Shellfish News - Issue No. 17, May 2004

• Issue No. 17, May 2004 (PDF, 3.2 MB)

Contents

Articles

• Farming the native ‘flat’ oyster
• Spat collection in native oyster ponds
• The BST longline oyster system
• Non-native oysters in Chesapeake Bay, USA
• A brief guide to aquaculture grants & funding
• Shellfish studies at C-MAR
• A virus infection in European brown shrimps (Crangon crangon).
• Toothpaste from shrimp shells
• Supplementary guidance for laboratories undertaking the testing of live bivalve molluscs
• Sewage discharge improvements in the Solent and their effect on the shellfishery
• The relationship between phytoplankton and algal toxins in shellfish, Fal Estuary UK
• ASP ELISA – a validated rapid assay for the determination of ASP levels in shellfish

Announcements

• New Shellfish Water Designations announced
• Publication of strategy unit report
• “Net benefits: a sustainable and profitable future for UK fishing”
• LANTRA Newsletter
• SEAFOODplus – Seafood for health and well-being
• New organisation to support Cornish Seafood
• UK microbiological laboratories undertaking shellfish testing
• Crown Estate to fund shellfish monitoring in Shetland

News from Seafish

News from the Trade Associations

• SAGB
• ASSG

Monitoring reports

• The marine biotoxin monitoring programmes for Scotland: April 2003 – March 2004
• The 2003 Bonamia and Martelia sampling programme

Research News

Shellfish in the Press

Information File

• Where can I get help or advice?
• Useful Publications