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  • ASC certified trout from Danforel will soon be available
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    First trout farm certified

    2014-07-17T11:08:00Z

    The first farm has been certified to the ASC Freshwater Trout Standard for responsible aquaculture.

  • REWE is introducing Goldlocke, made from ASC tilapia
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    REWE introduces ASC tilapia

    2014-07-17T10:41:00Z

    One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains, REWE, is increasing its range of ASC labelled seafood with the introduction of its Goldlocke product.

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    Minister tours Norway and Iceland

    2014-07-17T10:15:00Z

    Newfoundland and Labrador’s Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, The Honourable Keith Hutchings, recently visited Norway and Iceland to study the approaches used both by countries to generate maximum returns from cod and other groundfish resources.

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    Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture statistics available online

    2014-07-16T11:33:00Z

    Key aquaculture statistics which include production volumes, employment numbers, and inspection information are now available on a new page of the Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture website.

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    ASC salmon in Chile

    2014-07-15T10:39:00Z

    Cermaq Chile has become the first salmon producer in Chile to achieve ASC certification.

  • A fish farm in western Greece. Credit: AlMare/CC BY-SA 2.5
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    Global aquaculture expected to reach $202.96bn by 2020

    2014-07-08T14:08:00Z

    The global market for aquaculture is expected to reach US$202.96 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc.

  • Norman McCowan: “I am very proud of our team, our partners and our community for working together to take this critical step toward providing a solution to our coming food deficit”
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    Bell Aquaculture opens new aqua feed mill

    2014-07-03T17:52:00Z

    America’s Bell Aquaculture LLC has opened its new Bell Farms Aqua Feed Mill in Indiana representing the last major step toward completion of a vertically integrated aquaculture farm that has long been in development.

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    GSI announces new members

    2014-07-03T15:55:00Z

    The Global Salmon Initiative (GSI) has announced that Huon Aquaculture, New Zealand King Salmon and Ventisqueros, from Tasmania, New Zealand and Chile respectively, are the latest farmed salmon producers to join the leadership initiative.

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    Young Scientist Award

    2014-06-30T13:22:00Z

    Marie Smedley, a PhD Candidate at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture in Scotland, is the winner of this year’s Novartis Animal Health (NAH) Young Scientist Award.

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    Report on land-based aquaculture

    2014-06-26T14:33:00Z

    Growing Atlantic salmon in land-based, closed-containment is technically feasible, but its commercial viability remains to be proven, says a new report commissioned by the Nova Scotia government.

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    ISA detected at Cermaq site

    2014-06-25T16:34:00Z

    Cermaq has confirmed that the ISA virus has been detected at its Langøyhovden sea site in Nordland, Norway.

  • Open ponds at Cellana’s Kona Demonstration Facility (KDF) on the Big Island of Hawaii
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    Companies team up to produce high-value algae products

    2014-06-25T11:16:00Z

    Cellana, Inc. and Galil Algae Cooperative Agriculture Society Limited have entered into a letter of intent with the objective of partnering for the production of high-value algae products for aquaculture applications.

  • Belize shrimp farmers are preparing for ASC certification
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    Belize shrimp farms prepare for certification

    2014-06-25T10:45:00Z

    Members of the Belize Shrimp Growers'' Association are preparing for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) assessment, thanks to funding from funding from the Enterprise Innovation Challenge Fund (EICF), a component of the Compete Caribbean program.

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    Scotland launches Aquaculture Innovation Centre

    2014-06-25T10:17:00Z

    Scotland has launched its Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to help create jobs and support the growth, sustainability and profitability of the country’s industry.

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    EMS survey now online

    2014-06-24T14:50:00Z

    The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is calling on shrimp farms in Asia and Latin America to fill out a survey designed to collect information on early mortality syndrome (EMS).

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    Aquaculture diagnostics in Asia

    2014-06-18T16:31:00Z

    International aquaculture health company Fish Vet Group (FVG) has officially opened its state-of-the-art aquaculture diagnostic facility in Bangkok, Thailand.

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    GAA and CAPPMA sign MoU

    2014-06-18T12:45:00Z

    The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and the China Aquatic Products Processing and Marketing Alliance (CAPPMA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), in which they will work collaboratively to advance responsible aquaculture in China and globally through the exchange of information and research.

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    New feed barge contracts

    2014-06-18T09:57:00Z

    Norway Royal Salmon ASA group and related company Wilsgård Fiskeoppdrett AS have ordered five AC450 feed barges from AKVA group ASA.

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    Fish farm pen system video launched

    2014-06-11T16:39:00Z

    Fusion Marine has launched a fly-through video featuring its Triton fish farm pen system to give the wider public an insight into the complex engineering processes involved in the design and construction of a conventional fish farm.

  • SAIMOS researchers deploying an ocean mooring which includes an Acoustic Doplar Current Profiler. This measures pressure, oxygen, turbidity (water cloudiness), fluorescence (chlorophyll concentration) and PAR (the amount of biologically importan...
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    Aquaculture modelling tool

    2014-06-10T14:23:00Z

    A complex computer model developed in South Australia is offering commercial operators the chance to more efficiently and sustainably run their businesses.