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Bangladesh- As a result of low yields of shrimps and prawns in the country, processing plants are running below 80 percent of their capacity.
The Daily Star reports that currently, local frozen fish processors receive only 18 percent of required raw materials against a minimum processing capacity of 265,000 tonnes per annum. This fact was revealed at a seminar on increasing shrimp production,a joint effort by Bangladesh Frozen Foods and Exporters Association ... Read more » |
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Several pangasius fish breeders have suffered heavy loss due to price fall in recent days in the Mekong Delta.
A kilogram of pangasius fish fetched only VND18,000-19,000 on June 29, leaving breeders with a loss of VND3,000-3,500. < ... Read more » |
 This is a picture of the newly discovered species, Alburnoides manyasensis The newly described species Alburnoides manyasensis, belongs the large carp family Cyprinidae that includes freshwater fishes such as he carps, the minnows, and their relatives. This is the largest fish family, and more notably the largest family of vertebrate animals, with the remarkable numbers of over 2,400 species. Cyprinids are highly important food fish because they make the largest part of biomass in most water types except for fast-flowing rivers. The genus Alburnoides is widely distributed in Turkey in rivers and streams of basins of the Marmara, Black and Aegean seas, being absent only fr ... Read more » |
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NORWAY - New research sheds light on how the interaction between salmon and the Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) virus develops and spreads in fish. The findings may also be of interest for influenza research in general.
ISA was first discovered in Norway in 1984 and is still a serious threat to aquaculture. Disease outbreaks usually start in one cage and spread gradually over weeks and months to neighbouring cages. The disease can not be treated, causing large losses. The disease must also be reported to the OIE. Maria Aamelfot has, as part of her doctorate, studied the disease. She has exami ... Read more » |
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BANGLADESH - For the ethnic minority Adivasi communities of Bangladesh, the enduring effects of the Adivasi Fisheries Project (AFP) are still being felt, three years after the project ended, reports the WorldFish Center.  During
the project, fish production increased five-fold, fish consumption
nearly quadrupled and the average household income for members of this
vulnerable population improved significantly, far outstripping project
expectations. Many of the nearly 3600 households that participated in
the project are still using the aquaculture techniques that they
learned, and others in the community have also adopted the practices. |
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Two new species of cichlid fish from Lake Victoria are described by
biologists from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Research Department
Marine Zoology) and the Institute of Biology Leiden (Section Integrative
Zoology), the Netherlands. One of these species is named in honour of
Tijs Goldschmidt, author of Darwin's Dreampond. This book, published in
nine languages, describes the dramatic extinction of hundreds of cichlid
species in Lake Victoria in the 1980s due to the introduced Nile perch
and other human induced environmental changes.
 In 1985, Leiden biologists made a survey in the Tanzanian part of the lake, with an old ferry as floating lab, to establish the status of the rapidly declining cichlids. During this expedition Tijs studied the egg spots on the anal fin of cichli ... Read more » |
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Researchers in Norway have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates
among lobster larvae under farmed conditions. This could boost
populations of a species threatened in the wild. In the early 1950s the Norwegian wild lobster catch amounted to about 1000 tonnes per year. Today this figure has been reduced by 95 per cent. This drastic decline has resulted in the release of juvenile lobsters as part of sea-ranching programmes. The animals come from Norsk Hummer AS' facility at Tjeldbergodden. The company has been working for something over 20 years, together with SINTEF among others, to find the best system of farming this unique species. Heat is the key ... Read more » |
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PHILIPPINES - A project to identify Nile tilapia ‘super strains’ in the Philippines will help to increase the living standards of poor fish farmers and consumers, create new employment opportunities and provide food security across the nation. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
is the most cultured freshwater fish in the Philippines, and the
tilapia industry provides valuable income and an affordable source of
animal protein for the growing population, including many of the 30
million people that FAO estimates depend on agriculture and fishing for a
living. |
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MYANMAR - A $2 million project to improve rural food security and livelihoods in Myanmar through the development of fisheries and small-scale aquaculture was officially launched last week by WorldFish and the Myanmar government Department of Fisheries. The
Myanmar government estimates that the fisheries and aquaculture sector
employs over 2.6 million people full and part-time, and increasing
productivity, efficiency, sustainability and equity in the fisheries
production system has the potential to benefit millions. |
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The earbones, or 'otoliths', help fish to detect movement and to orient
themselves in the water. Otoliths set down annual growth rings that can
be measured and counted to estimate the age and growth rates of fish.
"Otoliths can form the basis of new techniques for modelling fish growth, productivity and distribution in future environments," said Dr John Morrongiello of CSIRO's Wealth from Oceans Flagship, lead author of a paper published online in Nature Climate Change November 28. "They are widely used to support fishery stock assessments, and are beginning to be used to measure and predict ecological responses to ocean warming and climate change. "Any change identified in growth and age maturity, especially of commercially-important species, clearly has implications for forecasting future stock states and ... Read more » |
