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NewsMilicz Ponds investment
Poland’s Milicz Ponds group has launched an investment to revitalise its fish ponds covering an area of 76 square kilometres, reports Jaroslaw Adamowski.
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New BAP auditor
The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) division of the Global Aquaculture Alliance has added Food Certification International Ltd (FCI) to its team of BAP-approved third-party certification bodies.
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News$600,000 grant for aquaculture research in Maine
A researcher at the University of Maine at Machias has received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the potential for new aquaculture markets for two shellfish in Maine.
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NewsAn opportunity for new shrimp producers
A new Rabobank report says that the outbreak of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in shrimp will give second-tier shrimp producing regions the opportunity to step up production and capture market share – until EMS affected countries recover from the disease.
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NewsGOAL keynote from Marine Harvest chairman
Ole-Eirik Lerøy, chairman of Marine Harvest ASA, has been announced as the keynote speaker at the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s GOAL 2013 conference in Paris, France.
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BAP for Australia
Australia’s first processing plant has achieved Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.
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New fish farm service vessel
Akdeniz Shipyard and Hordafor AS have signed a letter of intent for the building of a new fish farm service vessel.
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NewsRussia’s largest aquaculture plant
Russian Salmon Company, one of Russia’s largest fish producers, has announced plans to establish a large-scale aquaculture complex in the Murmansk region of Russia, which will specialise on the production of juvenile Atlantic salmon and trout, reports Eugene Gerden.
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NewsThe key to sustainable aquaculture
For the first time scientists have been able to develop a completely vegetarian diet that works for marine fish raised in aquaculture, the key to making aquaculture a sustainable industry.
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NewsThree-star shrimp from Belize Aquaculture
Belize Aquaculture Ltd. has become the first shrimp company in Belize and the second in Central America approved to offer three-star BAP shrimp.
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NewsGame changer for prawn industry
After 10 years of research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists have perfected the Novacq™ prawn feed additive.
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Oyster aquaculture investment in New Brunswick
The New Brunswick government in Canada is investing $400,000 in a new programme to accelerate the development of its oyster aquaculture industry.
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NewsKeeping fish feeding costs down
Mississippi State University scientists have found that catfish can thrive for the first six weeks after hatching by feeding on naturally occurring zooplankton – which could save producers money.
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NewsOffshore cage farming has potential in Asia
Cage culture technology developed in Norway is being increasingly used in Asia to farm species such as cobia, tilapia and pompano. It is a far cry from the primitive industry still in use there where small cages made from wood or bamboo with nets hanging from the top are used ...
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Aquaculture sales in Florida top $69m
Aquaculture sales in the Florida last year totalled $69 million, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer services.
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NewsFlorida names new director of aquaculture
Kal Knickerbocker has been appointed the new director of aquaculture at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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NewsSalmon farming does not impact wild stocks
A peer-reviewed scientific paper has confirmed the lack of evidence of negative impacts on wild salmon stocks from fish farming.
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NewsInnovation Award finalists announced
The finalists of the Aqua Nor Innovation Award 2013 have been announced – and due to the number of exceptional projects this year, there are four finalists instead of the usual three, selected from 19 applicants.
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NewsFirst marine fish farm for Sri Lanka
Oceanpick has signed an agreement with the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka for the country’s first oceanic farm for finfish.
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Largest Aqua Nor ever
The organisers of Aqua Nor 2013 believe that this year’s event will be the largest show ever.
