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M P E D ANEWSLETTER

Editorial Board

Marketing News

MPEDA Participates in the Brand India Expo, Ottawa, Canada .................. 3

Chinese Authorities accept Seafood Certification by India ............................... 4

Cephalopods Market - May 2012 ............................................................................ 5

Focus Area

RGCA gains global footprint in Cobia stock enhancement .............................. 7

Organic Shrimp farming takes off in Kerala State – two success stories ........ 8

Shri S R Rao IAS is the new Commerce Secretary ............................................ 11

Aquaculture Scene

Sub-Regional Centre (Aqua), Karwar arrangesInterstate Study Tour for farmers ......................................................................... 12

News Spectrum ...............................................................................................15

Trade Enquiry....................................................................................................28

Contents

Vol. XXI No. 5 May 2012

Shri N RameshDirector (M)Shri P MohanasundaramDirectorShri B SreekumarSecretarySmt. K M VeenaJt. Director (Dev.)Shri Thampi Sam RajJoint Director (Trng)Shri K N Vimal KumarJoint Director (QC)Dr. Al. MuthuramanDeputy Director (Soc)

EditorDr. Ram Mohan M KDeputy Director (P&MP)[email protected]. in

Assistant EditorShri S Bhaskaran [email protected]

Printed and Published by:Shri B SreekumarSecretary,MPEDA, Kochi - 36Printed at Amarakerala Industries,Kochi -18

The Marine Products ExportDevelopment Authority(Ministry of Commerce &.Industry, Govt. of India)MPEDA House, Panampilly Avenue,Kochi - 682 036.Telephone : 91-484-2311979Fax: 91-484-2313361E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.mpeda.com

Cover Photo : Chairman, MPEDA handsover harvested organic BTShrimp; view of Organic shrimp farm at Valamangalam

Dear Friends,

You might have noticed the lush green tone spreadacross in the cover page of this issue of Newsletter.World over, this month is tagged to the environmentand our country is also doing its share for a green world.As far as export oriented aquaculture is concerned, wehad a quantum jump in the production of Black Tigeras well as Pacific white leg shrimps during 2011-12

with an out put of 1,35,778 tonnes and 80,717 tonnes respectively. Besides, we alsoproduced a sizeable quantity of Mud crab, Scampi and Seabass through scientificaquaculture during the year, taking the total scientific farmed production to 2,25,880tonnes which is an all time high figure. This increase in production is delightful as it inturn produces livelihood and employment opportunities to many of the rural folk acrossour coastal states.

However, we at MPEDA are committed to the production of quality seafood in asustainable manner. A lot of initiatives to curtail the abuse of antibiotics and to empowerthe farming community on Best Management Practices have been undertaken by MPEDA.All this to ensure the safety and quality of aquaculture products exported.

World markets are now focusing their attention and demand on safe and sustainableseafoods. We in India cannot remain silent, but have to move with the tide. However, it isdisturbing to note that there are efforts from a few pockets to keep off from such ‘true’ and‘Green’ initiatives. Such greed will be catastrophical and we may remember that it tookmore than a decade for India to recover from its initial setback in shrimp farming. HenceI take this occasion to request all to pledge to follow Best Management Practices inaquaculture so that our country’s image is held high among the minds of seafood loversacross the world.

Thank you.

Sd/-June 2012 (LEENA NAIR IAS)

Chairman

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MARKETING NEWSMPEDA Participates in the Brand India Expo,Ottawa, Canada

The Multi-Product Brand IndiaExpo 2012, first of its kind in

Canada, was held at the OttawaConvention Centre, Ottawa, Canadafrom 13-14th March, 2012. The HighCommission of India in Ottawa hasorganized the event in association withCanadian Business Organization andM/s. Trident Exhibitions PrivateLimited. According to the organizers,the Brand India Expo was aimed atshowcasing multi products of Indiasuch as Textiles, Apparel, FashionAccessories, Handicrafts, Handlooms,Home Furnishing, Decoratives, MarineProducts, Agriculture Products, Spices,Coir, Leather etc. and to promote andfacilitate the trade relationship ofCanada with India. The expo wasformally inaugurated by Mr. Ed Fast,Hon’ble Minister for InternationalTrade and Minister for Asia-PacificGateway. Before the inauguration, a 30-minute presentation was arranged byTrade Facilitation Office (TFO),Canada on “Documents required forexporting to Canada” by Ms.Marysable Gonzalez, Project Officer,TFO, Canada.

There were over 45 exhibitorsfrom India showcasing their productsi.e agriculture, apparels, carpets, marineproducts and other items. APEDA hadtaken a larger area for displaying theirproducts as well as the products fromtheir registered members. Apart fromMPEDA, the commodity boards -Spices, Tea, and Coffee alsoparticipated in the expo and showcasedtheir products in their respective stalls.Members of Apparel ExportPromotion Council (AEPC), CarpetExport Promotion Council(CEPC),

State Bank of India, Canada andFederation of Indian Expor tOrganizations (FIEO) also exhibitedtheir products in the expo. There wasno entry fee for the visitors.

The MPEDA has taken a stall with18 sq.m. space which was decoratedwith a back drop showing seafoodproducts and fish charts. MPEDA has

displayed a variety of seafood samplesranging from frozen products to valueadded ready to eat items.

The visitors were fascinated by theseafood samples displayed in MPEDAstall. The Show had over 1000 visitorsaccording to the organizers. Most ofthem belonged to the ethnic Indiancommunity of Canada.

A view of the MPEDA Stall

Visitors in discussion with MPEDA Officials


MARKETING NEWSA team consisting of 3 officials

from Canadian Food InspectionAgency visited MPEDA stall andsought information on food safetymethods followed in the seafoodprocessing units in India. The deputedofficials explained them about HACCPimplementation in seafood processingunits of India, compliance to EUregulatory standards, monitoring andcollection of samples from processingunits/Aquaculture farms for testing ofantibiotics, Microbiology, ResidueMonitoring, testing of Heavy metalsin Cephalopods etc.

The special attractions in the expoincluded sample biriyani and winetasting in APEDA stalls and green teaand coffee offered by the stalls of Teaand Coffee Boards respectively.

Few trade enquiries receivedincluded that of Mr. Claude Larose, an

Visitors in MPEDA Stall

importer and supplier to MetroRichelleu Inc, which is a large foodchain store (over 800 stores) in Canada.Subsequently Mr. Claude Larose visitedKochi and Andhra Pradesh in May2012 to explore the possibilities for

Display of frozen value added products Display of value added retail packs

General Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), People’s

Republic of China has brought in a notification duringlate May 2011 bringing in an Inspection and QuarantineCertification which has to accompany all the seafoodexports to China. This means that the seafood exportsto China are to be accompanied by a Certificate effective

business tie-up with Indian seafoodexporters.

Mr. A Jeyabal, Deputy Directorand Mr. N Chandrasekharan, AssistantDirector coordinated MPEDA’sparticipation in the expo.

Chinese Authorities accept Seafood Certification by Indiafrom 1st June 2012, the format of which is to be approvedby the Chinese authorities.

Now the Embassy of India in Beijing, China hasconveyed to MPEDA the formal approval by the ChineseAuthorities in this regard. This will ensure seafood exportsto China to continue without any hindrance.


MARKETING NEWS

The three main cephalopod species,octopus, squid and cuttlefish, were

all in short supply in 2011, with thesquid sector suffering major declines.With the exception of Japan, whereimports increased by 25% comparedwith 2010, all the main markets wereadversely affected.

OctopusSupplies of octopus have been a

problem, and throughout 2011 thischaracterized the trade. Neverthelessimport volumes in the main marketswere relatively stable. Japan’s imports(38 400 tonnes) fell by 14% comparedwith the previous year. BothMauritania and Morocco lost marketshare but China managed to hold itsown. High prices in Japan caused tradeto slow down at the end of 2011because of consumer resistance andtraders started looking for alternativesources of supplies, such as southernAfrica and island countries in theIndian Ocean.

Octopus prices in Japan peakedin late 2011 but have droppedconsiderably since then, in spite of thetight supply situation, and in the firstmonths of 2012 the decline has beengreater than expected.

Spanish imports were down onlyslightly by 1.7%, but volumes fromsuppliers varied from previous years.Imports from Morocco fell by 19%,although Morocco still remains themajor supplier, while imports fromMauritania increased by 34%.

In 2011, supplies from imports tothe Italian market increased by 10% (to51 900 tonnes) compared with theprevious year. Spain was the mainsupplier and there were significantincreases in imports from Indonesia,

Cephalopods Market - May 2012

Senegal and Tunisia, while importsfrom Mauritania and Moroccodeclined.

In Morocco in 2011 octopuscatches dropped by 30% as a result ofa 31% quota reduction for the Januaryto July season compared with 2010.This decline continued in the first twomonths of 2012 with landings totalling3 204 tonnes, a drop of 41% inquantity and 31% in value comparedwith 2011.

