Aquaculture

The Ecuadorian shrimp industry has confirmed a serious contraction in its production and exports as a result of the market crisis and reduced demand on a scale not seen for more than…

An agreement has been struck for AKVA Group to purchase the Alfaring mooring system along with two associated patents from Carl Stahl.

Xelect has completed a genetic analysis project supported by Msingi East Africa aimed at enabling genetic selective breeding in tilapia operations in Kenya and Uganda.

Scottish salmon farm, Loch Duart, has awarded £14,400 from a local community fund for free wireless broadband for all local residents in the Sutherland village of Scourie.

Seafood Legacy Co., Kumamoto Seawater Culture Fisheries Cooperative and Urata Suisan Co. have launched Japan’s first red sea bream aquaculture improvement project (AIP), encompassing two farms owned and operated by Urata Suisan…

BioMar’s new recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) and fry aquaculture feed production line in Brande in Denmark is now fully operational.

The owner and operator of a coho salmon farm in Onagawa in northeast Japan, Marukin Co., has become the first in Japan to acquire Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.

Aqua Bridge Farm’s Company hatchery in Al-Lith, Makkah Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has achieved an important milestone by becoming the first hatchery to produce the juveniles of European sea bream and…

Cflow has appointed Stig Bjørkedal as its new managing director to focus on further industrialisation of the company.

High use of trimmings and the use of novel ingredients has enabled BioMar Group to achieve a five-year average of 1:1 or below Forage Fish Dependency Ratio for its raw material usage.

Nordlaks has purchased a SUB-Fighter 15K remotely operated vehicle (ROV) from Sperre for securing mooring systems in addition to being available for operations on the Havfarm project.

A government project in India is helping communities in Tamil Nadu empower themselves through seaweed and marine ornamental fish farming.

Salmon production is fast approaching the practical physical limits permitted by current coastal farming methods, putting investors at risk, says non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker.

??The coronavirus lockdown hasn’t stopped Scottish Sea Farms putting into operation a new service vessel which will play a crucial role in protecting fish health; particularly gill health which is currently one…

NOAA Fisheries and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have hosted a workshop to help realise the goal of developing a US$100 million mariculture industry in Alaska within the next 20 years.

A demonstration farm of Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA), which works under the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), has produced 15 tonnes of seabass from just one hectare, an initiative…

As part of Faroese salmon producer Bakkafrost’s strategy to produce larger quantities of sustainable farmed salmon, it has ordered a new wellboat to be built at the Sefine shipyard in Turkey, with…