The Catfish 2010 study is the third investigation of the industry by the National Animal Health Monitoring System. This study is a broad look at management, production, and health practices across the various facets of the catfish industry, including breeding, hatching, and foodsize-fish growout. Part 1 focuses on the breeding and hatching components of the industry.

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during August 2011 was 100,492 tons, up eight percent from August 2010, and up 16 percent from the previous month. Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 92,282 tons, up seven percent from the corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 8,210 tons, up 17 percent from the corresponding month a year ago

Production increases for soybeans, rapeseed, sunflowerseed, and cottonseed are only partly offset by lower peanut production, according to latest WASDE report

U.S. ending stocks are down 42 million bushels to 672 million, as high prices maintain a stocks-to-use ratio near 5 percent. World corn ending stocks are boosted this month as foreign production responds to sustained high prices. The U.S. share of world corn trade is projected to fall below 50 percent for the first time in 30 years

Dutch Harbor-Unalaska, Alaska and New Bedford, Mass. are top fishing ports

The health benefits of fish are widely publicised but the healthy attributes of bivalve molluscs have not received the same attention

Sector’s emphasis on spot sales of fresh product adds to industry cyclicality

Atlantic salmon prices have come down drastically over the last couple of months and have still not stabilized. The market is nervous with buyers hesitant to commit

Sustainability is a must for Nile Perch. The increase this year in the availability of cod and other whitefish fillets will definitely affect the market of Nile perch

In sharp contrast to 2010, catches during 2011 have improved considerably, in particular during the second quarter as the season in Chile and Peru got under way

Combined world production of fishmeal fell sharply last year caused by declining catches in producing countries in South America. By region, fishmeal output fell back 27% in South America whereas European production bounced upwards by 39% thanks to higher catches in Norway in particular

Through August 31, 2011, purse-seine landings of gulf and Atlantic menhaden for reduction in thousands and for 2010 and 2006-2010 five-year average for equivalent time)

The value of salmonids production increased by 13 per cent to $369.1 million in 2009–10, to surpass rock lobster as Australia’s highest earning fisheries product, according to Australian fisheries statistics 2010, released today by ABARES.The higher value for salmonids was underpinned by higher production in the aquaculture sector, more than 95 per cent of which is in Tasmania

The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River (Canada) resumed its evidentiary hearings in Vancouver August 17, after a summer recess. Hearings will continue until the end of September, with final submissions expected in November 2011. Aquaculture discussions began August 25 and will continue until September 8, 2011. Daily reports and Live Audio Stream

Aquaculture has flourished in the central region of Viet Nam in recent years, but is now encountering several problems, including a shortage of shrimp fry and polluted groundwater from inadequate waste treatment

Many groundfish stocks seem to be recovering from years of overfishing. In the USA, for the first time in many years, scientists say that there are signs that stocks are becoming increasingly healthy, Globefish repots

Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during July 2011 was 86,736 tons, down 10 percent from July 2010, but up 12 percent from the previous month. Foodsize catfish feed delivered totaled 80,905 tons, down 10 percent from the corresponding month a year ago. Feed delivered for fingerlings and broodfish totaled 5,831 tons, down 11 percent from the corresponding month a year ago

A press release announcing a report by Don Staniford, "Fish Farmageddon – The Infectious Salmon Aquacalypse - Judgment Day Beckons in British Columbia" has been circulated

Online version now available for download from NACA

The first survey-based forecasts for corn and sorghum sharply reduce this month’s outlook for 2011/12 U.S. feed grain production. Harvested acres and yield are reduced this month for corn, resulting in a projection for the third-largest corn crop on record, falling behind the 2007 and 2009 crops