25/07/12: Shrimp disease in Vietnam; sustainable aquaculture courses; seafood funding

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• Fresh disease outbreaks strike shrimp farms in Vietnam.  Disease include hepatopancreas caseation disease and white spot disease, probably caused by environmental changes in the summer season, according to the Directorate of Fisheries.   Read more...

• Free sustainable aquaculture course in Ohio, USA.  More information...

• Seafood industry body loses Queensland, Australia government funds.  Read more...

English: This photo shows from top to bottom: pieces of the carapace of an Whiteleg shrimp; a healthy Whiteleg shrimp as harvested (i.e., the animal is dead; size 66, 17 grams); a dead Whiteleg shrimp infected by the Taura syndrome virus (TSV). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)