Squid and cuttlefishSupplies of squid were also tight

in 2011. Imports into all major marketsdeclined, except for Japan. Spainsuffered the sharpest reduction inimports, which decreased by 33% in2011. All the major suppliers exportedless squid to Spain, with the exceptionof the USA, which shipped some 97%more than in 2010.

Italy’s imports of squid declinedby 7.5% compared with 2010. Japan,on the contrary, was the exception andimports grew by almost 25% in 2011

mainly from China and Peru. Chinanow accounts for 45.5% of totalimports in Japan.

Although cuttlefish prices fellslightly in japan at the end of 2011,they remained high in Europe andoverall they are moving stronglyupward. Squid prices, however, arelikely to remain stable in the mediumterm.

OutlookWith the tight supply situation

prices should remain high or evenincrease, especially for cuttlefish, andnot so much for squid. Prices ofoctopus may continue climbing as wellbecause of the tight supply situation;however there also seems to be a slightdecline in demand that may beattributed to the general economicsituation particularly in Japan. In themedium-term, stable prices areexpected for squid and octopus, whilecontinued rising prices are expected forcuttlefish, along with slow demand.

Source: FAO GLOBEFISH


Federal register notice, dated May31, 2012 announces that U.S.

Customs and Border Protection(CBP) will cancel a continuous bondwhere the liability amount wascalculated pursuant to enhancedbonding requirements (EBR bond)upon the agency’s acceptance of aqualified superseding bondapplication. CBP will accept aqualified superseding bondapplication pursuant to this noticeonly if posted by an importer whowas not a litigant in any of theNational Fisheries Institute, Inc. v. UnitedStates Bureau of Customs & Border

U.S.Customs and Border protection published FederalRegister Notice On Cancellation of Bond Subject to

Enhanced Bonding Requirements Upon CBP’sAcceptance of Qualified Superseding Bond Application

Protection (NFI v. CBP) court cases andwho establishes, to CBP’s satisfaction,that no contingent liability remainssecured by the predecessor EBR bondand that the EBR bond does not coverentries that are subject to a pendingprotest. The superseding bond mustalso feature a limit of liability that iscalculated using CBP’s current bondformula and must be for the same timeperiod covered by the EBR bond.Nothing in this Notice should beconstrued as applying to importersrepresented by the plaintiffs in the NFIlitigation noted above, as their reliefwas granted by the Court.

A superseding bond application,including supporting documentation,must be received by CBP within 90calendar days from the date the relatedpreceding EBR bond becomeseligible under the conditions set forthin this Notice. Superseding bondapplications, including supportingdocumentation , must be sent eithervia mail to U.S Customs and Borderprotection, office of Administration,Revenue Division, ATTN:BondTeam Intech1,6650 Telecom Drive,Indianapolis,IN46278 or Via email [email protected] with a subjectline of “Superseding Bond IR#”.

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3 Chart on Commercial Fishes of India 75.004 MPEDA Act, Rules & Regulations 25.005 Statistics of Marine Products 2009 550.006 Seafood Delicacies from India 100.007 Indian Fishery Hand Book 250.008 Product Catalogue 150.009. Commercial fin fishes and shell fishes of India 125.009 Handbook on Ornamental Fish Diseases 50.0010 Water Quality in the Ornamental Aquatic Industry - Serial 1 125.0011 International Transport of Live Fish in the Ornamental Aquatic industry Serial - 2 125.0012. Live Food Culture for the Ornamental Aquatic Industry - Serial 3 125.0013 Biosecurity in the Ornamental Aquatic Industry - Serial 4 125.0014 Ornamental Fish Breeders / Traders Directory 25.0015 Directory of Exporters of Marine Products 75.0016 Directory of Exporters of Marine Products (Interactive CD) 50.00

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MARKETING NEWS


RGCA gains global footprint in Cobia stockenhancement

FOCUS AREA

Cobia (Rachycentron canadum)- knownas Lemon fish or Ling, achieves a

body weight of 25 kg in two years. Thehigh juvenile mortality of the species,together with over exploitation, hasresulted in dwindling natural stocks.Currently, Cobia is cultured innurseries and grow-out offshore cagesin China, Taiwan and Vietnam as wellas USA, Mexico and Panama.

The Rajiv Gandhi Centre forAquaculture (RGCA), the research anddevelopment wing of MPEDA, hasmade its first foray into the overseasmarket by successfully transporting aconsignment of Cobia fish seed fromThiruvananthapuram to Iran. Theshipment comprising 0.5 million one-day-old yolk fry and 40 juveniles ofCobia, an edible high-value species offinfish, was despatched to the AsianFisheries Technology andManagement (AFTM), a companyunder the Fisheries department of

Iran, in early May, this year. The pilotscale export is expected to net a foreignexchange to the tune of over Rs.1.7lakh. RGCA is expecting another orderof one million yolk fry from AFTM.

Cobia juveniles

AFTM has plans to use the seedmaterial from India for a finfish stockenhancement programme after larvalrearing. The logistics to reach out tothe AFTM facility located in a remotesuburb posed a challenge for RGCA.The seed was first transported viaDubai to Teheran. After an overnightstay there, it was taken to the hatcherysite by a local flight next day morning.It has had trade enquiries from Taiwan,Philippines and other South East Asiancountries also.

The Cobia stocks at RGCA areroutinely screened for marine fishdiseases and other infections atRGCA’s Central Pathology Laboratory.This came in handy in tackling thequarantine regulations of IranVeterinary Organization, which aregenerally tough. RGCA has alreadylaunched a programme to spawnCobia at an interval of 60 days incontrolled environment. Efforts areCobia broodstock in RAS tank


on to bring down the breedinginterval to 30 days.

The packing and transporting ofthe newly hatched Cobia fry is achallenge, as the stocks shall reach thedestination within 48 hours afterhatching, by which time the Cobia fryopen their mouth and start feeding.For the first 48 hours after hatching,

the Cobia fry subsist on the yolk thatthey carry under their body in a sac.The Cobia larvae were packed inpolythene bags filled with water,oxygen and ammonia adsorbents.Organic anaesthetics were added tothe bags carrying fingerlings to reducestress during transport. RGCA hasdeveloped technology for breeding

Organic Shrimp farming takes off in Kerala State –two success stories

MPEDA, under IOAP scheme, hascertified stake holders such as

Organic shrimp/scampi hatchery,Organic feed mill, Organic shrimp/scampi farm and Organic seafoodprocessor for undertaking organicaquaculture.

As the country has vast potentialto develop organic aquaculturethrough sustainable and eco-friendlymethods, MPEDA is proposing topromote this sector actively fortargeting the niche export market.MPEDA offers a financial assistancethat will meet 50% of the expenses onorganic seed, organic feed as well asthe inspection and certification

expenditure under its revised scheme.The assistance component for organicaquaculture has been raised to Rs.50,000/- per ha. One beneficiary canavail financial assistance for amaximum area of 6 ha subject to thefinancial ceiling of Rs. 3 lakh perbeneficiary, for undertaking organicaquaculture. In case of padasekharams/groups /culster /society, the upperlimit will be Rs. 15 lakh for 30 ha ormore area.

The IOAP had selected 14farmers covering a Water Spread Areaof 30.78 ha from the districts ofAlappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur inKerala for the experimental organic

shrimp farming project where 13.40lakh organic tiger shrimp seeds werestocked and fed with artificial organicfeed.

Further, 92.09 ha in AndhraPradesh and 133 ha in West Bengalwere stocked with the organic shrimpseeds during the season under theorganic shrimp farming programme ofMPEDA. The farmers are running thefarms under the ICS of WAB TradingInternational, Hong Kong. For theorganic shrimp farming project inIndia, MPEDA has so far empanelled3 input suppliers for the supply oforganic seed and feed viz. M/s.Matsyafed Hatchery, Kollam, Kerala,M/s. Rama Shrimp Hatchery,Kakkinada, Andhra Pradesh (for supplyof organic shrimp seed) andM/s. Indo Aqua Technologies,Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh (forsupply of organic shrimp feed), with avalidity of the empanelment for 3 years.Harvest of organic shrimp: A firm step forward in organic aquaculture production

A basket full of organic shrimp

FOCUS AREAand sea cage farming of Cobia, a fishknown for its firm, white and tasty flesh.Seeds are produced from the captivebrood stock at the hatchery located atPozhiyoor near Thiruvananthapuram.The efforts for the export of Cobiaseeds were coordinated by Shri PAnilkumar, Project Manager, RGCA,Pozhiyoor.


