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Shellfish News - Issue No. 24, Autumn/Winter 2007

Contents

Articles

  • Shellfish Industry Development Strategy 
  • Further Bonamia research work in Cork 
  • Developments in bottom mussel cultivation, mussel seed supply and management
  • Prevalence of Brown Ring Disease in Manila Clams from Poole Harbour
  • Could locusts be developed as an alternative to mice for PSP toxicity testing?
  • Advancing shellfish toxin monitoring
  • Using sediment to help map Alexandrium distribution in UK coastal waters
  • Lobster escape hatches in Selsey
  • Non-native crayfish in the UK
  • Sanitary surveys in shellfish production areas in England and Wales
  • Would F+ Bacteriophage be a more reliable indicator than E. coli of pathogen risk in bivalve shellfish after sewage spill events? - a case study

Announcements

  • Sixth meeting of the laboratory network
  • Alien species in aquaculture - new EU rules
  • Shellfish farming and the new aquatic animal health directive
  • World Bank Report
  • Shellfish Classification
  • Organic shellfish standard recognised by Defra
  • The Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967
  • News from the FAO
  • News from LANTRA 

News from Seafish

  • Funding for industry projects awarded 
  • Utilising shellfish waste
  • Scallop database to be created
  • Research into shellfish transportation
  • Expert help to navigate food legislation

News from the Trade Associations

  • SAGB
  • ASSG

Monitoring Reports

  • Biotoxin monitoring programme for England and Wales: 1st June 2006 to 31st March 2007
  • The Food Standards Agency's Radiological Monitoring of food in 2006

Shellfish Production

  • Shellfish production in the UK in 2006
  • Shellfish production in Ireland
  • World shellfish production
  • UK shellfish imports and exports in 2006

Research News

Shellfish in the Press

Information File

  • Where to get help and advice