Aquaculture 2-10 – Page 104

  • The project team
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    Lumpsucker project takes another step forward

    2016-06-30T10:33:00Z

    A new £2.12m lumpsucker project has begun, co-funded by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).

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    Aquaculture project launched in Zanzibar

    2016-06-23T14:51:00Z

    A US$3.2m three-year aquaculture project has been launched in Zanzibar.

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    Sea lice resistance breakthrough

    2016-06-23T10:19:00Z

    Benchmark Animal Health has published the latest findings from its research into breaking sea lice resistance, which is now supported by experience from the company’s partners in the field.

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    Vietnam tilapia farming plan approved

    2016-06-22T15:51:00Z

    Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has approved a development plan for tilapia farming by 2020.

  • Rolls-Royce will construct and deliver an eight point mooring system to the world’s first offshore fish farm installation: Credit: SalMar/Ocean Farming
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    World’s first offshore fish farm rig

    2016-06-22T10:39:00Z

    Ocean Farming AS has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce for the construction and delivery of an eight point mooring system to the world’s first offshore fish farm installation.

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    EnviroFlight wins innovation award

    2016-06-16T16:28:00Z

    EnviroFlight, LLC has received the ‘DSM Innovation Award’ in aquaculture, which honours transformative innovation within the aquaculture industry.

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    Urban fish farm achieves certification

    2016-06-14T12:54:00Z

    The FRESH urban fish farm located in Völkingen, Germany, has achieved Friend of the Sea sustainable aquaculture certification for its gilthead seabream, yellowtail kingfish and European seabass.

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    GSI expands with new associate members

    2016-06-14T11:18:00Z

    The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has announced that three industry feed companies - Biomar, Cargill (former EWOS) and Skretting - have joined the GSI as associate members.

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    Cleaner fish project wins innovation award

    2016-06-08T10:51:00Z

    Scottish Sea Farms was crowned winner of the Scottish Food & Drink Excellence Award for Innovation last week, for its pioneering approach to sea lice control.

  • Dartmouth Research Assistant Professor Pallab Sarker (left) and Professor Anne Kapucinski conduct an experiment on the use of microalgae as a sustainable feed ingredient for aquaculture of tilapia. Credit: Dartmouth College
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    Fish-free feed breakthrough

    2016-06-07T11:52:00Z

    Dartmouth College scientists have discovered that marine microalgae can completely replace the wild fish oil currently used to feed tilapia.

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    Aquaculture shipping joint venture to be established

    2016-06-02T09:46:00Z

    Marine Harvest and Deep Sea Supply PLC have entered into a Heads of Agreement to establish a 50/50 owned aquaculture shipping joint venture to build, own and operate aquaculture vessels.

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    MSD Animal Health and Europharma team up

    2016-06-01T15:23:00Z

    MSD Animal Health has teamed up with Europharma UK in an exclusive deal to provide the best possible service in the distribution of its trout health products.

  • Sanford is looking forward to investing further in Southland
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    Sanford supports aquaculture growth

    2016-06-01T14:36:00Z

    New Zealand company, Sanford, has expressed its support for Southland as the region looks to learn from Scandinavia on boosting aquaculture growth.

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    US company close to three-star BAP catfish

    2016-06-01T10:09:00Z

    SouthFresh Aquaculture, a US-based catfish processor, is one step closer to being eligible to offer three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) catfish.

  • White Spot Syndrome Virus-infected tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon. Image courtesy of Dr A.S. Sahul Hameed, C. Abdul Hakeem College, India
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    Alleviating poverty through disease control

    2016-05-31T14:50:00Z

    Swansea University has attracted over £2m in funding to alleviate poverty within poor farming communities in Bangladesh and India by controlling disease risk in fish and crustacean aquaculture.

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    Peter Redmond to leave GAA

    2016-05-31T12:32:00Z

    Peter Redmond, vice president of market development for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division, is leaving the organisation after eight years.

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    Scottish shellfish farm statistics released

    2016-05-26T10:14:00Z

    Marine Scotland Science has published the Scottish Shellfish Farm Production Survey 2015.

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    WorldFish project increases Egypt farm profits by 27%

    2016-05-25T16:06:00Z

    At the end of the four-year Swiss-funded Improving Employment and Income through Development of Egypt’s Aquaculture Sector (IEIDEAS) project, participating farmers reported US$16,000 in extra annual profit, with a total of US$D27 million added to the sector over the duration of the project.

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    The way forward for European aquaculture

    2016-05-25T10:45:00Z

    EU Commissioner, Karmenu Vella, presented progress made and obstacles that need to be addressed in further developing a sustainable aquaculture sector in the EU at a high-level joint event with the Dutch Presidency of the Council yesterday,

  • AquAdvantage® Salmon has been approved for commercial sale in Canada
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    GM salmon approved by Health Canada

    2016-05-24T10:11:00Z

    Health Canada has concluded its review of AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.’s AquAdvantage® Salmon (AAS) and has approved it for commercial sale in Canada.