China’s booming aquaculture industry relies increasingly on fishmeal made from wild-caught fish. (Image source: Dav Sag/Flickr)
A study conducted by Leiden University and Stanford University has offered a more sustainable path to save China’s wild-caught fish, which the Asian nation is dependent on for fishmeal
Several outbreaks of blue tongue have been reported across the sheep belt in India during 2014 particularly in southern and western states. (Image source: Alan Grinberg/flickr)
Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has launched Raksha Blu, India’s first vaccine for blue tongue disease that is prevalent among flocks of goats and sheep across the country
In October 2014, Russia’s veterinary and phyto-sanitary surveillance service (VPSS) announced the approval of pork imports from Thailand. (Image source: Carl Jones/Flickr)
48 tonnes of pork was exported by Thailand to Russia, becoming the first shipment of Thai pork to the Russian market
Eighteen countries including South Korea had been hit by the HPAI virus in 2014. (Image source: US Department of Agriculture/Flickr)
South Korea has temporarily banned poultry and related products imports from the USA due to a bird flu outbreak in the country, South Korean Agriculture Ministry has announced
In the first 11 months of 2014, about 2.7mn tonnes of fish and other aquatic species were caught in Indonesia. (Image source: WorldFish/Flickr)
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has planned to build five new fisheries centres across the country from 2015 to 2020
