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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
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2013-07-04
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Several pangasius fish breeders have suffered heavy loss due to price fall in recent days in the Mekong Delta.  | | Workers process pangasius fish for export at a plant in Dong Thap Province (Photo: SGGP) |
A kilogram of pangasius fish fetched only VND18,000-19,000 on June 29, leaving breeders with a loss of VND3,000-3,500. <
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2013-07-03
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 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
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2013-03-11
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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
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2013-03-11
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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.
Despite
its fertile floodplains, numerous communit
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2013-03-10
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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
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2013-01-05
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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
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2012-12-23
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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.
About to enter its second year, the project entitled Evaluation of Nile Tilapia Strains for Aquaculture in the Philippines
is lead by WorldFish in partnership with, the Freshwater Aquaculture
Center from Central Luzon State University (FAC-CLSU) and the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources -
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2012-12-23
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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.
Project
leader Dr Gareth Johnstone from WorldFish says that the first step of
the project is to gather information and data on the state of fisheries
and aquaculture, and confirm the importance of fish for income and food
in Myanmar.
"The numbers that we have from the government show
that fisheries a
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2012-12-23
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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
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2012-12-11
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