Aquaculture

Kvarøy Arctic’s parent company Kvarøy Fiskeoppdrett is investing US$16 million in the upgrade and expansion of its Kvarøy Smolt facility.

The southernmost Argentinian province of Tierra del Fuego established a law last month banning salmonid aquaculture in the region, after community activists and NGOs campaigned against fish farming in the Beagle Channel…

The finalists of the Aqua Nor Innovation of the Year award have been announced.

Friend of the Sea has recognised Azores-based seaExpert for its sustainable seaweed production.

Avramar has launched a new marine farm in Alicante’s province El Campello, adding to its existing sites in the Comunidad Valenciana in Spain.

Grupo Ersil has been appointed as Trimara’s agent for the AutoBoss net washing robot in the Chilean market.

Oyster farmers in south Brittany have installed a high-frequency multi-sensing buoy to better understand spat settlement of the flat oyster, a key resource in the area.

A new method has been devised of shellfish farming in open waters to help reverse the decline in growth in the industry.

California-based Scoot Science has become an international organisation with the formation of Scoot Science Canada.

A PhD student has been awarded an aquaculture bursary by MSD Animal Health UK to complete his research into red mark syndrome in trout.