California Aquaculture Association

Yesterday the Assembly Appropriations Committee defeated AB 88 (Huffman) which would have imposed mandatory labeling on genetically modified salmon.  The vote was 6 in favor, 9 opposed, and 2 not voting.  Passage would have required 9 votes. CAA, along with the California Farm Bureau Federation were vocal opponents of the bill, noting that no other [...]

At its meeting last week in Ontario, the CAA Board of Directors spent significant time discussing the need to press for the appointment of a new aquaculture coordinator.  The consensus of the Board was that it was extremely helpful and important to have Heather McIntire as acting coordinator, and before her to have Devin Bartley [...]

In only a decade, the Golden State has become the unlikely epicenter of America’s caviar industry. How does the Sacramento Valley’s harvest match up to the pearls of the Caspian Sea? By STINSON CARTER [Wall Street Journal Online] Erin Kunkel for the Wall Street Journal NET WORTH: Generic-labeled, coated metal tins are designed to age [...]

The Board of Directors of the California Aquaculture Association met on Wednesday, May 4 at the Doubletree Airport Hotel.  The Board meeting was planned to coincide with the Fish and Game Commission meeting happening elsewhere in the same hotel.  CAA leaders were able to attend portions of that meeting, offer testimony, and confer privately with [...]

The CAA Board of Directors met with key volunteers from the membership on Tuesday, May 3, to review and revise the organization’s Strategic Plan.  This plan is revised on a regular basis by the Board and has been the basis for many of the improvements in the association’s work in recent years. This year the [...]

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, acting with the U.S.D.A.  has finally launched its aquaculture feed subsidy program.  As in many other states, funds are available to defray increases in feed costs.  To obtain funds, producers must qualify and go through an application program.  Please visit the Aqua Information section of this website to [...]

The Board of the Directors of CAA met at Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute in San Diego last Thursday. The opening of the meeting was delayed for some time because most of the Directors and many of the other members in attendance began the day offering testimony at the meeting of the California Fish and Game [...]

Register Now! CAA joins the NAA in Sponsoring “The Four P’s of a Safe and Sustainable Aquaculture Industry: Practices, Presentation, Promotion and the Press” Friday, October 22, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Hubbs Seaworld Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street,  San Diego, CA 92109. Registration for the workshop includes lunch, all of the [...]

FACT SHEET UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FARM SERVICE AGENCY Page 1 September 2010 2009 Aquaculture Grant Program (AGP) Overview The Secretary authorized up to $20 million under Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide economic assistance for aquaculture producers who experienced high feed input costs during the 2009 calendar year. [...]

MEDIA RELEASE - 24 SEPTEMBER 2010 International nutrition experts promote seafood and health in latest Seafood Services Australia videos WHAT might four North American nutrition researchers involved with institutions like the US National Institutes of Health, the Universities of Michigan and Illinois, Cornell University in New York and Canada’s Sherbrooke University have in common? Well, first, [...]