INFOPESCA Internacional 3

HONG KONG: RECENT TRENDS IN THE SEAFOOD TRADE
By Sudari Pawiro
Hong Kong (SAR), long regarded as an important seafood trading center in the region, importing and re-exporting fishery products, is of late importing more for local consumption. Nevertheless, it is expected to remain an important trading center especially as a distribution center to enter the huge Chinese market.

LATINAMERICA: A SOURCE OF SHRIMP
By Santiago Caro
A number of shrimp species make up the wealthy fishery resources of the wide Latin America and Caribbean regions. While there are well-developed fleets for wild shrimp fisheries in many countries, the shrimp farming industry has been experiencing a dramatic growth in some countries during the last 15 years. This has resulted, for instance, that Ecuador is at the top of the shrimp producers list in the West World, and in the third place in the global list. The industry has accompanied in a large extend such a growth. However, the last few years have been plenty of very serious problems, which represent a major challenge for this sector.

HACCP AND AQUACULTURE: ITS APLICATION IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
By Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos
The HACCP system is being used in more and more countries, both for producing and inspecting fishery products. The HACCP concept is applied throughout the whole productive chain, from the primary production to final consumer, and its use must be based on the scientific evidence that there are certain risks to human health. However, the HACCP application on aquaculture products in the developing countries, is taking place at an extremely slow pace, except for the case of some few countries and certain high-valued products. This article provides a review on both national and international efforts regarding the global tendencies, as well as the answers from the developing countries to the HACCP application and its requirements.

SUSTAINABLE SHRIMP FARMING: A NEW TECNOLOGY
By Francoise Falaise and Louis Boel
In a very particular style and with a strong passion, the authors expose their experiences on artificial shrimp farming that have been developed within environments where nobody could ever imagine some years ago. Although it has been developed in the Middle East, it is always useful to know about the success obtained in more-adverse conditions than those of our countries.

BACTERIA AS A SUPPLEMENTARY FEED IN AQUACULTURE
By Dhivendra Kumar and Ram Savan
Suitable species of bacteria can be utilized as supplementary feeds in aquaculture. The bacteria can be used for the direct feeding of culture organisms or for the feeding of live food organisms.

IMPACT OF SHRIMP CULTURE ON MANGROVES
By Piamsak Menasveta and Arlo Fast
According to the authors, the extensive shrimp culture system shich were normally built in the mangrove forests contributed greatly to their destruction. Intensive system using pumps for water exchange are considered more mangrove friendly and should be promoted.

THE IMPORTANCE FOR LATIN AMERICA OF THE ANTARCTIC FISHERIES: A LAST GOAL TO CONQUER
By Roland C. Wiefels
The Antarctica is closer to South America than to any other continent. A wide ring of marine waters, made up by the three major southern oceans, encircles the white continent and hosts many marine resources, which started to be investigated only in this century. Some of them are fishery resources with a high commercial or nutritive value. This article provides the geographic, productive and commercial features of those resources, highlighting the great potential that they represent for the South American nations.