23/08/2013: Assessing EU aquaculture production; fishery and aquaculture delays in Bulgaria; coriander-fed fish

Global consumption of seafood has risen dramatically over the last decade, due to a growing population, increased affluence and changing eating habits - many now see seafood as a healthy alternative to meat. The EU is the largest single regional importer, with many of its imports coming from Asia.

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With the aid of European and Asian researchers, the European Union (EU) has funded a EUR 5.8 million sustainable aquaculture initiative.
 

The Sustainable Trade in Ethical Aquaculture (SEAT) project has been developed as a result of a worldwide increase in seafood consumption, an ever increasing population, changes in eating habits and higher salaries.
 
The initiative has been joined by several small business stakeholders from Thailand, China, Vietnam and Bangladesh. 

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Delays in Fisheries and Aquaculture operations could spell a BGN 22 million loss for Bulgarian fishermen.

"So far we have agreed about 87% of all the money, but only 32% of it was actually paid," Valentina Marinova, deputy minister of agriculture and food stated on Bulgarian national television.

The lack of payment is mainly due to regulation issues relating to absorption of EU funds.

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Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan and the Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Canada, are currently studying new methods to improve the fatty acid composition of farmed fish. 

In a paper published in the Canadian Journal of Animal Science, the researchers documented the effect of dietary coriander and vegetable oil in rainbow trout. 

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Global consumption of seafood has risen dramatically over the last decade, due to a growing population, increased affluence and changing eating habits - many now see seafood as a healthy alternative to meat. The EU is the largest single regional importer, with many of its imports coming from Asia.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-sustainability-aquaculture-production.html#jCp

Global consumption of seafood has risen dramatically over the last decade, due to a growing population, increased affluence and changing eating habits - many now see seafood as a healthy alternative to meat. The EU is the largest single regional importer, with many of its imports coming from Asia.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-sustainability-aquaculture-production.html#jCpBulgaria could lose about BGN 22 million because of delays in the Operational program Fisheries and Aquaculture. So far we have agreed about 87% of all the money, but only 32% of it was actually paid, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Valentina Marinova stated on the Bulgarian National Television.

One of the main reasons of the lack of payments is that there are problems with the implementation of the regulations under the various laws relating to the absorption of EU funds.

Global consumption of seafood has risen dramatically over the last decade, due to a growing population, increased affluence and changing eating habits - many now see seafood as a healthy alternative to meat. The EU is the largest single regional importer, with many of its imports coming from Asia.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-sustainability-aquaculture-production.html#jCp

Global consumption of seafood has risen dramatically over the last decade, due to a growing population, increased affluence and changing eating habits - many now see seafood as a healthy alternative to meat. The EU is the largest single regional importer, with many of its imports coming from Asia.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-08-sustainability-aquaculture-production.html#jCp

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