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"It is truly an honor to serve as chairperson of the 12th INFOFISH World Tuna Trade Conference & Exhibition 2012. I look forward to discussing global macro-economic trends and their impact on our industry as I kick off this premier industry event.
I hope that my fellow leaders and colleagues in the tuna industry will join me for what promises to be the most important gathering of the year as we discuss sustainability, mergers & acquisitions within the industry, global market conditions, and many other timely topics this May."
IN-SOO CHO,
PRESIDENT AND CEO STARKIST CO., USA |
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NEWS UPDATES
Beans as replacement for soya and fish meal
A simple low-cost bean, the faba bean, could replace imported soya and fishmeal used as feed for salmon, pigs and poultry. A consortium of scientists and industry partners has been awarded funding of
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Fast growing prawn developed
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) scientists have helped develop a prawn that grows 25 per cent faster than other cultured strains. Researchers from QUT’s Faculty of Science and Technology hav
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The tsunami – counting the cost
The fisheries industry in Japan was severely affected by the earthquake and massive tsunami in March. The earthquake of magnitude 9.0 occurred at 14:46 JST Friday, 11 March 2011 with epicentre located
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Ready-to-cook seafood meal
Lyons Seafoods, one of the UK’s leading seafood suppliers, is introducing a new range of chilled, ready-to-cook seafood meals. Central to this launch is the core consumer insight that, despite years o
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Survey on environmental toxins in crabs
For the first time, the level of environmental toxins and heavy metals in crabs from all along the Norwegian coast is to be analysed. The analysis will be done by the National Institute of Nutrition a
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Algal biotoxins testing services in the pipeline
The Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), the foremost provider of algal biotoxin analysis for regulatory bodies in the UK, plans to extend its existing commercial shellfish
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MARKET UPDATES
USA: Shrimp Market
Producers of farmed shrimp in many countries supplying the US market are concerned that a big part of their crops could not find a strong solution (in terms of sales) during this season. While the
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Japan: Shrimp market update
Good trading is observed at wholesale in preparation of December/January celebrations. Demand has improved from the restaurant trade while supermarkets have lined up their seasonal promotional camp
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Three PNA countries close their waters to foreign fishing vessels
The PNA (Parties of Nauru Agreement) reported that three of its member countries have taken a step to close their waters to foreign fishing vessels in order to maintain sustainable tuna fishing lim
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High demand for live food fish
Demand for high value live food fish such as grouper will be peaking up from this month up to January next year. Lavish banquet dinners at expensive hotels and restaurants serving grouper and othe
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Japan: Shrimp demand improves
Consumer demand for shrimp has improved during late June as the working class has more disposable income through the mid-year bonus. Inventories along the distribution chain are low for vannamei, s
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Shrimp prices have shot up in the US market
Today's offer price for black tiger shrimp has shot up by USD 15-20 cents per kg for most of the sizes . Packers in south Asia report strong buying interests from US importers .
Meanwhile in
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GRP Vol. 102 Ornamental Fish Trade
The ornamental fish sector is a small but vital part of
international fish trade. It contributes positively to rural development in many
developing producing countries, and in the major markets for ornamental fish,
the retail value is many times that of its trade value with a positive impact
throughout the valuechain. The sector presents numerous challenges to operators,
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endangered species.Demand is linked to the health of the overall economy, adding
to the cyclical nature of the industry. The report presents an overview of
production, trade and markets for ornamental fish species. It provides extensive
information on import regulations and requirements |
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Current trends in the market show that 2012 will see an overall increased demand for fish, while prices will also continue to rise, in spite of the economic slowdown and speculation of depressed demand from the EU. FAO statistics predict that the per capita fish consumption will continue to increase from the present 17.1 kg to reach 17.9 kg in 2020. Another interesting projection is the disproportionate rise in prices of fish from capture and aquaculture, fish from aquaculture registering a higher price increase compared to fish from capture fisheries.
New technologies and new commodities will continue to play a role in the sustenance and growth in production and development of new fish products. Energy efficient processing and freezing units, new species like cobia, a fast growing fish in culture, trials and experiments on tuna production in captivity, etc are some of the new promising technologies to enhance aquaculture production. Similarly, increased production of sea weeds will add to the overall growth of aquaculture. Aquaculture production is expected to become the third largest protein producing industry after poultry and pork and is expected to reach 80 million mt by 2020. The growth in the sector is expected due to the fast rate of technological advances taking place in animal husbandry, breeding and genetics, and feed formulation, including work on animal protein substitution with protein of plant origin in feed.
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