Wednesday, February 6, 2013

06/02/13: Vietnam responds to shrimp subsidy claim; aquaculture apprenticeships and more

Sparsholt College in Hampshire, UK has unveiled its new aquaculture building and launched apprenticeship in aquaculture. The £500,000 Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre was officially opened on January 31, 2013 and will be home to students studying Fish Husbandry and Fishery Management.

Vietnam rejects US shrimp subsidy claim. Vietnamese seafood producers are planning to contest a US Department of Commerce anti-subsidy investigation to see whether the country and six others have been engaged in unfair trade practices. The Vietnamese Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) says that the shrimp industry in Vietnam is not subsidised by the government.

An oyster farm in Marin County, California, USA has lost its appeal to a federal judge to remain open. The judge upheld the decision by
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's not to renew the farm's 40-year lease. The farm is on a 1976 Wilderness designation area meaning agriculture is kept to a minimum.
Official portrait of Secretary of the Interior...
Official portrait of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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