Shellfish News - Issue No. 23, Spring/Summer 2007

• Issue No. 23, Spring/Summer 2007 (PDF, 5.61 MB)

Contents

Articles

• Management and sustainability of inter-tidal shellfisheries in SW Wales
• Identification of specific sources of faecal contamination within shellfisheries
• Developing and understanding the use of pre-biotics in lobster culture
• Tides bring feeding bonanza to Menai Strait mussels
• Freshwater pearl mussel restoration
• The Australian stud oyster – a thoroughbred
• Status and perspectives of the aquaculture industry in Chile
• Going native at Seasalter shellfish
• Shellfish, the omega-3:6 balance and human health
• Shelf-life of whole, unprocessed crabs

Announcements

• Fal oysters are an international hit
• Tackling the threat of invasive non-native species
• Scottish consultation on alien species
• FAO database on alien species introductions
• Code of Practice for Shellfish Aquaculture
• New rules on the health of farmed fish and shellfish
• EU aquaculture update
• SMILE launched
• A new map of UK seas
• Lobster stock conservation
• New European laboratory for food contact materials
• Scottish shellfish help put Waitrose on the map
• Marine Conservation Society recording scheme
• Irish aquaculture report
• Bonamia confirmed in Lough Swilly oysters
• News from Lantra
• Agency name change

News from Seafish

• Shellfish report

News from the Trade Associations

• SAGB
• ASSG

Monitoring Reports

• The FSA’s radiological monitoring programme: naturally-occurring radionuclides in shellfish, 2000-2005
• Biotoxin monitoring programme for England and Wales: 1st April 2005 to 31st May 2006
• The UK Bonamia & Marteilia sampling programme 2006

Research News

Shellfish in the Press

Information File

• Where to get help and advice
• Useful Publications