SEAT Global

Posted on May 15, 2012 by admin

Article from SEAT’s Anders Dalsgaard and Jesper Claussen (UCPH Copenhagen) in the second largest danish newspaper, “Politiken”" on Friday 4th May. The article puts forward the need for certification, but not only an environmental certification, but a more covering certification scheme that is visiable and reliable to the consumers and other stakeholders alike (Link to SEAT’s EAFI index). http://seatglobal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Fisk-mærkningsordning-Debatindlæg-i-Politiken-4-maj-2012-A3_1.pdf

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

Indonesia: Aquaculture feed prices rise

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

Video Netherlands Verhaal van de Pangasius

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

SEAT at the Brussels Seafood Show

Partners from the SEAT project attended the recent Brussels Seafood show including the two interns Doug Waley and Thao Van Nguyen. David Little , Francis Murray and Jimmy Young from Univ of Stirling had discussions with a variety of Asian and European seafood buyers and sellers whilst also solliciting feedback on the SEAT project’s development of the Ethical Aquatic Food Index EAFI .

Posted on April 28, 2012 by admin

Farmers asked to stop breeding shrimp to stop disease

VIET NAM
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 15:40 (GMT + 9)

Authorities in Vietnam’s Mekong delta provinces of Tien Giang and Ben Tre are requesting that shrimp farmers pause the breeding of baby shrimps to stop any incidences of disease.

Trinh Ngoc Minh, deputy head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Tien Giang, believes that delaying the breeding of a new school of shrimps will slash the chances of any spread of disease.

Tien Giang’s People’s Committee is targeting organisations and farmers that raise white-legged and tiger shrimps. Authorities want … Continue Reading

Posted on April 23, 2012 by admin

Posted on March 13, 2012 by admin

A key function of the SEAT project is to engage with SMEs and facilitate their participation in aquaculture value chains and we are keen to work with SMEs with potential in this area.  Please find attached bimonthly bulletin aimed at raising awareness of opportunities for SMEs in global aquaculture value chains and within our project.
Please find our first SME bulletin here

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

The SEAT Project through support and facilitation from Struan Stevenson’s office is offering 2 short 2 Week Internships

These will involve shadowing the Senior Vice President of the European Parliament Fisheries Committee and Member of the European Parliament Struan Stevenson during the visit of the Vietnamese Fisheries Minister to the Brussels European Sea Food Show (23rd April 2012) in order to develop an assessment of the outcomes of the visit. The interns will also be involved in developing … Continue Reading

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

New SEAT video: Now over 50% of EU seafood is imported from outside Europe with european consumers increasingly eating farmed fish, shrimp and prawns from the rapidly growing Asian Aquaculture sector.

The EC funded FP7 SEAT project is studying this increasing trade into Europe of aquaculture products from 4 Asian countries China, Vietnam, Thailand and Bangladesh, right along the value chains from input suppliers, producers, processors, through market chain, regulators, food service sector … Continue Reading

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

The SEAT Thailand Team attended and exhibited at the Thailand Shrimp Farmers Club East Thailand Annual Expo 28-29th January 2012. SEAT State of the System Posters summarising the SEAT projects initial survey work on the production and market and value chains of cultured Shrimp and Tilapia in Thailand were shown and also piloted with a questionnaire to a critical and discerning mainly commercial audience. The SEAT Team were also in discussions with several exhibiting commercial input supplying companies regarding potential Action Research … Continue Reading