tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146383072011-12-22T14:59:50.811-08:00Aquaculture and Aquaponics for the year round production of fresh food. Issues of fish farm industry development. What is this industry? Why do we need it? How common is this type of farming? Comments and Opinions.Robert Freemannoreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14638307.post-92106537855297947482011-11-15T13:18:00.001-08:002011-11-15T13:24:16.535-08:00

Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 - FAO publication releases. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of FAO published seven technical documents on aquaculture which are of global relevance. These documents can be found at this link. The FAO states that these Regional Reviews and the Global Synthesis can be of pertinent use to national governments, regional organizations, policy

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To better define and provide information on aquaculture and aquaponics, I have begun a new blog that will focus on the topic of Closed Loop Aqua Farms. Where land based aquaculture is integrated with aquaponics and other farming methods designed to make maximum use of resources and farming bi-products. The new blog is titled Closed Loop Aqua  Farms. It can be found at this link I will continue

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A recent story in the Globe and Mail titled: The big challenge in making farmed shrimp safe to eat, states that Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), continues to find illegal substances in samples of shrimp imported from Thailand.  The story by JESSICA LEEDER — Global Food Reporter, in Monday’s 2010-11-22 globe and mail also points out that recent sample checks, by the CFIA on Thai imports

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Hi Folks, Could you pass the following link on to friends. There will be several more in the series. However this one is important as it shows the storm damage that placed 230 people out of work and did so in less than 24 hours. The building you see was a shrimp processing plant where 230 people worked each year in order to make some sort of a living... which was seasonal at best. This plant

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Loblaws a Canadian food chain that boasts it is the country's largest buyer and seller of seafood, as begun introducing its sustainable seafood drive in 18 stores before a national rollout. The grocery giant's goal is to sell only sustainable seafood by the end of 2013. Shoppers are already encountering some empty trays at some Loblaw fish counters. The empty trays contain signs pointing out

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An article in the Vancouver Sun Jan 28, 2010 states that B.C. has slapped a moratorium on issuing new finfish aquaculture licences and won't accept new applications for shellfish aquaculture, the province announced Thursday. The move follows a court decision on Tuesday in which the B.C. Supreme Court granted an extension to the transfer deadline for finfish aquaculture to federal regulation

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Aquaponics use in sustainable fish and plant farmingThis post provides a quick review of the NorthernAquaFarmsCom recently updated web page containing an introductory article that describes aquaponics in simple terms. The Following is an exert from the article: Modern day aquaponics is essentially the rebirth of age old practices to farm vegetables, herbs and fish in a self contained eco-system.

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Over 3000 years ago peoples in Asia began to practice poly culture, a process development in which they successfully learned how to recycle agriculture wastes to improve the yield obtained by farming a secondary source of protein( yet eventually equally or more important than the initial crop), that protein source was fish. Now let us go further back in an effort to explore the role of fish as

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Here is a great picture and memory: After a good night’s sleep, you awake to a great sunny morning and reflect upon the wonderful relaxing experience that you enjoyed last night. The memories of that great meal you shared with your special someone rests in your mind. The feeling of comfort and closeness you discovered, over the candle light casting shadows at your secluded table while soft music

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A new report by an international team of researchers, published September 07 in the online edition of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), states that Aquaculture now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally. Once considered to be a fledgling industry not so long ago, "Aquaculture is set to reach a landmark in 2009, supplying half of the total fish and

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It is my humble opinion that the practice of aquaculture in Manitoba is still regarded as a fishing industry sector. This needs to be undone. Aquaculture isn’t a term that should be misunderstood, yet it is. The Aquaculture Industry isn’t a flash in the pan, limited cycle, and limited opportunity hair brained make money fast scheme. It is a very productive fast growing sector of agriculture that

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New aquaculture program to start in August.I am always on the look out for news relating to Aquaculture. I also have a self admitted fondness for reading about new things or events that demonstrate an educational improvement.Recently I read a news story in "The coaster Online" and here is what I think.First off, It's good news that the Keyin College will be offering it's first ever Aquaculture

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Toady I had a chance to check out the new website of Aquaculture Conservation and Management Service (FIMA)FAO. Here is part of their new release"""Wednesday, 23 May 2007GISFish is a brand new Web site of the Aquaculture Conservation and Management Service (FIMA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and a number of collaborating institutions.It is evident there are many

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I often receive requests for information on Aquaculture in Manitoba. Many requests are from persons wanting to research the business potential of fish farming as an alternative or supplementary form of agriculture or as a stand alone business. The following provides a quick overview of Aquaculture in Manitoba while proving links to further resources.Aquaculture, or fish farming, has been

