Aquaculture

Once hopeful about President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration and the promise of long-awaited changes in the aquaculture legislation, Brazilian producers are now increasingly impatient with the government’s failure to push for a reopening…

The MEST shipyard in Tórshavn earlier this summer completed the installation of an advanced delousing system for Bakkafrost and is working on outfitting a second vessel for operation in Scotland.

Aquaship has selected technology supplier Cflow to deliver fish handling technology for two newly converted wellboats.

The Biomega Group has expanded its manufacturing plant in Skaganeset, near Bergen in Norway, to help boost manufacturing and processing capacity.

UK researchers have received funding to determine the best conditions for vaccinating ballan wrasse against a potentially fatal disease.

The Fish Welfare Prize prize was awarded to Cermaq at last week’s AquaNor exhibition in Trondheim, for the company’s improvement work at Holmvåg fry plant in Steigen, and the good results it…

A group of aquaculture researchers in Scotland is aiming to develop a simple mass testing tool that can detect heart conditions in salmon.

Yexiao Food & Catering Management is giving priority to seafood originating from Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certified facilities as part of a memorandum of understanding the company signed with the Global Aquaculture…

Ace Aquatec, which opened its Norway office last year, will be represented by their growing Norwegian division at this year’s Aqua Nor, welcoming of its latest appointment, Unn Eilen Vik, who joins…

A group of fish farmers from a marginalised community in India are enjoying a bumper harvest of pearl spot from their cage fish farming venture, bringing some relief from the difficulties caused…

Nutreco has formed two joint ventures with the largest animal feed producer in east Africa, Unga Group, to meet the growing demand for high quality protein within the region.

Cermaq aims to cut 35% its total greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Glenmorangie Distillery and scientists from Heriot-Watt University have reached a significant milestone in the Dornoch Environmental Enhancement Project (DEEP) which aims to restore a sustainable native oyster reef in the Dornoch Firth.

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), formerly the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), has partnered with the Bangladesh Shrimp and Fish Foundation (BSFF) on a World Bank-funded project of the Bangladesh Department of Fisheries…

Meat producer JBS has formalised proposal to acquire 100% of shares in Huon Aquaculture, Australia’s second-largest salmon producer.

Barramundi Group is offering shares in the company and listing them on Euronext Growth Oslo, the first Australasian company, as well as the first to specialise in a tropical species, to be…

Yumbah Aquaculture is acquiring family-run oyster farming business Cameron of Tasmania, creating one of Australia’s largest shellfish producers in doing so.

Scottish Sea Farms has won three awards for its sustained investment in jobs, training and employee wellbeing.