Aquaculture

An emerging commercial seaweed industry is gaining pace in South Australia and it has the methane produced by cows firmly in its sights.

The aquaculture industry in Alaska has welcomed recent research showing that farmed shellfish and seaweed can have a positive impact on the environment.

Ideal Fish is proud to be the only US producer of branzino, otherwise known as sea bass and a niche product among American consumers, which Ideal Fish rears in a recirculating aquaculture…

Ireland’s fast emergence as an innovation and new technology hub for a pioneering generation of aquaculture entrepreneurs is the focus of an event being held by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood…

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.

Artec Aqua has teamed up with K Smart Farming (KSF) to conduct a feasibility study for a 20,000 tonne land-based salmon farming facility in South Korea.

Smart Glasses technology designed to enable remote auditing has helped a salmon processor maintain fish health and welfare throughout a difficult year.

Skretting is expanding its AquaCare portfolio with a new water care solution for fish and shrimp pond farming.

Samherji fiskeldi ehf. has entered into agreements with HS Orka for the development of a programme of land-based salmon farming in the Resource Park of the Reykjanes Power Plant, with the aim…

Unsustainable and irresponsible practices across the aquaculture feed supply chain risk undoing the positive impact of the farming industry according to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) which is today launching a Feed…