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Report:KINGSTON, R.I., March 9 (UPI) -- U.S. residents are eating four times as much salmon as they were 20 years ago, most of it imported farmed salmon.Researchers at the University of Rhode Island found that the value of wild salmon caught in the United States and Canada dropped from $800 million to $300 million between 1980 and 2004, the Providence Journal reported. In 1980, only 2 percent of

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I spent time lately reading many of the arguments "pro and con" that that seem to pop up when Aquaculture is the topic. Numerous opinions have been expressed and there doesn't appear to be a shortage of media attention in certain areas. That robust activity is welcome. It exists in discussions of any industry or of any practice. As educated consumers we are entitled to review information, decide

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Sustainable seafood firm adds cod brandby Jennifer Whitehead Marketing 24 May 2006LONDON - Johnson Sustainable Seafoods is launching a fresh fish brand called No Catch ...Just Cod, targeting ethically aware, health-conscious shoppers.No Catch, which will be available in Tesco from 29 May, comes from the world's biggest cod hatchery in Shetland. The fish are fed offcuts of fish already harvested

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David DeKokOne of the larger and more successful commercial fish farms in the northeastern U.S. might be forced to shut down its operations on the Susquehanna River. PPL Corp. needs to build cooling towers for its power plant at Brunner Island, where Susquehanna Aquaculture also is located. The fish farm thrives because it gets free hot water from PPL. So if the company must move, it cannot

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I have always been a supporter of small scale aquaculture farms used by family farmers to grow their own fresh fish for personal consumption or for sale. Fish farming can provide additional income to suplement that of an existing agriculture farm or it can be established as a Hobby Type part time business.Fish farms have been established using ponds or with tank systems constructed in existing

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Commercial fishing is a valued industry in Manitoba. For over 100 years, Manitobans have been commercially harvesting fish. With over 100,000 lakes that cover approximately 17% of its surface area Manitoba has plenty of fish habitat.The majority of commercial fish production comes from Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba however numerous other smaller lakes are also fished.NorthAquaFarms.com just

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Posts here are usually focused on aquaculture and aquaponics farming with opinions on the fish industry and fishing. However thanks to requests from visitors I realize that we need recipes after all fish are grown to be eaten.Here is a page of seafood recipes that also has links to information on how to pick fish - seafood for good quality and how to store it. Check it out!My Favorite Fish and

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Northern Aqua Farms has updated the Aquaculture information tour section with additional resource material and a new prsentation style.Snip of content:Fish Farming is a versatile and flexible industry encompassing a wide range of methods designed to meet various needs and to fulfill different purposes. Hatchery production of young fish to restock lakes, streams and oceans is a form of aquaculture

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Things are progressing in finding solutions to developing more environmentally friendly feeds for use in Aquaculture. Feeds with more vegetable based ingredients, leading to further reductions in fish meal and fish oil requirements.Just found this interesting story by Megan Ogilvie, Special to The Star.(April 14, 2006) - A browse through the seafood section of your local grocery store may soon

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The words Health and Seafood are often used to describe the human health benefits derived from eating Seafood. But, this post is different it’s about “the health of the seafood supply”."Can the Oceans keep up with the Hunt?" is a documentary about the exhaustion of fish populations due to over-fishing. The film reported that the overall catch has been decreasing since the 1980's due to more

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HighlightsA crowd estimated at about 4,500 gathered near Stockholm, Sask., 85 km south of Yorkton on March 24 to witness the largest single-owner farmland auction ever held in Canada. Eighty-three quarter sections of land and all the equipment needed to farm it (as well as a large amount of rented land) were sold....With the amount of land and equipment that was being sold, people came from far

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The Discovery Channel says its program last year, Deadliest Catch, on the king crab fishery in Alaska was the most successful series introduced in ten years. So naturally they want a repeat. The new series, with the same name, starts on 9 Pm Tuesday March 28. In this new series the film crews accompanies king crab boats fishing in the fishing for the first time under a quota based fishery. The

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Researchers say they have created cloned piglets that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, the oil that is prized as being beneficial to the heart.A team led by Yifan Dai of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Medicine transferred into foetal pig cells a gene called fat-1 that had been identified in a well-studied lab animal, a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans. A worm that fish eat.