FOCUS AREA

Ms. Leena Nair IAS, Chairman,MPEDA inaugurated the harvestfunction of the organic shrimp cultureof Vattakkattussery shrimp farm atValamangalam in ThuravurGramapanchayat, Alappuzha Districtof Kerala on 6th June 2012. Shri PMohanasundaram, Director, Shri NRamesh, Director (Marketing),MPEDA and other dignitariesattended the function which was co-ordinated by India OrganicAquaculture Project (IOAP) ofMPEDA. The farmers ofValamangalam were all in a festivemood to celebrate the occasion.

Among the organic shrimpfarmers, Shri George Alexander ofVattakkattusserry shrimp farm atValamangalam having 1.7 ha area,started organic shrimp culture bystocking 65,000 organic seeds duringFebruary 2012. MPEDA providedassistance in the form of subsidisedseed and feed along with regularmonitoring by the officials of IOAPsection.

George Alexander explained hisexperiences of organic shrimp culturein detail. Chairman, MPEDAinaugurated the harvest function bylighting the ceremonial lamp. In herinaugural address, Chairman narratedthe commitment of MPEDA which isformulating new schemes for thebenefit of shrimp farmers. TheChairman also envisaged the code ofconduct and responsible farmingfrom our farmer friends for asustainable shrimp farming in Kerala.Shri P Mohanasundaram, Director,and Shri N Ramesh, Director(Marketing), MPEDA felicitated theproject. Shri C P Anirudhan, DeputyDirector, Department of Fisheries,Govt. of Kerala urged the need ofworking together with MPEDA forthe revival of shrimp farming inKerala. Shri T Purushothaman,President of Kerala Aqua FarmersFederation also has very effectivelypointed out the problems of shrimpfarming in Kerala.

Ms. Leena Nair IAS, Chairman, MPEDA inaugurates the functionBy lighting the ceremonial lamp

Inaugural address by Ms. Leena Nair IAS, Chairman, MPEDA

During the inaugural function,Shri P N Natarajan, General Secretary,Kerala Aquaculture FarmersFederation welcomed the dignitariesand highlighted the problems ofshrimp farmers of Kerala. Then, Shri

Chairman, MPEDA inaugurates the Organic Shrimp harvest function at Valamangalam,Alappuzha District


Shri P Mohanasundaram, Director, MPEDA addresses the audience Shri N Ramesh ITS, Director (M) addresses the gathering

Chairman, MPEDA hands over harvested organic shrimp toShri George Alexander, Vattakkattussery shrimp farm

Chairman, MPEDA cuts the ribbon to start the harvest

FOCUS AREA

Shri Ashish Jasuja, ManagingDirector, WAB Trading International(Asia) Ltd. explained their role inreviving the shrimp culture in Keralathrough organic shrimp farming andalso discussed the possibility of furtherprosperity of organic products. Voteof thanks was proposed by Shri

Thampi Sam Raj, Joint Director,MPEDA and the head of IOAP.

After the programme, theinaugural harvest of organic shrimpwas conducted at the farm, which wasfully covered by all media. The catchof even sized (about 30 gm each)organic black tiger shrimp will surely

open a new evergreen chapter in thehistory of marine products exportfrom our nation.

The IOAP of MPEDA and WABTrading International Ltd (Asia) HongKong frequently monitored the cultureactivities that harvested 1100 kgs oforganic shirmp.

Organic Shrimp harvest in Kumbalangi at Ernakulam

The first batch of organicallycultured Black Tiger Prawns fromKerala state was harvested inKumbalangi at Ernakulam on 9th May2012, under the technical and financialassistance of India OrganicAquaculture Project (IOAP) ofMPEDA. Smt. Usha Pradeep,President, Kumbalangi Panchayath

inaugurated the harvest programme.Apart from the local Governing Bodymembers, Shri P N Vinod and Shri KReji Mathew, Assistant Directors, andShri Biju N G, Field Coordinator,MPEDA HO, and Shri Shyam KumarS, Regional Coordinator of WABTrading International, were present onthe occasion. The function had a

gathering of over 50 people and waswell covered by the media.

The organic shrimp farmer atKumbalangi, Shri C V Mathew stocked25,000 organic tiger shrimp seeds inFebruary 2012 under the technicalguidance and financial assistance ofMPEDA. His shrimp farm was lyingidle for the past few years, due to


FOCUS AREA

Shri SuryadevaraRamachandra Rao,

an IAS officer of 1978 batchGujarat cadre, is the newUnion commerce secretary.He succeeds Mr. RahulKhullar, who has joined aschairman of the TelecomRegulatory Authority ofIndia (TRAI)

S R Rao IAS is the new Commerce Secretary

Sorting the harvested organic shrimp

Shri C V Mathew, organic shrimp farmer narrating his experiences in the presence ofIOAP officials

1994. Mr. Rao has been on Central deputation sinceNovember 2008, when he was appointed AdditionalSecretary in the Department of Information &Technology, Ministry of Communications & IT. He waselevated as Special Secretary in Department ofTelecommunications in April 2012.

In a career spanning over 33 years, Shri Rao hasserved in several departments such as rural development,urban development, ports, health, nuclear energy, amongothers. Hailing from AP, Shri Rao has also served asChairman Vishakapatanam Port Trust during 1998-2003.

organic feed was purchased from thecertified organic feed mill of M/s.Indo Aqua Technologies,Vishakapatnam. About 340 kg of 30count organic shrimp was harvestedfrom the pond on 9th May 2012,fetching a premium price of Rs. 360/Kg. The organic shrimp wasprocessed at M/s. Baby MarineInternational at Kochi, the onlycertified organic processor in Keralaand the consignment was procured byWAB Trading International (P) Ltditself. .

incidence of recurring disease andrepeated crop loss. At the instance ofMPEDA, the farmer stocked his farmon a trial basis. The organic shrimpseeds for stocking were procuredfrom M/s. Matsyafed PrawnHatchery at Kollam. The PL – 10samples were tested in RGCAlaboratory and reported negative forWSSV. The packing, transportation,acclimatization and stocking of seedswere done under the monitoring ofthe IOAP team of MPEDA. The

A Padma Shri awardee, Shri Rao is best knownfor Surat’s transformation from a dirty city into one ofthe cleanest cities in the country after the plague in


AQUACULTURE SCENE

Aquaculture in Karnataka is carriedout only in three coastal districts,

viz., Uttar Kannada, Udupi andDakshin Kannada. The species underculture are mainly Penaeus monodon andLitopenaeus vannamei. During March2012, the Sub Regional Centre ofMPEDA in Karwar organized anInterstate Study Tour to Bhimavaramin Andhra Pradesh to provideacquaintance to the farmers on thefarming activities in the neighbouringstate and to interact with theircounterparts there. The touring teamwas extended all support by MPEDASub Regional Centre (Aqua),Bhimavaram and Rajiv Gandhi Centrefor Aquaculture (RGCA), Vijayawada.The farmers could get themselvesexposed to various aspects of scientificfarming practices followed in AndhraPradesh and could interact with otherfarmers, officials and feed mill ownersof Andhra Pradesh.

Sub-Regional Centre (Aqua), Karwar arrangesInterstate Study Tour for farmers

When the team visited M/s. UNOFeeds, Komrada, Bhimavaram, whichproduce extruded floating fish feed forfreshwater fishes, its partner Shri T C

V Narasimha Rao, explained thefarmers on the advantages of floatingfeed and the types of floating feedbeing produced depending on theprotein content. The farmerswitnessed the production of feed inthe feed mill using different rawmaterials and visited their QC labwhere they do proximate analysis ofraw materials and the finishedproducts.

The farmers also visited the fishdemo farm of M/s UNO Feedswhere they culture Pangasius,Roopchand and Grass carp. Shri. T CV Narasimha Rao explained theeconomics and marketing of theculture species. Later, the team visitedMPEDA Quality Control Laboratoryat Bhimavaram. The quality issuesand regulations by the importingcountries and the role of MPEDA formitigating the problems were

Members of the study team during field visit.

Visiting farmers in a crab farm at Chamakuripalem


AQUACULUTRE SCENE

explained by the MPEDA Officials.Sample collection method underNRCP and the processing of thesamples to get the residue wereexplained and various doubts onantibiotic issues were clarified by theMPEDA officials.

The team visited Sri Surya Aquafarmers’ welfare Society and ShriDurga Bhavani Aqua farmers’Welfare Society atChinamainvanilanka, Vemuldevi,Narsapur, and learned about varioustechnique on water intake, pond andwater preparation, seed selection

Members of the team during field visit

under contract hatchery system,stocking pattern, water and feedmanagement and BMPimplementation. Then the teamvisited Chamakuripalem village tosee the crab farming which is donein large scale in this area. The farmerswere explained the method of crabculture and marketing. Later, theteam went to L. vannamei farm ofShri Kanaka Prasad at Jakram,Bhimavaram. The farmer explainedbiosecurity, aeration, feeding andsanitat ion procedure which hefollows strictly for the success of

L. vannamei farm Karnataka farmers at Scampi project of RGCA, Kankipadu (AP)

farming. He also explained his wayof batch stocking and reservoirsystem to the farmers.

