INFOPESCA Internacional 19

The distribution channels for shrimp in the USA.
By John Filose
The US shrimp market is still one of the main issues in the seafood market worldwide. Based on his long experience, the author provides interesting information that helps to understand the details of distribution. The article also invites to reflect on how fast changes take place in the main markets nowadays.

Where is fish inspection going?
By Carlos A. Lima dos Santos
Fish inspection has suffered deep changes in the last 10-15 years. The article reviews the main developments during this period, reflects on its effects, evaluates the future challenges and forecasts the future trends. A special emphasis is put on the application of the HACCP system in the fishing industry, as well as on the strengthening of the inspection services in the developing countries.

Treaceability in the seafood processing chain
By Torger Borresen
Nowadays consumers require more and more information regarding the products they buy, including seafood products. This explains the importance of treaceability, which is defined as the ability of treacing back a product as far as its origin, and to determine what happened with it during its producing cycle.

Inshore artisanal fisheries in Uruguay. Part 2: Socio-economic aspects.
Por Sonia Fernández et al.
Everybody has wonder at least once: how do artisanal fishermen live? How many people are they? What is their education level? What are their plans for future? Why don’t they prosper?. This article answers some of these questions, or provides at least a basis for an interesting reflection. While it refers to a country in particular, their results can serve as a model for application in other parts of the world.

A fishing skipper designs his own software for improving fishing.
By Frank Chalkling
The author is a Uruguayan fishing skipper, who assumed the challenge of achieving a more responsible and lucrative fishing, and designed a software that allows to design fishing gears by usingn mathematic calculus and graphics. The details of this new computing tools are clearly explained in the article.

AQUÍ-S. Aquatic anaesthetic for cultured fish
By Alejandro Poblete
This product, which has been developed by a New Zealand company, helps to harvest fish without changing their quality attributes. It also allows desensitizes fish prior to slaughter, which approaches to the current increasing trend towards animals welfare, a requisite more and more required by the main importing countries. The article describes the product’s benefits and explains its mechanisms of action.