Polylactic acid (PLA) is a compound derived from renewable resources such as corn starch, sugarcane, or tapioca that can be used for the manufacture of plastic packaging materials that have several advantages over plastics produced from oil. Among the companies that are using this material is Depron, a manufacturer of packaging materials based in the Netherlands.
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January/February 2012 EM1 Country profiles: Turkey and Armenia Processing: Product labelling: Information,…
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Chapter Six: Waste water treatment Farming fish in a recirculation system where the water is constantly reused does not make the waste from the fish production disappear. Dirt or excretions from the fish still have to end somewhere. The biological processes in the system will to a certain extent reduce the amount of organic compounds, because of simple biological degradation or mineralisation within the system. However, a significant load of organic sludge from the farm will still have to be dealt with.
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In the past, labels served only as a means of informing customers on the type, ingredients and price of a product. Today, however, they have to fulfil many more functions. They help streamline stock-keeping and enable product traceability within the supply chain, they protect against theft and simplify payment at the checkout. New technical developments are making labels increasingly efficient and attractive.
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A lot of people still believe that tuna is just one single species. Hardly anyone knows that there are more than half a dozen “genuine” tuna species which differ in their biological properties and are fished to varying degrees. Not every tuna species is as threatened as bluefin tuna – the stock situation has to be considered separately for every marine region and every individual species.
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Projects
Multi-sensor automated water quality monitoring and control system for continuous use in recirculation aquaculture systems – AQUAlity
The objectives of the project were to develop a low cost integrated multi-sensor and an intelligent control system optimised for farmed species.… -
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National workshop “Food chain and certification of fisheries and aquaculture sector in Turkey”
The four-day workshop was held in Bodrum. This region is known for being one of the largest production sites for farmed marine water fish in the country.… -
The workshop was attended by 28 participants from 18 countries – Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the Balkans.…
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Integrating AQUAculture and FIsheries MAnagement towards a sustainable regional development in the Baltic Sea Region -AQUAFIMA
AQUAFIMA is an EU project funded through the Baltic Sea Region Programme whose overall objective is to integrate aquaculture and fisheries management for the sustainable regional development in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR).…
