Aquaculture

Pure Salmon is building a new 10,000 tonnes per annum recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility at Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France.

Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam is heading up a research project to investigate the application of hybrid and fully electric propulsion in the Dutch mussel farming sector.

Aller Aqua has opened a new factory in Serbia, focusing on the countrys main aquaculture species, carp.

iFarm monitors each salmon using machine vision, establishing a health record for each individual, and can select out any fish needing attention.

In a world first for rope grown oysters, Maruto Suisan has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its fishery in the Seto Inland Sea.

A new collaboration has expanded the Danish Fish quality mark to fish from the aquaculture sector, in addition to wild-caught fish.

Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55m Barcaldine Hatchery has achieved a critical milestone with the first smolts having gone safely out to sea pens.

Alltech and research institute Nofima and collaborating on research and development into sustainable salmon production for Norway fisheries.

?Scottish Sea Farms is to restructure its farming operations to help accelerate progress towards the company’s goal of setting the benchmark for sustainability in its sector.