At the facility of Rajiv GandhiCentre for Aquaculture (RGCA) inKankipadu, Vijaywada established forthe production of all male scampiseeds, Shri Vijay Kumar, ProjectManager explained the procedure ofproducing all male scampi seeds andthe benefits of all male scampiculture. The farmers were also showndifferent areas of the hatchery and theprocedures to select and segregate thebreed.


NEWS SPECTRUMExport sops extended, SEZ package comingForeign trade policy expands interest subvention, widens EPCG scheme coverage

The government has came to therescue of exporters by extending somepromotion schemes and providingincentives to tap new markets, with anaim to increase outbound shipmentsby 20 per cent this fiscal.

A two per cent interest subventionfor labour-intensive sectors and theExport Promotion Capital Goods(EPCG) scheme were extended by ayear and their coverage widened.

In another significant step,Commerce and Industry MinisterAnand Sharma said the ministry wouldissue new guidelines for promotingexports from Special Economic Zones(SEZs). He said exports from thesetax-free zones had been falling for thepast couple of years due to theimposition of minimum alternate taxand dividend distribution tax.

However, the governmentrefrained from introducing any newscheme in the much-awaited annualsupplement (2012-13) to the ForeignTrade Policy (FTP) 2009-2014.

To boost manufacturing, the FTPallowed “status holders” to use scripsissued to them to pay excise duty forcapital goods procured from domesticmanufacturers. At present, the schemeis only allowed to be used to pay dutieson imported capital goods.

Releasing the supplement, Sharmaset a target of achieving 20 per centgrowth in exports this fiscal to almost$360 billion over $303.7 billion lastyear. The $500-billion target for 2013-14 was retained. That would entailhefty 39 per cent growth in exportsnext fiscal. Exports grew just 3.23 percent to $24.45 billion in April. Duringthe entire last fiscal, they expanded by

almost 21 per cent. Sharma saidexports would start looking up fromAugust-September.

The two per cent interestsubvention would cover more sectors.The scheme was available only toexporters in sectors such ashandlooms, handicrafts, carpets andsmall and medium enterprises. It hasbeen extended to cover sectors suchas toys, sports goods, processedagricultural products and ready-madegarments.

The EPCG scheme can now alsobe availed by units claiming benefitsunder the Technology UpgradationFund Scheme and the Status HolderIncentive Scheme.

Through the EPCG scheme, thegovernment has been providingincentives to exporters to moderniseproduction facilities. Under thescheme, the government has nowremoved the export limit threshold forsectors such as carpet, coir and jute. Itwill remain applicable on handicrafts,handlooms, the cottage sector,agriculture and sericulture, amongothers.

The supplement also extendedexport benefits to external tradethrough e-commerce.

“One of the key objectives of ourForeign Trade Policy has been to givea thrust to a technology upgrade ofexports to enhance globalcompetitiveness of our products,”Sharma said.

He refused to specify a figure forrevenue forgone due to measuresannounced in the FTP. However,senior officials of the commercedepartment pegged the revenueforgone due to the extension andexpansion of the interest subventionand EPCG schemes at Rs 1,850 crore.Last year, the government hadannounced an export incentivepackage worth Rs 1,700 crore in theFTP.

With an aim to turn aroundmanufacturing, the government wenta step further and permitted ‘statusholders’ to procure capital goods fromdomestic manufacturers and pay exciseduty through duty credit scrips, whichwas not allowed earlier. ‘Status holders’refers to star trading houses and large-scale exporters.

“Now, a l l scr ips would bepermitted to be sourced from thedomest ic market to encouragemanufacturing, value-addition andemployment . Th i s w i l l be animpor tant measure for impor tsubstitution and help in savingforex,” he said.

As the US and the euro zone,which account for 30 per cent ofIndia’s exports, remain in uncertainty,the FTP added seven markets underthe Focus Market Scheme (FMS) andseven destinations under the SpecialFMS

-Business Standard


Are Deepwater Fisheries Overfished, or SimplyMisunderstood?

NEWS SPECTRUM

Missing popular fish species back in ChilikaThe bad news was ‘Ilishi’,

‘Nahama’, ‘Paniakhia’, ‘Kalakhuranta’,‘Kekenda’ and ‘Sebakhainga’ allpopular fish species among Odiahouseholds had gone missing inChilika. The good news: the latestassessment says the species are backin the 1,100 sq km brackish waterlagoon.

The species are ilishi (Tenualosailisha), Nahama (Elops machnata),Paniakhia (Megalops cyprinoides),Kalakhuranta (Acanthopagrus berda),Kekenda (Rhynomugil corsula) andSebakhainga (Chanos chanos). Moreimportantly, most of these species havegrown to reach commercial scale.

The lagoon, which has registereda record landing in the last one year,has surprised its managers with therecovery of the lost species. During2011-12, the annual production fromthe lake touched an all-time high of14,228 metric tonne.

At a time when fishery resourcesare in a declining trend in global marineand coastal ecosystem, Chilika seemsto be an exception. The hydrologicalintervention in Chilika lake in 2000 hasbeen attributed to the resurfacing ofthe lake fishery. From a meagre 1,745metric tonne in 1999-2000, theproduction has spiraled. The averagefish landing during 2001-02 to 2009-10 was 11,676 metric tonne per annum.Along with the productivity of the fish,diversity of the lake has also improved.The assessment shows that speciesdiversity stands at 317 fish, 28 prawnsand shrimps, 35 brachyuran crabs andtwo spiny lobsters.

Known for prawn and crabs, Chilikahas reported a record prawn landingduring the year at 6,413.91 metric tonnewhich is all-time high. The previoushighest prawn landing of 5,000 tonnewas recorded in 2004-05. Similarly, thetotal crab landing during the year was

recorded at 358.26 metric tonne, a record.“Total fisheries output which is

all-time high may also be attributableto high floods during the year. Thehigh floods trigger high production ofnatural fish food in the ecosystemleading to successful fish seedrecruitment and good fish stockdevelopment,” Chief Executive ofChilika Development Authority DrAjit Kumar Patnaik said.

However, landing of only fish,recorded at 7,456.03 metric tonne, hasreached a plateau of sorts. Comparedto 2003-04 when the lagoon recordedall-time high of 10,000-odd metrictonne, it is a 27.51 per cent drop. Thishas been due to large-scale wantonkilling of juvenile fishes in outerchannel by using large size bag nets anddue to concentrated ‘khanda’ fishing.The practices have flourished in theabsence of implementation of anyregulatory and prohibitory laws.

-Express News Service

Speaking at the World FisheriesCongress 2012, Graham Patchell,from the Sealord Group NewZealand and Chief Scientist for theSouthern Indian Ocean DeepseaFishers Association (SIODFA),asked whether deepwater fisherieswere overf ished or simplymisunderstood. Charlotte Johnston,TheFishSite editor reports.

Mr Patchell said that the biggestchallenge for deepwater fisheries wasensuring that data, that can really tellyou what is happening in the deepocean, is available for managementdecision making.

He went on to say that there wasa lot of premeditated informationabout deepwater fisheries that wasinaccurate. In fact, he said, many“overfished” stocks are now seen assustainably managed, as the industry’sunderstanding of the stocks hasincreased.

Examples of poorlyunderstood fisheriesNew Zealand Challenger Orangeroughy

In 2000 a catch per unit effortanalysis modelled the apparent declineof the New Zealand Challenger orange

roughy stock to three per cent of virginbiomass.

ICES used this study to supporttheir view, in recommendations toNAFO and NEAFC, that deepwaterfisheries cannot be sustainablymanaged.

However further studies andindustry findings showed stocksmoving back to the area, nine yearsafter the fishery was closed. What hadactually happened, explained MrPatchell, was that fish stocks hadmoved out of the area (not thatnumbers had dropped due tooverfishing).


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reopened in 2010.

To data, 2012 data has shown thatorange roughy compensate to fishing,like other fish species, with newrecruitment occurring, and fishmaturing earlier. Mr Patchell said thatorange roughy usually mature at 24years of age, but maturing at 12-13years of age was becoming morecommon.

He said there was still 20,000tonnes or more of “unverified” orangeroughy to be added to the data, whichwould put the stock at greater than 40per cent biomass.

Over the next two months, twovessels are working in the area to getnew estimates.

Ensuring SustainableFisheries

A key message of the SouthernIndian Ocean Deepsea FishersAssociation (SIODFA) is that theseafood industry must be proactive toensure sustainable fisheries. Inresponse to this, Mr Patchell explained

that prior to carrying out any fishing15 years ago, the Sealord Groupmapped out the entire habitat, over160,000 km².

Studies carried out by SIODFAhave considered the impacts ofbottom trawl fishing and BenthicProtected Areas (BPAs) have beenestablished to maintain and protectbiodiversity.

