INFOPESCA Internacional 31

Aquaculture, its present and future. After the world
Review by Santiago Caro
The FAO Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, with the support of the FIN network held last 29-31 May organized the Global Trade Conference on Aquaculture. The main aquaculture leaders worldwide met in Qingdao, China, to discuss the up-to-date and the future prospects of this activity. The 33 papers were divided into 5 sesions: aquaculture growing strength, the big challenges, advantages and opportunities, China, and the future of aquaculture This artícle summarizes some of those presentations.

Why do we have to control the global tuna fishing capacity?
By Makoto Miyake
Recognising that there is an excess of fishing capacity in the tuna industry, an FAO technical committee recently made several recommendations to address the problem. The article provides historical background, explains the concept of fishing capacity and analyses how and where future management efforts should be directed.

“Sanitary quality will always be a market requirement”
Interview with Carlos Alberto Lima dos Santos
From his active retirement, a main player of the development of the Latin American fish inspection gives his overview and expresses his opinion regarding the results of the HACCP implementation in the regional fishing industry. Was it worth while? Was that the right way? Which will be the challenges in future?. In his particular stile, Carlos Alberto answers these questions and relates his personal experiences from when his very first steps in this activity

Aquaculture cages: A new material improves yields
By André van Wageningen, Thommes Thomassen and Harald Tronstad
The increasing demand for farmed fish and the exhaustion of the inshore sites for the installation of cages, are causing that deep-sea farming is becoming the real option for aquaculture in future. However, as natural conditions at deep-sea are harder, operation costs are higher. The authors present a survey that demonstrates that it is possible to obtain a lucrative and succesful aquaculture in open sites, provided that the nets are made from more resistant material, which in turn allows the introduction of new, larger and more valuable species.

Carp hamburgers: A technology developed for small-scale fisheries.
By Alejandro C. Booman, Aníbal Márquez, María Amelia Parin and Aurora Zugarramurdi
How can we take advantage of a fishery resource, which is at the same time, abundant and non-popular? How can we develop new products, in cases that the small-scale economy does not allow big investments? This paper responds to both questions. A multidisciplinary technical team developed a machine to mince fish flesh for hamburguers, that can fit well in small-sized enterprises.

Ozone as a bacteriocide agent in the seafood industry
By Alex Augusto Gonçalves and Fernanda Garcia Paiva
For almost 80 years, the science hass been trying to use the high-scope antiseptical features ozone, both to delay the fish spoilage and to improve the quality assurance of seafood. Recent developments in electronics and technolgy have allowed the development of a new line of compact ozone generators. This work aims at introducing at the ozone’s basics and describes some of its potential uses so far discovered so far, while also warns about the possible risks of ozone when not properly used.