Aquaculture

Scottish wellboat, harvest and service vessel company, Johnson Marine, has placed an order for two net cleaning robot systems from Norwegian technology company Multi Pump Innovation (MPI).

Broodstock Capital has invested in Norwegian marine health player Åkerblå, aiming to ramp up Åkerblå’s international efforts.

In southern Africa’s Mozambique, overall aquaculture production experienced a decline in the last decade, mainly due to high production costs and poor production techniques in the country.

Scottish Sea Farms has seen a reduction in the number of seals culled to protect farmed salmon stocks thanks to ongoing investment in rigid pen netting.

Aquafeed, the global community of industry professionals, is running its fifth annual Extrusion Technology course in Norway this April.

A Japanese farm whose microalgae products have applications ranging from health food and cosmetics to biofuels has become the first in the world to attain certification to the new ASC-MSC Seaweed (Algae) Standard.

Florida-based Trapananda Seafarms has joined the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) as a funding partner.

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification finished 2018 on a positive note, with more than 2,000 BAP-certified facilities worldwide, representing an increase of almost one third.

A joint venture between aquaculture feed company, Skretting, and Mumbai-based West Coast Group is supporting India’s growing need for sustainable shrimp and fish feeds, says Skretting India’s general manager, Puneet Pokhriyal.

Aquaculture feed producer, KnipBio, has completed a critical development step with the production of a single cell protein in a 20,000 litre fermentation vessel.