This has been recognised as amajor contributor to the EcosystemApproach to Fisheries (EAF). The“Coral” BPA area has also beenrecognised by the International Unionfor Conservation of Nature (IUCN)as having one of the largest deepwatercoral reefs ever discovered.

Other efforts by industry, MrPatchell described, include fitting highresolution video cameras fitted tobottom trawl nets, to ensure there wasno significant impacts on vulnerablemarine ecosystems.

One of the main issues that hasbeen raised is, how do you get qualityscientific data for 30-40 widelyseparated stocks, that cover an area ofover 1000 miles.

Mr Patchell said this can only bedone through industry assessments,using commercial vessel acoustics andsplash surveys. He pointed out that itwasn’t just fished stocks that move, butthat stocks that have never been fishedbefore also move about. A five yearacoustic time series of two stockswhich were tracked showed themmoving up to 15 miles a day, prior toever being fished.

Concluding, Mr Patchell said thatin 2013, Sealord will deploy into theIndian Ocean, the first real time multi-frequency acoustic system with cablelink, being built by Australia’s CSIRO.Despite many years of significantresearch and many years ofcommercial fishing, the true status ofmany deepwater stocks is poorlyunderstood. “Deepwater fisheriescan, and are being, sustainably fished,and it is time to erase the outdatedassertions of these beingunsustainable fisheries. “The use ofcommercial vessels and collaborationbetween industry and marinescientists has led to an increase in dataavailable.”

-thefishsite

FAO 2012 Global Tuna Outlook Tuna supply is expected to increase somewhat but demand is hurt by high prices, according to the FAOGlobal Food Outlook.

Frozen Tuna Imports (Japan)

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011Thousand tonnes

Yellowfin 90.3 58.7 47.4 44.1 50.1 47.8Bigeye 86.3 86.8 77.8 77.1 73.9 62.1Skipjack 50.5 31.3 33.5 53.3 59.6 42.2S. bluefin 7.9 8.4 7.4 6.9 6.7 7.4Albacore 6.2 6.0 8.3 8.5 23.2 18.0N. Bluefin 5.1 6.3 4.2 4.0 1.8 3.2Total 246.3 197.5 178.3 193.9 215.3 180.7

Source: INFOFISH

Supplies of skipjack did notimprove during the first quarter of2012, and yellowfin became morelimited. Following the Western andCentral Pacific Fisheries Commission(WCPFC) decision to lift two partialfishing bans, the catch situation mayimprove in the near future, especiallyfor skipjack.

In the Eastern Tropical PacificOcean, 2011 catches reached 540 000tonnes, with skipjack at 272 700 tonnesrepresenting a 60 pecent increase,yellowfin at 208 800 tonnes for a 9


percent decrease, and bigeye tuna at 44100 tonnes, an 8 percent decrease.Ecuador and Mexico had the highestcatches, followed at a distance byPanama, Venezuela and Colombia. The2012 catch data for the area show amodest, 4 percent increase, but Marchprices for yellowfin and skipjackremained firm. In Japan tuna importsfell again in 2011 to 236 400 tonnes,compared with 278 000 tonnes in 2010.Canned tuna imports were up after theMarch earthquake, as consumerslooked for non-perishable products.In the United States, 2011 was anotherdisappointing year, as fresh andfrozen tuna imports fell by 14.3percent. Higher raw-material costshave caused some canneries tointroduce smaller can sizes and addmore non-tuna food ingredients suchas vegetables to the can, especially aslunch-specials.

Despite high prices and economicstagnation, EU imports of canned tunaposted positive growth in 2011, reaching353 500 tonnes, up by 4.6 percent inquantity. Ecuador maintained itsposition as the number one supplierclosely followed by Thailand. Thaicanned tuna export volumes were flat

Fish farming project in KeralaMinister for Excise and Fisheries K Babu said that a scheme aimed at

enhancing fish wealth in the State by expanding fish farming to 12,000hectares with the support of panchayats will be launched on June 10. ChiefMinister Oommen Chandy will inaugurate the project.

Mr. Babu was talking after inaugurating the distribution of subsidiesfor joint schemes of Kudumbasree and district panchayat here. The projectaims at producing an additional 2.25 lakh tonnes of fish wealth.

The government’s intention is to encourage fish farming wherever wateris available. Mr. Babu said that two committees had been appointed tostudy the possibility of undertaking fish farming in pokkali-kole fields.

-The Hindu

Fish is Food - The FAO’s Fish Price Index

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during 2011 but values increased by asignificant 18.3 percent. Thai importsof frozen tuna raw materials totalled781 449 tonnes, 5 percent lower thanin 2010. In Japan, limited supply andgood demand will keep tuna prices

firm. In the United States, demand fornon-canned tuna is improving, andthe non-canned tuna market isexpected to improve during springand summer.

-thefishsite

World food prices hit an all-timehigh in February 2011 and are stillalmost two and a half times those of2000. Although three billion peopleworldwide use seafood as a key sourceof animal protein, the Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO) of theUnited Nations–which compiles pricesfor other major food categories–hasnot tracked seafood prices.

The article aims to fill this gap bydeveloping an index of global seafoodprices that can help to understand foodcrises and may assist in averting them.

The fish price index (FPI) relieson trade statistics because seafood isheavily traded internationally, exposingnon-traded seafood to pricecompetition from imports and exports.Easily updated trade data can thusproxy for domestic seafood prices thatare difficult to observe in many regionsand costly to update with globalcoverage. Calculations of the extent ofprice competition in different countriessupport the plausibility of reliance ontrade data. Overall, the FPI shows lessvolatility and fewer price spikes thanother food price indices including oils,

cereals, and dairy. The FPI generallyreflects seafood scarcity, but it can alsobe separated into indices by productiontechnology, fish species, or region.Splitting FPI into capture fisheries andaquaculture suggests increased scarcityof capture fishery resources in recentyears, but also growth in aquaculturethat is keeping pace with demand.Regionally, seafood price volatility varies,and some prices are negatively correlated.These patterns hint that regional supplyshocks are consequential for seafoodprices in spite of the high degree ofseafood tradability.

-Globefish


Stock evaluation of Indian mackerel plannedGroup to develop sampling plan for tissue collection along Bay of Bengal

Up for roll call:The Indianmackerel is not regarded as athreatened species in the Indian waters,though there are reports of depletednumbers in waters around Thailandand Myanmar.

Marine fisheries experts will sooncast their nets in different parts of theBay of Bengal to assess the geneticstock of Indian mackerel. Theassessment forms part of the eight-nation Bay of Bengal Large MarineEcosystem (BoBLME) project, inwhich India is a participant.

The other nations are Bangladesh,Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maldives,Myanmar, Sri Lanka, andThailand. The IndianMackerel WorkingGroup, formedas part of theproject, willmeet inColombo fromMonday to give finishingtouches to the programme.

For a management plan

“The group will work forestablishing a robust genetic samplingand analysis scheme for assessing thestock structure of Indian mackerel inthe Bay of Bengal region,” theorganisers said.

“[Attempts will also be made to]develop a sampling plan for tissuecollection along the Bay of Bengal,including the Andaman Islands. [Thiswould enable scientists to] understandhow stocks vary across the regions andwhether there is one stock or sub-stockstructure in the region that willinfluence how a management plan willbe developed for the region,”according to the project document.

Funding

The project is funded by theGlobal Environmental Facility inNorway, the Swedish InternalDevelopment Agency, the Food andAgricultural Organisation,participating governments and theNational Oceanic and AtmosphereAdministration.

The Indian delegation includes KK Vijayan, Head, MarineBiotechnology Division of the CentralMarine Fisheries Research Institute,Kochi; A Gopalakrishnan, Head,

Kochi unit of the National Bureau ofFish Genetics Resources, Lucknow;and S Ramachandran, Senior FisheryScientist, Fishery Survey of India (FSI),Chennai.

Periodical review

The experts will evaluate thegenetic markers developed for stockidentification for Indian mackerel andevaluate the research capabilities of thelabs in the region to process andanalyse the data. They will also chartout plans to collect the correctinformation for stock identificationand review the results periodically forstock assessment, says the document.

An ecosystem by itself

FSI director-general K

Vijayakumaran said the stock ofdominant species of mackerel availablein the Indian mainland and theAndaman Sea were geneticallydifferent; the Andaman Sea is aseparate ecosystem by itself.

During the study, the geneticcharacteristics of the species availablein different parts would be assessed byscientists, said Dr. Vijayakumaran, whois also the national coordinator of theprogramme in India.

The species has not been regardedas a threatened one in Indian watersthough there could be ups and downs

in its stock depending on thechanges inenvironment.However, there

were somereports ofdepletion ofstock inw a t e r s

adjoining Thailand and Myanmar, hesaid.

