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I think Canadians need to get their farms cleaned up--better train their farm workers-- and work on their bio-security and especially on their public relations.  This is one example of things turning…

I've always thought of Madagascar as a rather exotic paradise, but truth is---although it's climate is tropical--it is an economically depressed island.  

Today I ran across some nice information about an aquaculture revival in one of their villages.  For years, local…

               Amazing this was ever permitted!                             Ecouterre article on Fish Pedicures…

A potential market for Aquaculture Insurance services

Shrimp culture in Mekong Delta, Vietnam, which yields 98% of national shrimp production, is the main income source for those of millions of households in the area. The sustainability of this sector thus becomes a major concern not only for local farmers but also for the government. The increase of damages caused by both controllable and uncontrollable factors such as disease outbreaks, degeneration of seed animals, and…

Nghinh Ong (Whale Worshiping) is one of the biggest festival

in Vietnamese Mekong Delta coastal provinces.

The people here, especially fishermen, respect Whale as a protective God,…

In Vietnam, Mekong River Delta is home to 13 provinces and cities, 17.3 million people, of which approximate 85% lives on agricultural and aquaculture activities (General Statistics Office, 2005). The region produces and supplies 90% of national rice exports and nearly 60% of the country's total export turnover from fishery products.

The economic development, however, still relies on natural resources, particularly agriculture, fisheries and forestry. Such dependence raised conflicts…

Was thrilled today as I read this story in our Honolulu Star Advertiser newspaper about D.R. Horton-Schuler, a large housing developer, who is now adding aquaponic ponds for edible fruits and vegetables into the landscape design for their numerous housing projects.   Wow.  If all the builders around the world would do the same, we could make major progress towards increased awareness of ---food security--- the benefits of aquaculture & aquaponics---and…

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Bivalves are much appreciated worldwide. However, they can concentrate contaminants present in the surrounding seawater. To prevent bacterial associated diseases and other hazards, regulatory controls have been implemented in several countries.

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The Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) in Taiwan is involved in many, many different aquaculture projects--ranging from microalgae all the way up the food chain to groupers and tuna.  

This center consists of several branches, including:

• Freshwater Aquaculture Research (opened almost 100 years ago)
• Mariculture Research
• Coastal and Offshore…

About one stop permitting for aquaculture in the USA and examples of how it is done.

www.onestophelp.state.mi.us/wiki/Aquaculture_Facility_Registration_and_Permit



was set up in 1996 and was cited on page 370, Chapter 18  : Conditions for Establishing Aquaculture Production Sites in OECD Countries in  the  Paris, April 2010 OECD proceedings on Advancing…

A week ago, Japan Aquaponics installed their first school system in Yokohama International School - much to the delight of the Year 4 kids who helped us to put it all together and set everything up!  YIS already has a small system running in their cafeteria courtesy of another one of our first client... their chef... and because of that, about a month ago we visited the school and gave a series of classes to about 100 of the children and staff.   …

In New Brunswick, Canada, researchers are trying to help ocean mariculture by reducing the cage "footprints" of fish waste that settles to the bottom and can be detrimental to the area.    As mariculture farmers feed their fish in enclosed areas---their waste products naturally settle to the bottom or are dispersed in an area around the cage.  This is known as an "environmental footprint" ---the area around or under the cage impacted by fish waste.…

The following piece originally posted in Portugese, was posted 4 hours ago on FACEBOOK by AcuaculturaAmericana (aquaculturaamericana@groups.facebook.com)

For further background related to issues of water shortages and pollution we offer the following recent article from the New York Times:…

The sad state of our oceans, and the high price of seafood-- is once again highlighted by today's news flash that Darden Restaurants, the parent company of the Red Lobster chain of restaurants---is planning the world's largest lobster farm.  Where will this farm be located?  In Malaysia---where regulations are loose and labor is cheap.  The "spiny lobster"…

Aloha Hub  Members, here is a video of an aquaponics operation in Mililani on the island of Oahu. It is a good video and talks about aquaponics and its social benefits and what you can expect as an owner. 

Let me know what you…

The world's wetlands provide a critical ecosystem that if removed---impact many species in surrounding areas.  In southern spain, those wetlands were drained.  That drove away many species of birds who did not have food readily available.  Other species which depended on those birds, also disappeared...typical ecosystem disaster.  

But wait... they were saved.  How?  By…

I found it interesting that one day after I posted a blog about making your own fish feed, a nice fish farmer in Kenya posted two videos demonstrating how in their region, they are using locally available ingredients.  Hope you're interested in seeing how they did it... I didn't know that Taro leaves might make a fish feed ingredient...…

This article appears in today's(4/3) EnergyGuardian 

Barry Raleigh is former Dean of UH SOEST.

Guest Column: Algae in the tank? A response to Newt Gingrich

By C. Barry Raleigh

In another quest to answer a question from one of our ATOLL students using internet research, I ran across another really interesting dilemma for some fish farmers.  Any of you hubbers ever had some neighbor's plants blow into your tank or pond and kill your fish?Ever had a fish kill you couldn't explain?  Well..read on..

I guess I'd never considered that some types…