Aquaculture

Aller Aqua is phasing out the use of South American soya to focus on purchasing from European markets where its factories are based.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has bolstered its Independent Scientific Panel (SISP) by recruiting five industry experts to join the board, which provides objective scientific opinion to inform the innovation centre’s…

A new project is set to develop durable and fit-for-purpose biobased ropes that biodegrade in a shorter time than other ropes and can be sustainably managed by local composting facilities.

Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) is converting a platform supply vessel (PSV) into a fish feed carrier for fish feed distributor Eidsvaag.

Cermaq’s chief financial officer, Thomas Palm, is leaving after nearly ten years at the company.

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) third-party certification programme has grown by more than 15 per cent in 2019, ending the year with 2,681 BAP-certified facilities in 39 countries.

A new campaign has been launched to encourage young people in Scotland to take up careers in the thriving aquaculture sector.

Pure Salmon is building a new 10,000 tonnes per annum recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility at Boulogne-Sur-Mer in northern France.

Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam is heading up a research project to investigate the application of hybrid and fully electric propulsion in the Dutch mussel farming sector.

Aller Aqua has opened a new factory in Serbia, focusing on the countrys main aquaculture species, carp.

iFarm monitors each salmon using machine vision, establishing a health record for each individual, and can select out any fish needing attention.

In a world first for rope grown oysters, Maruto Suisan has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its fishery in the Seto Inland Sea.

A new collaboration has expanded the Danish Fish quality mark to fish from the aquaculture sector, in addition to wild-caught fish.

Scottish Sea Farms’ new £55m Barcaldine Hatchery has achieved a critical milestone with the first smolts having gone safely out to sea pens.

Alltech and research institute Nofima and collaborating on research and development into sustainable salmon production for Norway fisheries.

?Scottish Sea Farms is to restructure its farming operations to help accelerate progress towards the company’s goal of setting the benchmark for sustainability in its sector.

A large-scale storage system developed by Tesvolt and Kverneland Energi is helping aquaculture company, Kvarøy, reduce diesel emissions by 60% and cut operating costs by up to €200,000 per cycle.

Consumers in France can now get information about the provenance of their salmon; where it was farmed and by whom and even what food it was fed, thanks to Cermaqs use of…