Reference Material
- Salmon Report The Great Salmon Run: Read the full report >PDF
Choose the chapters you want to read >http://www.worldwildlife.org/trade/salmonreport.cfm - UN Report on Aquarium Trade 2006: UNEP report on the global trade in marine ornamental species, with a chapter on corals. http://www.unep.org/PDF/From_Ocean_To_Aquarium_report.pdf
- Nutrient Relationships In Seafood: Selections To Balance Benefits And Risks. Click here for more information.
- Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks. Click here for more information.
- USDA 2005 Aquaculture Census
Table 1. Value of Aquaculture Products Sold by Type, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 2. Summary of Aquaculture Products Sold by Species and Size Category, United States: 2005
Table 3. Summary by Value of Aquaculture Products Sold - United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 4. Freshwater and Saltwater Acres Used for Aquaculture Production, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 5. Sources of Water Used for Aquaculture Production by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 6. Methods Used for Aquaculture Production, by State and United States: 2005
Table 7. Food Fish Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 8. Food Fish Production and Sales by Species, by Size Category, by State and United States: 2005
Table 9. Sport Fish Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 10. Sport Fish Production and Sales by Species, by Size Category, by State and United States: 2005
Table 11. Baitfish Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 12. Baitfish Production and Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005
Table 13. Ornamental Fish Production and Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 14. Crustacean Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 15. Crustacean Production and Sales by Species, by Size Category, by State and United States: 2005
Table 16. Mollusk Sales by Species, by State and United States: 2005 and 1998
Table 17. Mollusk Production and Sales by Species, by Size Category, by State and United States: 2005
Table 18. Miscellaneous Aquaculture by Type, by State and United States: 2005
Table 19. Percent of Aquaculture Product Sales by Point of First Sale, by State and United States: 2005
Table 20. Aquaculture Products Distributed for Conservation, Recreation, or Restoration Purposes by Species: United States: 2005
Table 21. Aquaculture Products Distributed for Conservation, Recreation, or Restoration Purposes by Species: by State and United States: 2005
Table 22. Farm Employment and the Annual Payroll Associated with Aquaculture Production, by State and United States: 2005
- 2007 National Sea Grant Law Center Grants Program. Click here to read more.
- FAO - State of World Aquaculture 2006. Click here for more information.
- RAS Shrimp Production at Oceanic Institute. Click here to read more.
- NYC Professor (Martin Schreibman) Promotes Urban Fish Farm. Click here to read the full article.
- Aquaculture Species Fact Sheets (36 species discussed). Click here for more information. The species discussed are: American bull frog (Rana catesbeiana) American cupped oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Barramundi (Lates calcarifer) Bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) Catla (Catla catla) Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Chinese river crab (Eriocheir sinensis) Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) European eel (Anguilla anguilla) European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) Giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) Giant river prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) Japanese carpet shell (Ruditapes philippinarum) Japanese kelp (Laminaria japonica) Mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) Meagre (Argyrosomus regius) Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) Mrigal carp (Cirrhinus mrigala) Mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella) New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus) Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Nori nei (Porphyra spp.) Northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria) Pacific cupped oyster (Crassostrea gigas) Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Roho labeo (Labeo rohita) Siberian sturgeon (Acipenser baerii) Silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) Turbot (Psetta maxima) Yesso scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis)
- Top 10 U.S. Consumption by Species Chart. http://www.aboutseafood.com/media/top_10.cfm
- US Trade Deficit Data 2000-2005. Click here to view results.
- ERS State Fact Sheets. Click here to read more.
- New Center for Technology Transfers Beings in Mexico. Click here to read more.
- New Seafood and Health Page on NOAA Web Site. Click here to visit.
- AQUACULTURE OUTLOOK : Examines the U.S. aquaculture industry including production, inventory, sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish, shrimp, ornamental fish, and new species. Click here for more information.
- EU Fishery Stats: Click here for more information.
- Safe to eat Salmon? Click here for more information.
- INAD Drug Approval. Click here for more information.
- National - Seafood & Health Conference Wraps Up; Overwhelming Scientific Evidence Shows Why Americans Should Eat Two Servings of Fish and Shellfish Every Week. Click here for more information.
- May 2005 Proposed US Organic Standards. Click here for more information.
- USDA Aquaculture Outlook Report Oct 2005. Click here for more information.
- Status of U.S. Fisheries 2004: NOAA Annual Report to Congress. Click here for short text. Here for full text.
- State Aqua Coordinators. Click here.
- Funding Opportunities. Click here.
- Biofilters - Hawaii. Click here.
- FAO's biennial report, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA). Click here to read the Foreword, Acknowledgements and Glossary. Click here to read Part I. Click here to read Part II. Click here to read Part III. Click here to read Part IV.
- Fish Welfare. Click here to read more.
- Summary COOL requirements. Click here to read more.
- Final COOL Ruling. The interim final rule for country of origin labeling for fish and shellfish. PDF File Examples of records (wild fish, farm-raised fish, and farm-raised shellfish) that may be useful for COOL verification purposes can be seen here.
- New York Aquaculture Industry White Paper. Published May 1, 2004 by the Cornell PWT that reviewed the current status, constraints, and opportunities for New York aquaculture. PDF File
- FDA and CBP Bolster Safegaurds on Imported Food, 12-3-03. PDF File
- Trade Assistance Adjustment Policy, 12-3-03. PDF File
- The FDA released a 16-page booklet to inform food transportaters, food importers and exporters, foreign manufacturers and growers, and food filers and brokers about the new Prior Notice regulation. Click here to look at the booklet.
- Long-Term Vision for Aquaculture in Canada The Commissioner for Aquaculture Development, Yves Bastien, has released his report entitled "Achieving the Vision". The report describes the socio-economic benefits that aquaculture has brought to Canada; concludes that aquaculture is an environmentally sustainable method by which to produce fish; describes a 15-year vision; and outlines a role for the federal government to collaborate with the provinces and all stakeholders.
- Pre-publication copy of EPA Notice of Data Availability (NODA) on aquaculture rule, PDF File
- A new publication by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension, 'Examining Phosphorous in Effluents from Rainbow Trout Aquaculture' by Gef Flimlin, et.al.
- News from the NAA, April 27, 2004. Click here.
- Statement about Livestock feed (go to statements for April 14).
- Summary of PCBs in Farmed Salmon. Click Here.
- EPA Final Ruling Summary Effluent and Drugs Aug 2004. Click here.