Author

Behnan Thomas

  • Hungary

    Aquaculture in Hungary contributes to biodiversity, flood management and environmental sustainability

    by Behnan Thomas
    Pond farming should be better acknowledged This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1 / 2020 Modern pond aquaculture production originates in the Danube basin, and in the European Union about 60% of it is still connected with this catchment area. The biogeographic features of pond aquaculture production define the spectrum of produced species and applied technologies.
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  • Species

    King Crab: Valuable commercial resource or ecological problem?

    by Behnan Thomas
    King Crabs successfully hold their own in the Barents Sea This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1 / 2020 Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) is one of the best crustaceans that the cold northern seas have to offer. The species was originally only found in the north Pacific but in the 1960s Russian scientists introduced it to the Northeast Atlantic.
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  • Opinions

    Martyn Boyers – The Grimsby Fish Market – A hub for trade in cod and haddock

    by Behnan Thomas
    The Grimsby Fish Market, one of the most important fish markets in the UK, trades mainly in cod and haddock (two of the most consumed species in the UK) that arrives primarily from Iceland and Norway. Grimsby and its surroundings have a well-established processing industry which is a magnet for fishermen and fish traders. Martyn Boyers, the Chief Executive of the Grimsby Fish Market, explains the role of the market and the auction in the UK fish trade and outlines his vision for the future of the enterprise.
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  • Uzbekistan

    European expertise in farming and processing could benefit sector in Uzbekistan

    by Behnan Thomas
    Ambitious strategy charts out aquaculture development This article was featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1/2020 Fish production in the Republic of Uzbekistan comes primarily from inland capture fishing and fish farming. The latter is mainly the extensive pond production of silver carp and common carp, but plans are afoot to expand this to other species using water-conserving technologies.
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  • News

    Adri.SmArtFish, a joint Italian Croatian project to benefit small-scale fishermen in the northern Adriatic

    by Behnan Thomas
    Helping small-scale fishers promotes Blue Growth This article featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1 2020 The project Adri.SmArtFish unites Italian and Croatian regions of the northern Adriatic, together with two pre-eminent research centres and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia, in an effort to promote sustainability, innovation and co-creation (the collaborative development of value using customers, suppliers etc.) in small-scale fisheries (SSF) policy-making while preserving marine resources and local traditions and enhancing the competitiveness of small-scale fishermen through cross-border cooperation.
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  • Norway

    A decline in Norwegian consumption of seafood is being fought at several levels

    by Behnan Thomas
    Putting fish back on the menu Featured in EUROFISH Magazine 1/2020 Seafood is declining in popularity in Norway, a country with one of the world’s highest figures for per capita consumption. Falling interest in seafood is prompting the authorities and institutions to find out the reasons behind this development and devise ways to counter it.
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  • News

    University dedicated to small-scale fishers

    by Behnan Thomas
    The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) is launching a university devoted to small-scale fisheries (SSF). The SSF University will offer free workshops and training courses to small-scale fishers and fish workers across the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. Small-scale fishers represent 84 percent of the total regional fishing fleet and 60% of total onboard jobs. Yet despite the important role of SSF in the region, small-scale fishers often fail to be engaged in the decision-making processes. The governments of the region recognized the need to promote their access to financial resources, and facilitate education and training opportunities. To respond to these challenges, the GFCM has teamed up with the World Wide Fund for Nature, the Low Impact Fishers of Europe, the European Network of Women in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Petra Patrimonia, and LOQUS, as well as relevant FAO projects and sub regional and country offices, to offer a wide variety of courses on topics such as ecosystem friendly gears, fishing tourism, the legislative basis for SSF governance, starting a fisher association, etc. In 2020, fifteen courses are foreseen to take place in more than 11 countries, targeting representatives of SSF organizations, fishers and fish workers active in the sector.
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  • Aquaculture

    Climate change accelerates the development of algal blooms – Growing threat to fisheries and aquaculture

    by Behnan Thomas
    Microalgae are of fundamental importance for life in the oceans. With their photosynthesis they are the first link in the marine food chains upon which the existence of life in the oceans is based. Under certain conditions, however, uncontrolled mass development of the tiny algae can occur. The resulting algal blooms often have serious ecological and economic consequences and can even be toxic. This article was featured in EM 1 / 2020.
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  • News

    French supermarket launches sustainable super-nutritious trout

    by Behnan Thomas
    French retail group Auchan, one of the world’s largest retailers, is introducing a groundbreaking trout, raised on a novel feed by Skretting enriched with algal oil from Veramaris and insect meal from InnovaFeed. For the first time, the entire value chain has come together to create a unique consumer offer, combining farming, feed efficiency, and alternative ingredients. Together, they achieved a significant boost of the nutritional value from the algal oils, while ingeniously replacing the feed fish with insect meal and fish trimmings. It’s the sustainable usage of a previously discarded resource.
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