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A new fish farming diploma course at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology is proving popular and reflects a predicted boom in the aquaculture industry, according to School of Technology, Primary Industries…

24th November 2010

New Zealand aquaculture diploma pulls in students

24th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Denis Lebel, minister of state for Canada Economic Development, has announced the awarding of CAD 700,000 (€502,887/$691,105) in repayable funding to Les Fermes marines du Québec for the construction of a hatchery…

22nd November 2010

Canada funds scallop farming projects

22nd November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The board of directors at Akva Group ASA has appointed Trond Williksen as the Norwegian company’s new CEO.

22nd November 2010

Akva Group appoints new CEO

22nd November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New Zealand aquaculture ventures can secureNZD 410,000 (€233,193/$318,789) in government funding through the third round of a contestable fund.

22nd November 2010

New Zealand opens next round of aquaculture funding

22nd November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kaipara Oysters have enjoyed a very good first year in the European market with orders for the organic shellfish coming in from all over the continent.

18th November 2010

NZ organic oysters wow European market

18th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sanford Ltd has confirmed it has entered into a conditional agreement with fellow New Zealand company Pacifica Seafoods for the acquisition of Pacifica’s Greenshell mussel and Pacific oyster businesses for NZD 85…

17th November 2010

Sanford pays NZD 85m for Pacifica

17th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian company Grieg Seafood ASA said a strong salmon market with high prices saw its operating profit before value adjustment of the biomass surge to NOK 105.1 million (€13 million/$18.1 million) in…

10th November 2010

Salmon prices boost Grieg’s Q3 profits

10th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc has reported a third-quarter sales increase of 27%. The Seattle-based company recorded Q3 sales of $28.2 million (€20.3 million), up from $22.2 million (€16 million) achieved in…

10th November 2010

Tilapia firms Q3 sales rocket 27%

10th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture New Zealand has welcomed the introduction of the Aquaculture Legislation Amendment Bill (No 3) into parliament.

10th November 2010

NZ delivers aquaculture legislation amendment bill

10th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian-based salmon farming giant Cermaq has presented an EBIT pre fair value adjustment of NOK 502 million (€61.7 million/$87 million) for Q3 2010. Adjusted for gains on divestment, the EBIT was NOK…

5th November 2010

Cermaq achieves best quarter results ever

5th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Board of Land and Natural Resources of the State of Hawaii granted an application from Hawaii Oceanic Technology for a 35-year lease on the company’s 247-acre deep open ocean aquaculture site,…

5th November 2010

35-yr lease granted for first US deep ocean aquaculture site

5th November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marine Harvest reported operating revenues of NOK 3,610 million (€440.3 million/$618.2 million) in the third quarter of 2010, up slightly from NOK 3,601 million (€439.2 million/$616.7 million) recorded in the corresponding period…

3rd November 2010

Marine Harvest: strong Q3, output to rise

3rd November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fish and animal feed company Nutreco saw an 11% year-on-year rise in turnover in the third quarter of 2010. It took third quarter sales past €1.3 billion ($1.8 billion), largely due to…

1st November 2010

Nutreco Q3 turnover grows 11%

1st November 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Empresa Pesquera Apiao’s Chilean blue mussel (Mytilus chilensis) farming sites have been audited by an international certification body and found to be compliant with Friend of the Sea sustainability requirements.

26th October 2010

Chilean blue mussels secure Friend of the Sea eco-label

26th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Regal Springs Tilapia farm Aquafinca in Honduras was the first aquaculture operation to be audited by the Institute for Marketecology (IMO) for compliance with the International Standards for Responsible Tilapia Aquaculture (ISRTA),…

25th October 2010

First tilapia farm becomes compliant with aquaculture dialogue standards

25th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

To mark the arrival of the 10 millionth Norwegian salmon to China, the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC) created a sushi mosaic featured 8,374 pieces of sushi made from different types of…

25th October 2010

New world record: largest sushi mosaic

25th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

South Australias mussel industry is to trial a programme in which hatchery-raised mussel spat will be imported from Tasmania.

21st October 2010

Tasmania to send mussel spat to South Australia

21st October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Salmon farming giant Marine Harvest has filed an official complaint against rules that prevent the company from growing any larger in Norway, saying it wants to participate in the consolidation of the…

12th October 2010

Marine Harvest wants in on consolidation

12th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Akva Group has won a contract with the National Prawn Company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for delivery of a pre-grow-out system for the production of yellowtail kingfish.

12th October 2010

Saudi kingfish contract for Akva

12th October 2010

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cooke Aquaculture is planning to spend $150 million (€107.4 million) over five years to expand its Nova Scotia operations.

8th October 2010

Cooke announces $150m expansion

8th October 2010