Australian fishing sector looking at a big year. With the drought breaking across much of the country, rivers are flushing huge amounts of nutrients into the ocean. Aquaculture soon to supply half of world demand. Scottish aquaculture applauded by EU. Opportunities for aquaculture in Michigan. Fishery villages to be relaunched. Aquaculture giants plan joint venture in Costa Rica.

Fortum inaugurates new biomass CHP plant in Estonia. The plant, which uses local fuels such as woodchips, wood residues from industry and milled peat, has a production capacity of 24 MW of electricity . Universal Bioenergy applies to list in Frankfurt. Biofuel development needs to be shaped by laws. Workshop to focus on biofuel crops.

Uyum Gıda, a Turkish supermarket chain, has imported 2,000 cattle from Uruguay to fight high domestic Turkish meat prices. The retailer plans to slaughter the 4. 5 million Turkish Liras worth of cattle after feeding them for up to 180 days, it said in a written statement Tuesday. The cattle were loaded on ships on Jan. 22 at a port in the Urugayan capital of Montevideo and are to be . Arnold Meat Packers gets up and running.

Some communal farmers in the Omaheke region have complained about the expenses they incurred in buying cattle ear tags, describing it as daylight robbery of their money. South African dairy industry at risk. Mopani livestock must be dipped.

Chinese hog seller plans US IPO. Soybean a good alternative to fishmeal in weanling pig diets. Taiwan aims to make pig raising more environmentally sustainable. Greater support for Czech pig farmers. Govt plans to raise tariff on imported meat. Pig farming faces grim outlook for 2011. 4,000 pig farm gets opposition from villagers. Antibiotic resistant bacteria in insects found in swine operations. Abra livestock sector seeks help for hog industry. Smithfield sells hog farm to Prestage Farms.