Aquaculture

Ten start-ups from backgrounds including technology and artificial intelligence have taken part in this year’s Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Aquaculture Workshop.

Marine services group Endúr has entered into an agreement to acquire BMO Entreprenør, a provider of maintenance and rehabilitation services for marine infrastructure projects in Norway.

Aqua Bridge has announced the aquaculture sector’s first commercial partnership between companies based in the United Arab Emirates and Israel, following the Abraham peace accord signed in Washington in September this year.

Skretting has enhanced its suite of digital tools with a new growth model for barramundi.

Samherji Fish Farming has signed a letter of intent to purchase a site at Helguvík in the Reykjanes peninsula region of south-western Iceland currently owned by aluminium producer Norðurál.

Aller Aqua has discovered a new way of feeding fry which improves growth and reduces early mortality and deformities.

Thai Union Group and Corbion have expanded the adoption of AlgaPrime DHA, an omega-3 rich algae feed ingredient, in Thai Union shrimp feed following a successful large scale trial in 2019.

Johan Fredrik Gjesdal has been appointed chief operating officer for AKVA group’s land-based business unit, and took up his post this week.

AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies has been chosen to provide its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology to West Coast Salmon, an industrial Atlantic Salmon production facility in Reno, Nevada.

The UK government has invested £10 million in a programme to demonstrate the feasibility of converting food waste into insect-based animal feed and fertiliser.