Aquaculture

Australian fish feed company Big Nutrition and New Zealand consultancy company Aquaculture Direct have determined that establishing an aquatic feed mill in Blenheim, Marlborough in New Zealand is viable.

Professor Stan Allen of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) and colleague Ximing Guo from Rutgers University have received the Inventor of the Year Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall…

AquaBounty Technologies is now able to produce its AquAdvantage Salmon (AAS) on a commercial scale after being approved by Environment Canada.

For the first time, the Belgian Fish Guide will feature Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified tilapia and pangasius.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is celebrating its 500th ASC labelled product.

Mainstream Canada and Skuna Bay Vancouver Island Craft Raised Salmon can now offer three-star salmon, following the Best Aquaculture Practices certification of their exclusive feed provider, EWOS Canada.

Skretting Norway has officially opened its extended fish feed plant in Averøy, Norway - the largest and most modern fish feed plant in the world.

The first harmful algal bloom forecasting system could prevent fish deaths and prolonged closures of aquaculture areas due to toxic HAB events.

Most aquaculture systems are open to the natural environment, making it difficult to protect fish from parasites, bacteria and viruses and they are subject to environmental fluctuations.

Whiteleg shrimp producer, Nekkanti Sea Foods Limited, has been certified by GLOBALG.A.P. – making the company the first to be certified in India.

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.

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 –…

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…

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.