Welcome
to 2013. I hope your new year is getting off to a flying start. We're
as busy as ever and have lots of exciting events in the pipeline.
Let's start with a look at the news...
- India looks towards environmentally sustainable aquaculture. A draft aquaculture policy submitted to the government recommends the use of modern technologies such as GIS and GPS. Other proposals included in the report include the establishment of demonstration aquaculture farms, broodstock banks and live fish markets, an aquaculture crop guarantee fund to compensate farmers hit by natural calamities and Green certification for ornamental fish farming. Read more...
- Cadiz University, the Andalusian Aquaculture Technological Centre Foundation and Spanish biotech firm, Bionaturis, are starting up a new project to develop better oral vaccination programs in fish farms. “We will develop vaccines and other types of treatment to be administered orally in a safe and efficient way for some of the main pathogens that currently affect aquaculture,” said Ana de las Heras, who will supervise the project. Read more... For more information about fish vaccines, take a look at this International Aquafeed article by Kathy Taylor of Salmovac.
- I predict that integrated multitrophic aquaculture systems (IMTA) will gain greater exposure and discussion in 2013. The idea of growing several products - be if fish, shellfish, or crops- in the same place saves both space and resources. This article on how academics in Costa Rica are developing methods of growing plants such as tomatoes and lettuce on lakes is a fascinating read. Check it out here
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