At risk In a separate interview, Benson Dakay, president of the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines and chief executive officer of Cebu-based Shemberg corp., said the country s entire seaweed industry is also at risk if seaweed production is not increased to meet the growing demand of processors. Sarmiento said an increase in the farmers profitability is possible through extensive research development, training, cost harvest, market and credit. DA Undersecretary Jesus Emmanuel...

Scarcity of hilsha fish has forced Bangladesh to "temporarily" restrict its export to India and the ban would be revised with the normal availability of the delicious fish in local markets, officials said on Monday. Fisheries department studies earlier suggested that production of hilsha, Bangladesh's national fish has reduced by 60 per cent in two decades. He added that the meeting also decided to restore the export when the price comes down with the normal availability of the fish....

The flip side of the overly hot development of tra and basa farming is that it has caused a serious lack of breed fish, increased prices of food for fish and chemicals. According to the Ministry of Fisheries, tra and basa farming has developed to an uncontrollable rate with the farming density of 300-500 tonnes per hectare, which, as experts have warned, will have bad impacts on the environment. In the province, farmers can produce breed fish and keep parent fish through the winter....

We have more than 3 million people in this county, and many of them like to get out and recreate during their time off. In the next few months I'm going to explore every one of the 22 major freshwater fisheries in the county. We are blessed in this massive county of ours to have 22 freshwater fisheries within a short drive. An accompanying map details the location of these lakes and one pond and shows the incredible size of San Diego County, which stretches 65 miles north to south, 86...

It seems boaters will be racing down the Suwannee River when suddenly in front of them this huge fish shoots high in the air and SPLAT! The paper says Gulf sturgeon can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh up to 200 pounds in a prehistoric looking body covered in sharp, bony plates. The fish just keep biting. It seems boaters will be racing down the Suwannee River when suddenly in front of them this huge fish shoots high in the air and SPLAT! The paper says Gulf sturgeon can grow up to 8 feet...