Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Mammals: Interrelationship, Background and Issues
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... in Cairo and Alexandria, where they are sold as "the catch of the day".Egypt has built the largest aquaculture industry in Africa, accounting for four out of every fish farmed on the continent. Egyptian fish farms produced over 650,000 tons of finfish last year, or about 60 percent of the country's total freshwater and marine fish production, providing a cheap source of protein for...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
BRANFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scientist from a consortium of Norwegian marine and aquaculture institutions announced this week that they have generated the first ever draft sequence and assembly of the Atlantic cod genome. The results, presented at the GenoFisk meeting in Oslo, Norway, include a high-quality genome assembly and preliminary annotation of the fish species, completed...
Positive News Media (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
... in the sea that covers 500 hectares or more. It is divided into individual farm plots for various marine aquaculture activities like seaweed farming and fish cage operation. Adora said an investment in mariculture park will be beneficial for the Davao area because it will lead to several other investments. He said among the possible investments that will ensue from the establishment...
