Sales of veterinary antimicrobials are down across the board, according to a new report from the European Medicines Agency. This will be seen as positive news in the aquaculture nutrition industry, which has made great efforts to develop products allowing fish farmers to reduce their antibiotic usage in line with EU restrictions.
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Legal obstacles to New Zealand fish farmer King Salmon are having a chilling effect on the country’s aquaculture, according to the Marine Farming Association. Citing the risk posed by anti-aquaculture activists both to individual projects and company reputations, King Salmon chief executive Grant Rosewarne warned against the ‘disproportionate’ influence of ‘extreme and minority views’ at the Aquaculture NZ conference held last week.
MFA executive director Graeme Coates was emphatic about the impact of the NZ$10 million lost in the legal process: “What King Salmon has gone through would put anyone else off.”
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Legal obstacles to New Zealand fish farmer King Salmon are having a chilling effect on the country’s aquaculture, according to the Marine Farming Association. Citing the risk posed by anti-aquaculture activists both to individual projects and company reputations, King Salmon chief executive Grant Rosewarne warned against the ‘disproportionate’ influence of ‘extreme and minority views’ at the Aquaculture NZ conference held last week.
MFA executive director Graeme Coates was emphatic about the impact of the NZ$10 million lost in the legal process: “What King Salmon has gone through would put anyone else off.”
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| Salmon Farm in Ruakaka Bay, New Zealand (Photo credit: SidPix) |
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