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A regular look inside the aquaculture industry IKEA makes responsibly produced seafood available to over 600 million customers IKEA today announces that seafood sold and served in its stores comes from sustainable and responsible sources. The IKEA commitment to ASC and MSC certified seafood marks the next step towards a wider offer of healthier and more sustainable food. http://bit.ly/1V95pUo
Oceana wins landmark decision that grants access to antibiotics used by salmon farms in Chile In a unanimous ruling, Santiago’s Court of Appeals upheld the illegality claim submitted by the marine conservation organisation, Oceana, and demanded disaggregated information at salmon company-level about the amounts and types of antibiotics used between 2009 and 2013, figures which were denied to the NGO by the Chilean Transparency Council last April. http://bit.ly/1NSJnkC
New Biomin video: mycotoxin risk management Mycotoxins cost the livestock industry billions each year. Harnessing the power of science, the fifth generation of Mycofix® unites three strategies to combat mycotoxins using patented proprietary technology, making it the most scientifically advanced mycotoxin protection available. http://bit.ly/1KAfy27
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GePro celebrates 50th anniversary in style
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ood in the Change - was the theme of GePro's 50th anniversar y celebrations, which took place in the international city of Hamburg. The program consisted of some seven presentations, which turned out to be more of a lecture format from a wide spectrum of professorships from Germany, the Netherlands to Israel and beyond. In fact, the subject matter was equally diverse and not just focused on poultry production and processing, which is at the centre of GePro's range of feed industry products. Bernd Grosse Holthaus, the company’s CEO and sales director welcomed some 80-plus invited delegates to the rooftop conference room that offered views over Hamburg and its harbour.
National television presenter Sabine Stamm moderated the whole day's program, exper tly weaving the presentations together despite their diverse nature. From the need for modern agriculture, a review of poultry production in Europe to pet food developments and farming fish in the desert and other topics of Africa; from cultured meat to a novel approach we should take to sustainability; all captivated an appreciative audience's imagination. The company hosted its gala dinner for over 300 company personnel and invited customers, suppliers and international press on the Saturday in Steinfeld in the heartland of Germany's livestock production region and near its factory north of Hamburg.
Satellite technology puts ‘mussel’ into shellfish monitoring
org), funded jointly by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), will be helping to advance shellfish farming management practices. The project will initially focus on the development of novel satellite monitoring and short term forecasting techniques, which will then be integrated into the first water quality monitoring service for harmful algal blooms and targeted pollution events, specifically for the shellfish aquaculture industry. Changes in water quality, such as the formation of harmful algal blooms, can have a negative impact upon shellfish farms and, in rare cases, can also pose a public health issue through the consumption of contaminated stock. Water quality in and around aquaculture farms in the UK and Europe is currently monitored by government agencies, using a series of tests based on collecting water samples and analysing the flesh of the seafood being farmed. Enhancing current monitoring practises, through the use satellites and weather forecasts, will provide farmers with a cost-effective, near realtime source of information in the form of electronic bulletins, to help manage shellfish harvesting. In turn, this should help minimise potential health.
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team of UK scientists are exploring the use of satellites and meteorological data to monitor and forecast water quality events threatening shellfish farms, for the benefit of the shellfish industry and, ultimately, consumers. The farming or cultivation of seafood, termed aquaculture, is an important worldwide source of protein. As global populations continue to rise at approximately 1.13 percent a year, the expansion of aquaculture is considered key to help provide food security for future generations. In the UK shellfish farming generates £20-25 million turnover each year, with worldwide demand for shellfish is anticipated to grow by five percent a year. This expected growth provides a clear business opportunity for UK shellfish farming. Tools that can provide environmental information directly to farmers will help to continue safe, productive and sustainable aquaculture farming, whilst also helping the industry to expand and meet the nutrition needs of future populations. Now,the two-year ShellEye project (www.shelleye.
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