5.10.2011 Changes in Baltic Sea aquaculture: More output with less environmental load The production of farmed fish can be considerably increased and the adverse environmental impacts reduced if the location of the establishments is carefully planned. This will allow us to promote the economic objectives while taking the environmental considerations duly into account. This is the view shared by numerous experts reflecting on the means to develop aquaculture at an international conference at the House of the Estates in Helsinki, Finland on 4-5 October 2011. Read more »
27.5.2011 EU Fish II – key environmental pollutants in Baltic fish The EU Fish II project confirmed that many Baltic Sea fish remain safe to eat twice a week: perch, pike-perch, vendace, burbot, pike, whitefish, cod, sprat and roach. Lake fish and farmed fish contain even smaller concentrations of the hazardous substances studied. The Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira recommends that municipalities inform consumers if the reduction of the consumption of a specific fish species is advisable on the basis of local results. In such a case, fish consumption should be reduced in line with official guidelines.
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20.7.2010 Crayfish season 2010 – reliable catch predictions support development of the crayfish industry According to crayfish catch monitoring by the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, signal crayfish stocks are robust, and a large number of noble crayfish were left in Finland’s waterways last season. The period of hot weather that followed Midsummer will have promoted crayfish growth and speeded up moulting. There are also plenty of young crayfish in the waterways growing up for future seasons. Therefore we have good reason to expect good crayfish catches during this year’s crayfish season, which begins at 12.00 on 21 July 2010 and ends at the end of October. Read more »
