SPC Pacific-Asia Marine Fish Mariculture Technical Workshop: Farming Marine Fishes for our Future (01/2009)
Tuesday, 11 December 2007 00:00

By Antoine Teitelbaum

 

Marine finfish farming in the Pacific Islands region Rapid advances are being made in marine fish aquaculture. Traditionally, large commercial interests — such as the European salmon farming industry — have taken the lead. More recently, however, the strong market demand in Asia for live reef fish has led to a rapid increase in localised production. According to the FAO State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2004, the quantity of farmed marine fish in Asia is 900,000 mt in Asia, and is 1.5 million mt for the rest of the world These well developed industries pose relevant issues for the Pacific Islands region.

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