In Indian waters, the mackerels,which were earlier available tillRatnagiri in Maharashtra, are nowavailable up to Gujarat in the westcoast.

The resource that was earlierfound up to Andhra Pradesh in the eastcoast is now available in Orissa coasttoo. The average annual catch of thespecies is estimated to be around 2.5lakh tonnes. The species fetch up toRs. 150 a kg.· Assessment forms part of eight-

nation Bay of Bengal Large MarineEcosystem project

· Process will show scientists howstocks vary across regions, for bettermanagement plan

-The Hindu

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Overfishing and exploitation ofmarine biodiversity would result in thedisappearance of fish species in thenext 50 years, warned M F Farooqui,Special Secretary, Union Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests, on Tuesday.

Addressing a function organisedin connection with the InternationalDay for Biological Diversity, Mr.Farooqui said beyond the exclusiveeconomic zone, everyone seemed tobe exploiting the marine biodiversityand nobody was taking responsibilityfor conservation.

Pointing out that overfishing inthe seas had led to loss of income forfishermen, Mr Farooqui said India witha 7,500-km coastline conservingmarine habitat and biodiversity

Overfishing will result in disappearance of fishspecies in 50 years: Official

represented a huge economic benefit.“India will identify schemes where

conservation and developmentconverge. In rural employmentguarantee scheme, jobs such aswatershed management, soilconservation and water managementwould be covered,” he said.

Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias,Executive Secretary, Convention onBiological Diversity, said India wouldbe at the forefront of biodiversityconservation globally over the nexttwo years as the host country for the11th Conference of Parties of theConvention on Biodiversity. He alsohoped that India would ratify theConvention before the event inOctober.

Mr Dias said the biggest challengein conserving biodiversity was involvingall segments of social and industrialactivity. “Less than half-a-dozencountries have ratified the Convention.Wide participation is needed for theconservation goals set out for the decadeto be met,” he explained.

He said the biodiversityconservation targets set at Nagoya in2010 during the 10th Conference ofParties, aimed to tackle the causes ofloss of biodiversity by involvinggovernment and society, besidespromoting sustainable exploitation ofnatural resources, protectingecosystems, making the benefits ofbiodiversity available to all.

-The Hindu

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*Booming pet trade and declineof wetlands major concerns

*Miss Kerala, an endemic fishvariety, is being caught from the wildand exported in large numbers.

The indiscriminate collectionof ornamental fish from waterbodies and the steady decline ofpaddy fields and wetlands thatprovide breeding grounds for severalspecies have raised the diversity ofthreats faced by freshwater fishes inKerala.

Experts have criticised theabsence of a mechanism to regulatethe collection of fish from the wildto fuel the booming pet trade, bothin the domestic and export markets.

More than 100 ornamentalspecies from Kerala are beingexported.

Critically endangered

As many as 39 freshwater fishesin Kerala have been listed asendangered, with five speciescritically endangered, according todata released by IUCN

(International Union for Conservationof Nature).

According to C P Shaji, PrincipalScientific Officer, Kerala StateBiodiversity Board, the diversity ofthreats faced by freshwater fishes inKerala has gone up over the years.Apart from existing threats like riversand-mining, destructive methods offishing such as using dynamite andpoison and pollution from fertilizers,pesticides and chemical effluents,there are emerging issues like the pettrade and pollution from antibioticsused by farmers to control fungalinfection.

Mr. Shaji said the failure toenforce the ban on fishing during thebreeding migration season was a matterof concern.

“Wetlands that serve as breedinggrounds for fish are on the declinethroughout the State. Construction ofroads across paddy fields has cut offmost of the entry and exit routes towetlands”. The diversity of equipmentused to catch freshwater fishes isanother major issue. Electro fishers

that use electrocution to stun fishesare now common”, he said.

Water temperatureThe rise in water temperature

in rivers is believed to be anotherreason for the decline in populationof freshwater fishes.

The Pookode Lake Barb (Puntius pookodensis ), Red CanareseBarb ( Hypselobarbus thomassi ) foundin the Periyar, Kabini and Kalladarivers, Mesonoemacheilus herrei , a loachendemic to the Anamalai hills,Barbodes wynaadensis , a rare endemicbarb found in upland streams andrivers and Nilgiri Mystus ( Hemibagruspunctatus ) reported from Wayanad arethe critically endangered species.

The Periyar Latia, Nilgiri Danio,Cardamom Garra, Anamalai suckercatfish, Anamali Loach, Nilgiri Barb,Hump backed Mahseer, DeccanLabeo, Malabar swamp eel, Red lineTorpedo Barb, also known as MissKerala and Travancore Loach areamong the endangered ornamentalfreshwater fishes of Kerala.

-The Hindu

Freshwater fishes under siege

The deep-sea fishing ban alongcoastal Karnataka will begin from June15.

Mr Suresh Kumar Ullal, DeputyDirector, Fisheries Department,Mangalore, said that the 57-day fishingban will be in force along DakshinaKannada and Udupi coast from June15 to August 10.

Mechanised or country boats, withinbound or outbound engines of 10horsepower or more, will not be

Deep-sea fishing ban along Karnataka coast from June 15allowed to go fishing during the banperiod, he said. The Government hasimposed this ban keeping in mind thewelfare of fishermen and fisheriesbusiness during the monsoon period.

Those who violate the ban will notbe entitled for any assistance from theGovernment. This includes the dieselgiven to mechanised boats atsubsidised rates.

It may be mentioned here that theKarnataka Budget for 2012-13 has

increased the supply of tax-free dieselto fishermen to 1.25 lakh kilo litres for2012-13. This was 1 lakh kilo litres inthe 2011-12 Budget. But later duringthat year, the quantity was increased by15,000 kilo litres taking the total to 1.15lakh kilo litres during 2011-12.

Mr Ullal told Business Line that thedeep-sea fishing ban along UttaraKannada district in Karnataka will bein force from June 15 to July 31.

-The Hindu Business Line


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Fishermen return with good catch on day oneThe first day venture by

mechanized boat fishermen ofRameswaram ended on a happy noteas most of them returned with a goodhaul.

Moratorium ends

The seashore in Rameswaram wasabuzz with activities on Thursdaymorning with the arrival of fishermen,who went for fishing after the end ofthe 45-day annual moratorium onfishing in the deep sea.

The mood among the fishermenwas upbeat. They offloaded their catchwith the hope of selling them for agood rate.

Interaction with variousfishermen revealed that atmosphere inthe “traditional fishing ground” wasconducive and they did not encounter

Sri Lankan Navalpersonnel or otheragencies.

They did have ahappy fishing on the dayone of the renewedseason. They did facethe unfriendly weatherof strong wind blowingacross the region.

They said that eachmechanized boat had netted an averageof 150 to 200 kg as against the averageof catch of 40 to 50 kg during thenormal circumstances. It might fetchRs.40,000 to 50,000 if they wereoffered good price.

Rough sea

“We are generally happy about thefirst day trip to the sea. Everything

went well except the choppy conditionof the sea,” said A Packiaraj ofRameswaram.

He, however, added that about 10mechanised trawlers had to returnhalfway because of engine problems,strong wind and other reasons. Catchfor some of the fishermen was notsatisfactory.

-The Hindu

Australian officials are seeing arising number of Asian fish importscontaining banned antibiotics, a reportsaid Wednesday.

Five consignments of fish fromVietnam have been stopped byauthorities this year because theycontained enrofloxacin, an antibioticbarred in Australia, official figuresshow.

This compares with three loads offish from that country stopped last yearfor the same reason. The MelbourneAge said experts were concerned thatincreasing amounts of seafoodcontained the chemicals, which areused in the growing or feeding ofaquaculture fish to reduce theoccurrence of disease.

“The trend that we see with fish,and it’s generally about antibiotics, is

Banned antibiotics in Asian fish imports: Australiathat they are very low levels of residuesbut they are there nonetheless,” NarelleClegg, from the agriculturedepartment’s food safety branch, toldthe paper.

While fish imports, includingbasa fillets and frozen fish cutlets,were s topped f rom Vie tnambecause of antibiotics, it was notthe only country providing affectedfood.

China, France and Italy wereamong many source nations shippingfood which failed to meet Australianstandards, the newspaper said.

Its analysis of public recordsshowed that since 2010, some 1,050imported foods had not made thegrade — with some 400 foods stoppedat the border because of micro-organisms such as E. coli.

Others contained bannedadditives or contaminants, or failedchemical analysis.

Most likely to fail the Australiantests was Chinese food, followed byproducts from India, Italy, Japan, SouthKorea and France, it said.

Experts said antibiotics were aconcern even at a low level as they canlead to the evolution of resistant strainsof bacteria in both fish and humans.

“If you are taking them into yourintestine, they could have some effecton your own (bacteria) in your boweland it can leave your own bacteria thatused to be sensitive to antibioticsresistant,” Peter Collignon from theAustralian National University told thepaper.

