Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan, SNP) asked when changes in the regulation of the white-fish industry will be announced.
As per capita fish consumption in China quintupled between 1983 and 2003, the fortunes of emerging Asia's fish industry--Pacific Andes foremost--have risen apace.
Landcatch Natural Selection said the research could create the "perfect salmon" and revolutionise the fish farming industry.
Scotland's fish farming industry could face stricter regulation through new legislation.
Among the likely winners in the fragmented and mostly small-scale fish producing industry are either suppliers to farmers or companies that can obtain economics of scale in ocean fishing.
But it is widely accepted by scientists studying the crayfish invasion that this all started when an Egyptian businessman attempted to expand his fish farm industry by investing in shrimp.
But what really separates Qian Hu from the many mom-and-pop businesses of the tropical-fish-farming industry is the attention paid to safely shipping such a fragile creature to customers overseas.
Labour AM for Mid and West Wales Alun Davies raised concerns for the food, fish and drink industry and challenged the minister on her decision not to protect that budget.
The oil spill's effects on fish would damage the fishing industry in the region, Slivayak added.
In practice, they provide cheap labour (mainly from Asia) for the garment industry, farming and fish-processing.
Instead, the fishing industry processes them into fish meal and oil to make food pellets for salmon farming and livestock feed - especially for Danish pigs.
In 2004, the most recent year statistics are available, the industry caught a record 106 million tons of fish.
But with recession-hit Japanese buying less fish and the market opening to cheaper imports, the industry looks especially gloomy.
"Fish-farming on a local basis exists throughout Southeast Asia, but to become a global presence a firm must overcome this obstacle, " says Gerald Bassleer, managing director of the industry's trade group, the Ornamental Fish International in the Netherlands.
Fishing industry representatives welcomed the outcome of talks in Brussels on EU fish conservation measures in December.
"The industry is concerned that people with will think 'don't eat fish, '" said Michael Bender of the Mercury Policy Project.
The rush to hop into reputable charities, coupled with a decline in donations, is going to bring private-sector competition to an industry once known for attracting small, not-so-fast swimming fish.
The Scottish White Fish Producers' Association accused the commission of having "tunnel vision" and said the industry had already put its house in order.
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According to a report by the Coalition of Legal Toothfish Operators, an industry group out of Perth, Pacific Andes was disguising the origin of the fish and fish products from these illegal operations through its processing, distribution and trading arrangements.
The amendment from John Scott, the Conservative environment spokesman, which called for consultation with the aquaculture industry and for streamlining of the planning process to allow the creation of more fish farms was passed, with 73 MSPs voting for it and 43 voting against it.
Today the girls are draped in stinky fish--octopus, snail shells and crab legs--and being critiqued by the model host and industry insiders.
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