OUTDOORS Salmon seasons set off coastline Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A . A . A By Peter Ottesen Record Staff Writer April 17, 2007 6:00 AM The Pacific Fishery Manage-ment Council, established by Congress to manage fisheries three to 200 miles offshore, has adopted recreational salmon fishing seasons off the California coast. OUTDOORS Salmon seasons set off coastline Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A . A . A By Peter Ottesen Record Staff Writer April...

The FDA flags Chinese food and other imported products it regulates, like cosmetics, for that extra scrutiny more than any other country except Mexico. To safeguard its export business, China is looking at separating foods by their ultimate destination, domestic or foreign, according to Michiel Keyzer, director of the Center for World Food Studies at Amsterdam's Vrije Universiteit. The FDA flags Chinese food and other imported products it regulates, like cosmetics, for that extra scrutiny...

Hampered with high fixed costs for manufacturing, hard-drive makers are trying to pump out larger quantities of their products to push down the average cost per unit. The disappearance of Maxtor, which had pressured competitors with wild price cuts as it tried to recover from production problems, has helped calm the cutthroat industry that has been convulsing under massive consolidation. Since the first hard drive was made in San Jose in 1956, the industry mushroomed to 77 companies...

Jim Kahrs was an Ozarks pioneer in aquaculture who exported his products and his know-how all over the world. Today, the business includes three farms, 200-plus acres and more than 15 different kinds of fish are raised and shipped worldwide. Just two years before coming to the lake area, he had graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor of science degree in fish and game management and a bachelor of arts in zoology. Through diversification with a large number of other special...

As aqua-farming, or raising fish in a controlled area, has become more common the last 20 years, Fitzgerald said, a good portion of the anchovies that are caught are processed into fish meal and fed to carnivorous fish, especially salmon and shrimp. The little fish kids and many grown-ups love to hate, the one commonly used to add salty pizzazz to sauces, dressings or a pizza may in fact be worth learning to love. Just a handful of anchovies yield as much omega-3 fatty acid as a 6-ounce...

The legislation should include a five-year moratorium on new offshore aquaculture development, until environmental and socio-economic impacts are adequately evaluated, Palin said. Alaska's fishing industry has had great success in recent years by extolling the virtues of our wild seafood; we must make sure that any new federal laws don't muddle this message, Palin said in a statement issued April 4. The moratorium is needed because the potential impacts of offshore aquaculture to the...

If current fishing trends continue, a total collapse of the global fishing industry would occur before the year 2050, predicts a study published in the November 3, 2006, issue of the journal Science. One of the study's co-authors, Steve Palumbi of Stanford University, even went so far as to remark, "Unless we fundamentally change the way we manage all the oceans species together as working ecosystems, then this century is the last century for wild seafood. One of the study's co-authors,...

Howard Gostfrand, President, American Capital Ventures, stated, "We are excited to have been selected to represent Neptune Industries, inc. It is our belief that Neptune has the experience, technology, plans and capital to make a positive and significant impact in its industry. Ernest Papadoyianis, President, stated, "Following extensive discussions with many investor relations companies we have decided to engage ACV, based on their outstanding record of achievement. dBusinessNews :: Daily...

That's one way to look at it, although Alaska's six community development quota corporations are on their way to becoming big fish in their own right. Ten years ago, no one would have dreamed that a CDQ group would make a catch like this, or that profits from Bering Sea fish allocations could be leveraged to this extent. It will get an infusion of cash to position itself to take advantage of a growing worldwide demand for salmon. As for Bristol Bay, it's a chance to plug into a marketing...