-channelnewsasia.com/AFP


Traces of illegal antibiotics arelurking in America’s favorite seafood,according to a new report by ABCWorld News. The news outlet tested30 imported shrimp samples fromgrocery stores across the country andfound three were positive forantibiotics that are banned in theUnited States.

Though the sample size was small,the fact that 10 percent were found tocontain illegal drugs is significantconsidering Americans annually eat 1billion pounds of shrimp, 90 percentof which is imported from halfwayacross the world — mostly fromThailand, Indonesia, Ecuador, andChina.

The U.S. Food and DrugAdministration physically inspects lessthan two percent of imported seafoodshipments and even smaller percentageare sampled for drug residue testing.In fiscal year 2009, for example, theFDA tested .1 percent of all importedseafood products for residues,according to the GovernmentAccountability Office (GAO).

ABC, which has ramped up itscoverage of food issues, sent the shrimpsamples to the Institute ofEnvironmental and Human Healthfood lab at Texas Tech University fortesting. In the three positive samples,lab technicians found banned antibioticsenrofloxacin, chloramphenicol, andnitrofuranzone, which is a knowncarcinogen.

“About 10 percent of themshowed evidence of pharmaceuticalresidue in the muscle tissue alone,which people eat,” Dr. Ronald Kendall,the director of the Institute told ABC.Kendall said two samples from NewYork averaged 28 and 29 parts perbillion (ppb) of nitrofurazone. If FDA

ABC Finds Illegal Antibiotics in Imported Shrimp

were to find 1 ppb of the drug inseafood, the product would not beallowed on the market.

It’s hard to gauge how widespreadthe use of antibiotics is aquaculture —and even harder to determine howoften illegal drugs are used — butsome experts think the industry isgetting better at managing residueissues.

“I think the trend is going towardless antibiotics use,” said Jose Villalonlast week at the Monterey BayAquarium’s Cooking for Changeconference. Villalon is the vicepresident of the World Wildlife Fund’sU.S. Aquaculture Program, whichcoordinates the AquacultureStewardship Council (ASC). ASC iscurrently working on standards for theindustry and aims to be the premierecertification scheme for responsibleaquaculture.

For example, ASC standards donot allow any antibiotics to be used inshrimp production, but for farmedsalmon, certain drugs are allowed butfor very limited, targeted uses, andmust be administered under veterinarysupervision, according to Villalon.

“For the use that is allowed incertain species, I think the critical issueis to make sure they’re not on theWorld Health Organization’s list ofcritically important antibiotics,” he toldthe conference in Monterey last week.“You really don’t want to allow, eventhough legally they are allowed, someof those antibiotics on that list. There

should be a push to eliminate it,definitely.”

Dr. Daniel Benetti, director ofaquaculture at the University ofMiami’s Rosenstiel School of Marineand Atmospheric Science, who alsospoke at the event in Monterey, notedthat some in the industry are nowturning to other compounds to combatdisease.

“There’s a strong push to useprobiotics nowadays...the same oneswe use in yoghurt, that colonize theguts of the organisms and takes overthe environment,” said Dr. Benetti.“It’s the best approach and I thinkthat’s the direction the industry isgoing.”

Exactly what drugs used inaquaculture and how much of themmight end up on consumers’ plates isnot clear.

The GAO last year raised seriousquestions about the FDA’s oversight ofseafood, finding that the federalprogram is “limited” and needs to bestrengthened. The report zeroed in onthe use of drugs in overseasaquaculture and the general lack oftesting for both legal and illegalcompounds.

Gavin Gibbons, spokesman forthe National Fisheries Institute, toldABC that the trade group was“disappointed” in the test results, butdidn’t think more government testingwas the answer.

“Our member companies do theirown sampling and testing at differenttimes both in the exporting countriesand here in the U.S.,” said Gibbons,adding that companies also invest inthird party audits to help manage theirsupply chains.

By Helina Bottemiller© Food Safety News

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Why is marine life dying on city shores?

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On March 29, a humpback baleenwhale was found dead on the Urancoast. The whale’s carcass was washedashore with deep cuts on it. Withoutconducting a preliminary post mortem,the whale’s carcass was disposed of.Locals and forest officials, too, foundnothing unusual.

Over the next two months, thecity saw 11 similar incidents wheremarine mammals such as whales,dolphins and sea turtles were washedashore, dead. Apart from these 11instances, five instances were alsoreported from the Ratnagiri coast insouthern Maharashtra. In at least sevenof these cases, the mammals werecovered with oil and had deep cuts ontheir carcasses.

In another mysterious incident inVelas, Ratnagiri, in the first week ofApril, two pet dogs of a local, MohanUpadhyay, died after licking the carcassof a whale.

The unusual frequency of thesedeaths has perplexed marine ecologistsand environmentalists alike. Severalenvironmentalists have also claimed

that the mammals may have fallen preyto the toxic oil pollution in the ArabianSea or may have been hit by thepropellers of a ship.

These events have put the debateon marine pollution and marineecology conservation back in thespotlight. “The death of these marinecreatures, which is unnatural, points toenvironmental degradation of marinelife. Of the 20 whale species found inthe Arabian Sea, certain species migratein search of plankton. If the contentof heavy metals in the aquaticvegetation has increased, it may haveharmed these mammals,” said DrVinay Deshmukh, scientist in charge,Central Marine Fisheries ResearchInstitute (CMFRI).

“Marine pollution affects allaquatic life. The amount of industrialand domestic waste released from thecity into the west coast is considerable,and its effect needs to be investigated,”said Deshmukh, who has been askedby the forest department to conduct athorough study on the deaths ofmarine mammals.

As per current data, Mumbaigenerates 3,000 million litres of sewagea day (mld). This sewage, which is onlypartially treated, is released into thewest coast via creeks using the drainageoutfalls at Bhandup, Ghatkopar,Thane, Colaba, Versova and Malad,Bandra and Dharavi.

According to P Sakhare, chiefengineer, sewerage operations, BMCthis waste is fully treated at six sewagetreatment plants located at Colaba,Worli, Bandra, Ghatkopar, Bhandupand Versova. “The treated sewage isreleased into the west coast from threemarine outfalls at Colaba, Worli andBandra, while at Bhandup andGhatkopar we have aerated lagoons,where waste water is treated in a pondthrough artificial aeration,” Sakhare said.

Environmentalists claim theeffluents released in the creeks and seaand oil pollution are entering our foodchain and also turning water bodiesinto nullahs. “Marine vegetation feedson the effluents which in turn isconsumed by the fish. Most fish increeks and wetlands is sold in markets

The government has bannedfishing for 45 days, beginning Fridaythe 15th June, on the west coast toprevent destruction of breedinggrounds of fish and increase themarine resource.

The 45-day ban on fishing on theeast coast ended on May 31. Duringthe period fishermen using mechanisedboats did not venture into the sea.However, country boats were allowedto fish.

Now, with the ban on the westcoast, fishermen from Colachel toNeerodi and from Neerodi to

Fishing banned on west coast for 45 daysErnakulam are not allowed to go ondeep-sea fishing. Those who had goneto Kerala for fishing started returningto their native villages in the districtfrom Friday.

A large number of mechanisedboats were found anchored in theColachel f ishing harbour area.Merchants from Kerala have startedthronging Chinna Muttom inKanyakumari to purchase fish, whichwill be sold in lucrative Keralamarket.

The Department of Health hastaken intensive measures to prevent the

spread of dengue in coastal areas of thedistrict with fishermen who had migratedto various parts of Kerala returning totheir villages. Mobile medical teams havebeen formed to screen them. If they havesymptoms they would be asked to obtaintreatment.

The coming days will pose achallenge to health officials as well aslocal bodies to contain dengue with theonset of monsoon in Kerala, saidP.Justin Antony, founder of TamilNadu Fishermen Development Trust,Thoothur.

-The Hindu


and so pollution enters our foodchain,” said Stalin D, director(projects), Vanashakti non-profitorganisation.

Plastic debris is another majorsource of marine pollution. “The useof plastic on the coast should berestricted as it often ends up harming

NEWS SPECTRUMmarine ecology,” said N Vasudevan,chief conservator of forests(mangroves).

According to Dr ShankarGajbhiye, chief scientist, NationalInstitute of Oceanography (NIO),although the level of heavy metals inthe west coast has decreased, the

The fisheries sector in Jharkhandhas been witnessing a phenomenalgrowth after Jharkhand became aseparate state bifurcating Bihar in 2000.When in 2001-02, the production offish in the state had been only 14,000metric tones. In 2010-11, eightygovernment fish firms produced71,886 metric tones.

The fish seed production wasincreased from 32 crore to 67 crore,along with construction of 116 newfish seed hatcheries in private andgovernment sector. The department offisheries aims to produce fish of1,40,000 tones during 12th plan.

