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NewsAquaculture organisations sign MoU
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and GLOBALG.A.P. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), agreeing to work collaboratively to increase efficiency and reduce duplication in the auditing process.
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NewsFunding for New Zealand aquaculture
Five New Zealand aquaculture projects have been given grants by the Sustainable Farming Fund.
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NewsSSC awarded Label Rouge certification
The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has been awarded Label Rouge accreditation for the quality and taste of its salmon.
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NewsBAP mussel standards ready for public comment
The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is seeking public comment on the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standards for mussel farms.
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NewsMerger to create world largest bass and bream producer
Greek aquaculture companies Dias Aquaculture and Selonda have announced that they are merging to become the largest sea bass and sea bream producer in the world.
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NewsIMR project to study fish reactions to sound
A research project being carried out by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen to map the sound field inside a fish pen at Austevoll is using three 8m long, active hydrophone arrays designed by Chelsea Technologies Group Ltd.
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NewsAquaculture demand to exceed $63bn in 2017
New research from market research firm The Freedonia Group, Inc. expects world demand for aquaculture supplies and equipment to grow 7.4% per year to $63.6 billion in 2017 at the farm gate level.
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NewsDead whale found at Mainstream Canada farm
Mainstream Canada has said that it was “shaken and saddened” to discover a dead humpback whale at its Ross Pass farm, north of Tofino, on 27 March and says it has never experienced an incident like it before.
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NewsMalawi aquaculture project receives funding
A small-scale commercial aquaculture developed project in Malawi has received £337,000 from the Scottish Government’s International Development Fund.
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NewsTraining camp for salmon smolt
A new project coordinated by Nofima aims to improve the survival rate and health of salmon smolt transferred to cages at around one year old.
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Fish farm application rejected
The Nova Scotia government has not approved an application by Snow Island Salmon for a new salmon aquaculture site in Shoal Bay, near Sheet Harbour, Halifax Regional Municipality, following a 22-month-long review process.
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NewsNew line for automated egg handling and fertilisation
Aqua Gen is installing a new automated production line that ensures standardised and optimal treatment and fertilisation of the newly stripped eggs.
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GAA seeks award candidates
The Global Aquaculture Alliance is looking for candidates for the inaugural Global Aquaculture Innovation Award.
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NewsAKVA wins National Prawn Co. contract
AKVA group has won a new contract worth over US$10m for the delivery of its cage farming technology to National Prawn Co. (NPC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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NewsNew RAS system from AquaMaof
The Israeli company, AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies, has established the largest industrialised tilapia farming facility in Europe. The facility, in Poland, is spread out over an area of 8,000m2 and will produce some 1,200 tons of tilapia per annum.
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NewsMobile fish pen named a Top 25 Invention
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Kampachi Farms of Hawaii and the Illinois Soybean Association to develop an innovative new system that could produce a sea change in fish farming.
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Trout standards handed over to ASC
A sixth standard has been received by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) – the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue.
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Last call for Scottish aquaculture Awards
The Crown Estate has issued a final call for entries and nominations from those who wish to participate in the 2013 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.
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NewsNorwegian project on planning aquaculture
The programme for aquaculture at the Research Council of Norway has allocated a three-year project NOK4.2m, to research the legitimacy of the aquaculture industry at local level and conditions that influence access to area in the coastal zone.
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World’s biggest onshore farm planned
Salmon farming company FishFrom is due to submit a planning application for the world’s biggest onshore farm, in which the fish will be produced without ever swimming in rivers or the sea.
