A draft of the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards for mussel farms is now available for public comment. The deadline to submit comments is June 8, 2013.
The BAP mussel farm standards address social and environmental responsibility, food safety, animal welfare and traceability. They encompass various mussel species and all production systems for mussels.
The addition of BAP mussel farm standards represents an important advancement for the BAP program, as it expands the number of species covered by the third-party certification program. The mussel farm standards will be used as a template for broader mollusk farm standards that cover other commercially important species, including clams, oysters, scallops and abalone.
The Penang Aquaculture Breeders Association (Penkua), in cooperation
with the Fisheries Department, will set up a RM100 million aquaculture
industry zone in Penaga, Malaysia.
The project will involve merging 19 local aquaculture
companies which will become the main investor in the 200-hectare
zone.
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The BioMar Group is to build new feed trial unit at one of its factories in Pargua outside Puerto Montt, Chile. The R&D facility, which will consist of 148 tanks spread between three recirculation systems, will be the largest of its kind in Chile.
Given the complexity of modern feeds, the demand for significant amounts of feeding trials is growing among feed manufacturers.
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| Vista de Angelmó,Puerto Montt - Chile (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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