Controversial Nova Scotia Aquaculture Sites OK'd

Saint Marys Bay near Digby could be home to as many as two million farmed salmon following government approval of two controversial aquaculture sites. Cooke Aquaculture of Blacks Harbour, N.B., has received federal and provincial environmental approvals for the farms, part of a planned $150-million expansion that could create more than 400 jobs in Nova Scotia.

Global Aquaculture Alliance Envoys To Address GOAL 2011 Conference

Representatives of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, the world’s leading standards-setting organization for farmed seafood, will visit Santiago, Chile, June 20-23 to promote the upcoming GOAL 2011 conference on aquaculture seafood. The conference is co-hosted by the Chilean Undersecretariat for Fisheries and SalmonChile, and sponsored by ProChile and a variety of international companies.

Record Levels Of Deadly Toxin Found In Alaska Shellfish

Toxic levels in shellfish are anything more than 80 micrograms of toxin per hundred grams of shellfish meat. Baby mussels taken May 25, 2011, at a boat dock in Ketchikan had toxin levels estimated at over 30,000 micrograms per hundred grams of shellfish meat.

Catfish To Surpass Shrimp As Vietnam's Top Seafood Export

Speaking at the Vietnam Catfish – Strategic Vision 2015, held to discuss export trends and Vietnam’s competitive advantages in fisheries, they said the prediction was based on export growth of the two items in the last 15 years, global demand trends, and customers’ preferences in main markets. Last year catfish exports were worth US$1.48 billion while shrimp fetched $2.1 billion.

Preferred Freezer Services Instrumental In Helping To Recover Stolen Shrimp

Preferred Freezer Services swift action in communicating a missing load of frozen shrimp was key in helping to recover the entire inventory of product for its customer. Immediate action informing its seafood customer network about specific details of the stolen product stalled efforts long enough to recover the load.