Shellfish News - Issue No. 18, November 2004

• Issue No. 18, November 2004 (PDF, 2.4 MB)

Contents

Articles

• UK shellfish research and development - the big picture!
• Seafish provide funding support for aquaculture research and development
• Maerl: its value as a nursery habitat for commercial species
• C-MAR workshop celebrates a decade of success
• First long-line experiences at the German North Sea coast
• French oyster and mussel trade show
• Application of liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to detect lipophilic shellfish toxins
• Toothpaste from shrimp shells (continued)
• Seafood can help tomatoes grow
• Freshwater prawn farming in Bangladesh: how cultivation is financed

Announcements

• UK microbiological laboratories undertaking shellfish testing
• The 3rd workshop of microbiological National Reference Laboratories,
• ISS Rome, April 2004
• New group set up to advise on food safety
• New organisation established to develop aquaculture research in Scotland
• Integrated research to improve aquaculture across Europe
• A new fund to support sustainable fisheries and diversification
• New protection for Galloway shellfish stocks
• LANTRA receives five-year ‘licence to skill’ UK’s aquaculture industry
• Seafish marine farming unit becomes SAMS Ardtoe
• Lobster notching programme
• Addendum – acknowledgements

News from Seafish

• Seafood awards gather pace

News from the Trade Associations

• SAGB
• ASSG

Monitoring reports

• The marine biotoxin monitoring programme for England and Wales: April 2003 – March 2004

Shellfish production

• Shellfish production in the UK in 2003
• World shellfish production
• Shellfish production in Jersey in 2003
• Shellfish production in Ireland in 2003
• UK shellfish imports and exports in 2003

Research News

Shellfish in the Press

Information File

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