Jharkhand fisheries sector achieves breakthrough infish production

The department of fisheriesearning in the year 2001-02 had beenonly Rs 67 lakh, which in 2008-09 roseto Rs 191 lakh.

It may be mentioned thatJharkhand is predominantly anagriculture state The major dependenceof farming and its allied activities onrainfall has resulted in a meagre incomefrom the small holdings of thecommunity and has constrained thedevelopment of rural areas

The fisheries is an integral part ofrural households more so, for thetraditional fishermen whose livelihoodis inseparably linked with fishing.

An estimated 1.35 lakh fishermenin Jharkhand traditionally depend onfisheries and the activity providessecondary source of income andemployment to all these ruralhouseholds.

The existing demand for fish inJharkhand is partly met throughsupplies from outside as internalproduction is not adequate to meet thedemand. On the other hand, the statehas a large number of vast and diversewater bodies, developed for multiplepurposes supplementing andcomplementing agriculture and alliedactivities.

-Business Standard

effluents released in the creeks andbeaches has had an adverse localisedimpact, polluting them immensely.

“Versova and Mahim beaches arehotspots of organic pollution. Marvecreek is also highly polluted,” Gajbhiyesaid.

-Hindustan Times

New Delhi: Clocking acompounded annual growth rate(CAGR) of about 11.48 per centduring 2004-05 and 2010-11,Karnataka has emerged as the leadingcoastal state with highest growth offish production according to anindependent research and analysis ofan apex industry body ASSOCHAM.

With about five lakh tonnes ofannual fish production, Karnatakaaccounts for almost six per cent ofoverall fish production in India whichis currently estimated at about 91 lakhtonnes according to The AssociatedChambers of Commerce and Industry

Karnataka, AP record highest fish productionof India (ASSOCHAM). Besides, invalue terms the fisheries sector inKarnataka is worth about Rs 4,000crore.

With over 300 km of coastlineand almost six lakh hectares of inlandwaters, Karnataka has huge scope forfurther growth and investments infisheries sector. Besides, about eightlakh fishermen are involved in fishingbusiness across Karnataka.

Amid leading coastal states inIndia, Andhra Pradesh ranks secondin terms of growth in fish productionwith a CAGR of about eight per cent

and with over 13.5 lakh tonnes of fishproduction annually, the state accountsfor over 16 per cent of country’s totalfish production.

West Bengal (4.85 per cent), TamilNadu (4.47 per cent), Gujarat (3.37 percent) and Odisha (3.25 per cent) arecertain other leading fish producingstates in India which recorded fishproduction growth rate between threeand four per cent during 2004-05 and2009-10.

Kerala recorded least growth rateof fish production between theaforesaid period as the fish production


Kofi Annan left a deepimpression on world aquacultureleaders when spoke on howaquaculture can contribute to feedingnine bill ion people by 2050 inaddressing the fully-subscribed globalaquaculture business conferenceAquaVision 2012 in Stavanger,Norway. It is a mark of the risingrecognition of aquaculture as part ofthe solution to feeding the planet inthe coming decades that Kofi Annan,two times Secretary General of theUnited Nations, found time in hishectic agenda to give a presentationon this important topic. Around 100local students who had preparedreports on sustainable food productionattended the conference to hear MrAnnan speak. After his presentation,he met with those students with thehighest rated reports.

Aquaculture gains top level recognition as acontributor to future food production

In the same AquaVision session,Árni Mathiesen, Assistant DirectorGeneral at FAO—the Food andAgriculture Organization of theUnited Nations, described theemerging food security challenges.FAO views aquaculture as a vital partof addressing this challenge in asustainable manner. Mr Mathiesenreported that FAO aims to build abroad global partnership programmeto advance aquaculture and wants tosee special initiatives to increase theimpact of fish on human nutrition,including for women and for children,especially in their first 1000 days.

Protein for 500 million moreSpeaking next, Dr Fraser

Thomson of the McKinsey GlobalInstitute told the delegates thataquaculture can potentially increase to

meet the protein needs of 500 millionmore people. He calculated by 2050there would be an additional threebillion more middle class people withspending power to be selective in theirfood purchasing. He highlighted theimportance of aquaculture by pointingout the constraints on land agriculture,which include competition for rawmaterials, water, land and energy.

Also in the first session Dr LisaBorges of the Sustainable FisheryPartnership described how aquaculturecan contribute to sustainable fisheriesand Professor Rudy Rabbinge ofWageningen University elaborated onwhy the food security challenge isincreasing the importannce ofaquaculture. The conference isorganised by global fish feed leaderSkretting and its parent company

has come down from about 8.66 lakhtonnes in 2008-09 to the current levelof about 6.82 lakh tonnes, saidASSOCHAM.

Besides, growth of fishproduction in Maharashtra (0.86pc )was also below one per cent as the fishproduction has fallen from about 5.96lakh tonnes in 2006-07 to an estimated5.82 lakh tonnes.

Goa has registered a negativegrowth rate of fish production ofabout -33 per cent as the fishproduction has slipped from awhopping 9.9 lakh tonnes in 2004-05to the current level of just about 94,000tonnes mostly due to over-exploitationof fishery resources, highlights theASSOCHAM analysis.

Fish production in India is risingat a CAGR of about five per cent andis likely to cross 104 lakh tonnes by

2015, according to ASSOCHAM. Interms of value, exports of fish fromIndia are likely to reach Rs 16,000 croreby 2015 from the current level of aboutRs 13,500 crore.

Captured fish accounts for about70 per cent of India’s total fishproduction annually, while aquacultureaccounts for about 30 per cent.

India is the second largest fishproducer in the world after China andaccounts for nearly six per cent ofglobal fish production of about 180million tonnes, said ASSOCHAM.

Besides, India has over 8,100kilometers of marine coastline, fourmillion hectares of reservoirs, twomillion hectares of brackish water andnearly 51,000 square kilometers ofcontinental shelf area and thus thereis a huge scope for developing

NEWS SPECTRUMtechnology for value addition andinfrastructure for fish productionthrough public private partnership,asserts the chamber.

The units in the fish processingsector are largely small scaleproprietary, partnership firms andfishermen co-operatives. There hasbeen spectacular growth in the marinefisheries sector due to well developedharvest and post harvest infrastructureand increased demand for seafoodboth in the domestic and exportmarkets, said ASSOCHAM.

Of the non-coastal states,Haryana has recorded a staggering 14.7per cent growth rate of fish productionfollowed by Chattisgarh (11.29 percent) and Uttar Pradesh (7.05 per cent),said ASSOCHAM. (IBNS)

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Nutreco. It was opened by Knut Nesse,Head of Skretting Group and NutrecoExecutive Board member. Subsequentconference sessions will focus on theboom in aquaculture in Asia, thelocation of many of the newconsumers, and look into thecontributions of science andtechnology to aquaculture growth andsustainability.

AquaVision is a world-classaquaculture conference that attracts adiverse range of stakeholders toStavanger every two years and has doneso again in June 2012. The conference,organised by Skretting and its parentcompany Nutreco since 1996, hasestablished itself as an importantmeeting place for some 400 participantsfrom more than 30 countries.

AquaVision 2012 is beingattended by the maximum capacity of430 registered delegates from around33 countries. Organised by Skrettingand Nutreco since 1996, AquaVisionis now established as a world-classconference that attracts a diverse rangeof stakeholders to Stavanger every twoyears.

http://aquavision.org.

Consumers are likely to see muchmore domestic farm-raised seafoodbearing an organic label in the not-too-distant future. The U.S. Department ofAgriculture released a memo this weekabout forward with developing anorganic aquaculture certificationprogram.

According to Seafood Source,“Existing U.S. rules do not allow anyseafood to bear the coveted ‘USDAOrganic’ label due to the lack ofstandards for organic aquacultureproduction and certification, thoughsome seafood products are labeled asorganic because they’ve beencertification by a third-party outfit suchas Naturland in Germany.”

In a memorandum to the National

USDA Works to Create Organic AquacultureStandards

Organic Standards Board (NOSB), theDeputy Administrator of the NationalOrganic Program (NOP), MilesMcEvoy said that his agency ispreparing a proposed rule for theproduction and certification of organicaquaculture products.

“We expect this rulemakingprocess to take place over the next twoyears,” wrote McEvoy, in the memo.“In anticipation of this rulemaking, the

NOP has received a number ofpetitions for substances to be addedto the National List of Allowed andProhibited Substances (National List)for use in organic aquaculture. Thesepetitioned substances must bereviewed by the National OrganicStandards Board (NOSB).”

The document formally asksNOSB to review the petitions aboutwhat substances might be allowedunder the program.

The development of thesestandards comes amidst growingconcern about chemical residues infarm-raised seafood — and concernsabout aquaculture practices moregenerally.

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