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Many people are starting to use simple easy to build low cost aquaponics systems to grow fish, veggies and herbs at home. It can be a rewarding and relaxing hobby, one that also produces great tasting food in a sustainable manner without using artificial fertilizers or pesticides. These mini sized eco-friendly aqua farm units can be built as a “do it yourself” project and a family activity that

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In what has to be unprecedented stand for a Newfoundland fisheries Minister, Tom Rideout said that Fishery Products International is being investigated for illegally shipping whole unprocessed flounder out of the Province.The Newfoundland and Labrador government plans to charge the company for sending yellowtail flounder to China for processing, the fisheries minister said Tuesday.The company

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From Farm Credit Canada AgriSuccess Express news letterby Kevin HurshIn its 2006 budget, Manitoba has eliminated all provincial taxes on pure biodiesel produced within the province. This more than doubles the province's tax incentive to spur biodiesel production.The province is no longer collecting the road tax and provincial sales tax on pure biodiesel that meets the American Society for Testing

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Much of what we read in the mainstream media today, concerning Aquaculture and the issues of sustainability is generally focused upon large scale farming activities. Without arguing the pro’s and con’s of large scale aqua farms (that’s a topic for another discussion) I feel the need to point out that small scale family farming or even subsistent aquaculture activities are often overlooked by the

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Aqua Farming and Seafood are two subjects I enjoy writing about. When I write about one subject it usually leads to thinking about the other. So in order to do a better job on each I decided to focus this blog on Aquaculture and Aquaponics and to use a new blog for the Seafood subjects. The new blog is titled Health and Seafood. It is also located on blogger.com The first real post is called My

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Grill it, poach it, broil it, bake it. Any way you cook it, fish really is brain food. Not only that, but according to research, also food for your heart, prostate and more. Fish, particularly fatty fish, is an excellent source of the Omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Omega-3 has been shown to be beneficial to our health in a myriad of ways. The

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Lindsay RoystonFrom the November 21-December 4, 2005 Issue of Canadian Business MagazineIf you don't have a Newfie accent and walk into any of the bars on George Street in downtown St. John's, it's a safe bet a bartender will dare you to kiss a codfish. If you pucker up and throw back a shot of Screech, you will qualify as an honorary Newfoundlander. It's a small but telling example of how,

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I often get requests for additional information on Aqua Farming. Many people wanted particular reports and related articles. To better help visitors in thier search I set up an online library of freely available documents and reports.The access page is located at This LinkAt that like you will find numerous topic specific reports that you can view online or download. I will update the resource

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Aquaculture does offer good potential for financial returns, it can be a rewarding business and one you can be be proud of. Like any other idea, your business size and scope has to suit you and your resources, to have the best chance for success. Always do your homework first and plan your business, then work your plan.Aqua Farming can be undertaken on a full time or part time basis. Many

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Recently Updated: A series of arcticles about aqua farming linked together in a page tour format. The tour covers topics relating to Aquaculture, industry history, farmed species, sustainable methods, design technologies and other subjects. I have been asked many times, the question What Is Aquaculture? I am often tempted to answer "It means farming fish" that answer wouldn't be wrong, but it

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A topic of considerable discussions and opinions, not all of which are based on facts, indeed some appear to be based largely on junk science. This is my starting post in a future series of posts presenting reference studies, articles and good science publications relating to Aquaculture. From Experience: Fish Farmers are necessitated to become good stewards of the environment, the nature of

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My experiences raising Arctic Char in land based farms using tanks and raceways, with groundwater supplies and water recirculation aquaculture systems, have been positive overall. I have been what you may call a Charr fanatic since the early eighties and most of my experience has been hard won. The road to now has had its share of bumps and even a couple of cliff sized falls. There have

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Also known as "Fish Farmers" or "Fish Farm Workers", Aquaculture Technicians are the front line and the core workers responsible for maintaining fish farms and in ensuring proper husbandry of the farms livestock.Technicians raise and harvest fish, shellfish, and plants in fresh or salt water. The fish and plant life they grow are sold for food or used to replenish wildlife stocks for recreational

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Aquaponics is the growing of plants and fish together in a polyculture farming system, where each crop complements and maintains the other. Aquaphonic systems are intended to consistently supply fresh herbs, vegetables and fish without the use of chemicals or man made fertilizers. This zero waste food farming method is suitable for small scale home use or larger commercial farms.Aquaponics is

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Points to consider based on experiences in the Prairie Region of Canada. Dec 19 2005 Recent times have seen an increased interest in Aquaculture as a potential opportunity for farm diversification; this renewed interest is encouraging and worthwhile. Much of this new interest is at a grass roots level where individual family farms are actively seeking alternate forms of agriculture and new

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IntroductionThe search for alternative crops and sustainable food production methods to augment or substitute for traditional resources can a challenging undertaking. Many factors are involved in the decision making process including research, feasibility study and review of the social and economic considerations.One alternative food production industry that has developed rapidly over the last

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