Proposal ready to up fertiliser price 51pc Rejaul Karim Byron The government is going to raise the price of per tonne urea fertiliser by 51 percent in a bid to minimise the loss of government-run fertiliser factories and to stop smuggling of fertiliser to the neighbouring countries. Proposal ready to up fertiliser price 51pc Rejaul Karim Byron The government is going to raise the price of per tonne urea fertiliser by 51 percent in a bid to minimise the loss of government-run fertiliser...

Dan Longnecker, a trout farmer outside Castalia, near Sandusky, believes the value of farmed fish and other aquaculture products in the state would be $10 million to $20 million if the many mom-and-pop operations were counted. One researcher cautioned recently that American consumers are likely to eat an increasing amount of foreign-grown farm-raised fish in the near future. In this part of Ohio, most of the fish are sold to farmers and homeowners wanting to stock their ponds, but some are...

Last years run of Fraser River sockeye salmon was seriously overfished because managers relied too much on often faulty pre-season forecasts, according to a new analysis. The report, prepared for the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, concludes 1.1 million too many returning summer-run salmon were caught mainly by a commercial fleet eager to net its first profitable sockeye harvest in several years. Bert Ionson, DFOs regional resource manager for salmon, agrees too many sockeye were likely...

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Local fishermen do not have the means to go beyond the reef, about five nautical miles, where there are abundant fish stocks, said an official of the department. Although the ban was initially intended to safeguard the environment and increase fish stocks, a survey showed that most areas in the region have been experiencing a shortage of fish. Trawler owners who used to reap millions of shillings from prawn harvesting in the Malindi-Ungwana Bay are already feeling the pinch as their ships...

Salmon parasite could devastate our rivers Published: 22 June, 2007 ANGLERS and other recreational water users were this week urged to be vigilant to reduce the risk of a deadly parasite devastating the salmon rivers of Sutherland. The threat to the salmon rivers of the northern counties, a vital component of the local economy, is considered so serious that the Salmon Fishery Boards of Sutherland and Caithness united this week to issue a joint warning. The Gyrodactylus salaris (Gs)...