Aquaculture

Skretting’s latest sustainability report showcases strategies that the company has undertaken over the past year to develop and support sustainable fish and shrimp production.

Despite challenging economic conditions, fish farming grew 4.90% in 2019 in Brazil, with 758,000 tonnes of fish produced in the country, reports Eduardo Campos Lima.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has hired a new director of business engagement to help encourage innovation and support growth across the sector.

Diversified Communications UK, the new owners of Aquaculture UK, has confirmed that this year’s event has been postponed as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Shellfish growers and trout producers in Scotland will receive a share of £800,000 to help mitigate the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Corvus Energy has been selected by BMA Technology in Turkey to supply the lithium-ion battery-based energy storage system (ESS) for a new LNG hybrid Live Fish Carrier to be built at Tersan…

BioMar Australia has commenced aqua-feed production at its new €40 million facility in Tasmania, Australia.

Andrew Jackson Solicitors has advised SeaGrown Ltd, which has established a sustainable, 25-hectare seaweed farm off the coast of Scarborough, with the purchase of a vessel for a six-figure sum.

Krill meal improves the welfare and fillet quality of salmon, according to a recent study by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Nofima), in collaboration with Aker BioMarine.

The BioMar-Tongwei JV in China has now begun commercial production of aqua feeds in the new factory based in Wuxi. The new facility has already proved its capacity to deliver high and…

AKVA Group has signed a NOK100 million contract for the delivery to seven locations in Norway of a patented solution to reduce sea lice infestation in salmon.

BioMar and Vietnam’s leading shrimp hatchery Viet-UC have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention of BioMar becoming part owner and operational lead in the feed factory currently owned by Viet-UC.

Three new bore holes are being drilled at Samherji’s land-based fish farming site at Grindavík in southern Iceland. This is to ensure water economy following last years expansion and to prepare for…

A new selective breeding method is being developed by a Scottish research consortium that could enhance fish health and well-being by improving salmon resistance to sea lice.

In co-operation with partners at engineering company Techano AS, Naust Marine is fabricating and delivering electrical systems to the Arctic Offshore Fish Farming project off the coast of Tromsø in Norway.

Scottish Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing has paid tribute to Scotland’s fish farming workers for ensuring the supply of fresh salmon, trout and shellfish continues to reach UK supermarkets.

After having its trawl door production at Plunge in Lithuania for the last seven years, the company last year began expanding its facilities there to include aquaculture net production.

Japan has lifted the inspection order for Indian Black Tiger shrimps after export consignments were found to be free of any residue of the anti-bacterial drug furazolidone. 

Simple tweaks in protocols at the mangrove crab hatchery of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in the Philippines have led to a significant boost in crablet production, with…