking the precautionary principle as the
Bettas And Friends At Aquarama 2013
Aquarama 2013 is just around the corner (May 30– June 2)…at a brand new venue, the Sands Expo and Convention Center, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Arrangements are proceeding at full speed, with the International Fish Competition promising to be of
BFAR could turn into a separate executive department
A strong lobby will be implemented in the upcoming 16th Congress for the passing of a law that would turn the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) into a separate executive department. Lawyer Asis Perez, BFAR national director, said the bureau
