INFOPESCA Internacional 37

Parasites of genus Anisakis: legal control in canned fish
By Boris Bogoslavsky
According to FAO, WHO and other organizations involved with health, fish parasitism and its transmition to human consumers are increasingly causing concern as emergin pathologies. There is a need to establish preventing meassures. However, many mistakes can be made in these cases, if an adequate risk assesment is not applied. The article refers to a case that recently occured in Argentina.

The importance and need of a Regional Fishing Management Organization for the South West Atlantic
By Daniel Gilardoni
The exploration of living aquatic resources in internatinal waters has led in many case to an overexplotation of them. As a consequence, in recent years the international community has agreed on the need of taking common measures to managing, ruling and limiting catches in international waters. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea together with other related agreements have set the international legal framework to formulate the Regional Fishing Management Organizations.

Hurdle technology and seafood shelflife
By Marisa Yeannes
Conservation of food products is very ancient, and was at the beginning oriented to preserver foods which were not available in certain seasons. Industrial canning sterilization has dominated during the last decades, while other less-agressive technologies have emerged recently. These technnologies point to one or more selected risks, and interesting experiences on this matter are described in the article.

Aquaculture in Palestine. An experience against adversity
By Renata Melon Barroso
A Brazilian expert describes an experience on the introduction of aquaculture in Palestine. The non-existence of this production activity in the country, together with the high poverty rates, the strong dependency on conflictive borderings with Israel and the need of a food security programme, led to the design of an aquaculture development project.

Global fish supply, consumption and trade- an overview.
By Fatima Ferdouse
From the global production of 160 million tonnes of fish and fishery products in 2007, only 38% is reported to have entered international trade, which means the larger share of the production is traded in the domestic markets of the producing countries. It is growing fast especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

Who eats fish?
A research on consumers’ social-cultural aspects
By Francisco Pucci, Soledad Nión and Fiorella Ciapessoni
This article summarizes a survey made on the social-cultural aspects of people who usually eats fish in Uruguay. An emphasis was put on homes with children aging less that 16 years-old. The results are quite interesting and could help as reference for other countries in Latin America and other regions.

The small-scale fisherman: A craftsman fisherman
By Roland Wiefels
In Latin American countries, the highest share of the seafood supply to the domestic market is provided by small-scale fishermen. This sector is going through a deep transformation. The small-scale fishing communities show the most important interest in the sustainability of resources, as they practice a responsible fishing and add a number of typical values. In Latin America, the way this “artisanal” fishermen are perceived, has been fastly changing in recent years.