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Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

Improvement of harvesting and processing of cultivated fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii)
T. C. A. Silvaa, L. S. Arriecheb a,b Federal University of Espirito Santo , São Mateus, Brazil (leonardoarrieche@ceunes.ufes.​br) pdf

Posted on January 30, 2012 by admin

By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
27 January, 2012 – China’s inland fisheries face a grim future due to chronic droughts gripping the country’s major central provinces. As China chases economic growth through investment in infrastructure and manufacturing, the twin pressures of urbanization and industrialization are siphoning the country’s water resources and putting inland fishermen out of work.

Boats have been tied this month on Poyang Lake, the country’s largest freshwater lake, and on tributary rivers in the southerly province of Jiangxi. The water-surface area of the lake shrank to less than 200 square kilometers this … Continue Reading

Posted on January 04, 2012 by admin

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Posted on December 25, 2011 by admin

Shortage in raw pangasius next year

After floods in September, many hatcheries in An Giang, Dong Thap province (the key pangasius farming areas in the Mekong River Delta) are encountering a lot of hardships due to massive loss and shortage of juveniles for restocking. These factors are combining to outlooks for the scarcity of raw material for processing and exporting in the upcoming time. Shortage of pangasius seed According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Nguyen in An Giang Fisheries Association (AFA) who have 2 affected pangasius hatcheries in the past floods said, because of a lack of fish seed in An … Continue Reading

Posted on December 24, 2011 by admin

In late November, Vinh Hoan Corp started the construction of a pilot Collagen workshop in Thanh Binh district, Dong Thap province.

The corp said it will receive small orders first to assess the market demand and improve production technologies before establishing an entire Collagen plant with a total capacity of 1,000MT/year at mid 2012.

Just two days after the inauguration ceremony of the workshop, the executive board of Vinh Hoan Corp decided to establish Vinh Hoan Collagen 5 JSC with the registered capital of VND80 billion, 85% of which belonged to the Corp. The new company will specialize in … Continue Reading

Posted on December 24, 2011 by admin

In recent years, catfish farming areas in the U.S kept being contracted because the U.S. farmers turned their back upon this species due to low profit caused by high feed price. Moreover, this year, the U.S was hit heavily by floods in a number of southern states where are the key farming areas like Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Bases on this trend, Vietnam pangasius exports to the U.S. will continue to achieve optimistic results in the late months of 2011. During last ten months, fish export value to the U.S reached US$34.6 million, up 99.6 percent compared to the … Continue Reading

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

Fri, 23/12/2011
(Seafood.com) Bangkok is returning to normal, as most of the city has seen waters recede and cleanup begin. The city is again welcoming tourists and the markets are open, and there are many bargains to be had, reports the Bangkok Post.

The World Bank estimates the flood will cost Thailand about 1.4 trillion baht ($44.5 million), slashing the country’s economic growth to 2.4 per cent this year. Sandbags are still stacked in doorways, but the city is slowly, surely, returning to its chaotic normal self.

On Monday the Thai cabinet approved a plan to disburse 20 billion baht rapidly … Continue Reading

Posted on December 23, 2011 by admin

As the European Union goes through a difficult period, is seafood becoming the common currency of Europe? Although the Spanish may traditionally enjoy seafood at this time of year there are clear indications that elsewhere in Europe appetite for seafood is rising rapidly and that this consumption reaches new heights at Christmas.
Consumers in the UK are choosing seafood in preference to traditional Christmas turkey according to recent media reports Much of this will be farmed and points to the increasing appetite of consumers to … Continue Reading

Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin

Concerns over polyphosphate and glazing in seafood products

Polyphosphates – how they may affect fish quality?

Polyphosphates are legally permitted additives that are widely used to aid processing or to improve eating quality of many foods, particularly meat and fish products. The main value of polyphosphates lies in improving the retention of water by the protein in fish but their effect is mainly on the surface of the fish through an immersion treatment. Longer immersion time leads to unjustified increase in weight and the risk of flavour or texture deterioration.

Polyphosphate treatment of fish before freezing often reduces the amount of ‘thaw … Continue Reading

Posted on November 18, 2011 by admin

Concerns over polyphosphate and glazing in seafood products

Polyphosphates – how they may affect fish quality?

Polyphosphates are legally permitted additives that are widely used to aid processing or to improve eating quality of many foods, particularly meat and fish products. The main value of polyphosphates lies in improving the retention of water by the protein in fish but their effect is mainly on the surface of the fish through an immersion treatment. Longer immersion time leads to unjustified increase in weight and the risk of flavour or texture deterioration.

Polyphosphate treatment of fish before freezing often reduces the amount of ‘thaw drip’, … Continue Reading