Sunday, 14 February 2010 21:53
The Financial Express: 12 February 2010
The country's second largest export earning sector, frozen food, is likely to suffer another setback in shipment to the US market as the toxic substance nitro-furan has been detected in a couple of consignments, officials said Wednesday. The Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC in a letter has informed the government of it, warning that if the use of the toxic chemical infrozen food is not checked the market might be lost.
The embassy has sent the...
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 21:51
cna-ecuador.com 2 February 2010
The Shrimp Council wants people to remember shrimp during the Lenten season Shrimp is the top selling seafood in America, and the council says when millions of Americans abstain from meat during the 40-day period leading up to Easter, shrimp is a perfect menu choice at home or out.
The council -- part of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) -- is offering shrimp recipes at the Web site eatshrimp.com. "Besides its great taste and versatility, it's affordable...
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 21:42
fis.com, 21 January 2010
The government is now allowing the import of broodstock and post-larvae of black tiger shrimps (sugpo). Through the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Department of Agriculture (DA) has set administrative orders to cover the import and culture of Penaeus monodon subject to specific conditions.
BFAR’s goal is for the country to develop better-quality and disease-resistant shrimp. "Only shrimp hatcheries accredited by the BFAR shall be allowed to...
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Friday, 08 January 2010 14:27
hinduonnet.com, 31 December 2009
The Aquaculture Authority, a regulatory body for shrimp farms in the country, will send to the Union Government shortly its assessment of the damage to the farms in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the wake of the tsunami that struck them on Sunday.
"We have sought details from the States of the extent of the damage. When the Director of Fisheries of the Andaman and Nicobar administration was here a few days ago, he was told...
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 21:47
TheFishSite, 29 January 2010
The US Department of Commerce has published the final results of the third administrative review on anti-dumping duties on shrimp. While this report was positive for shrimp exporters from India, Ecuador, Vietnam and China, Thailand was given higher duties, Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) sources said here recently.
Shrimp exporters in the US are now expecting results of the review of the International Trade Commission, which is slated to begin this...
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Friday, 08 January 2010 14:54
thenews.com, 20 December 2009
The Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock has initiated a seven-year (2007-13) ‘Aquaculture and Shrimp Farming Project’ at a cost of Rs1.99 billion. Under this project, the government would establish 11 shrimp farms, three at Sindh coast and eight at Balochistan coast. Each of these farms would occupy 10 hectares of land.
Mohammad Moazzam Khan, Chief Executive Fisheries Development Board and Managing Director Marine Fisheries Department, told The News that...
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Friday, 08 January 2010 14:23
thejakartaglobe.com, 18 December 2009
The world’s largest shrimp producer, PT Central Proteinaprima, is working to overhaul its production processes after a year in which output was blighted by the spread of a highly infectious virus and sales were hit by a trade spat with the United States. “We have taken gradual steps toward a recovery in shrimp production amid our multi-dimensional problems, including implementing prudent management in all aspects of the operations,” Erwin Sutanto...
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