Aquaculture

Salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire has been named ‘Star of Innovation’ at the annual European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2019 held in Brussels.

Broodstock Capital has increased its ownership share in Maritech Systems to 98%, up from the 52% the seafood investor acquired in December 2017.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has received a GB£10m, five-year funding package to support the sustainable growth of the sector and help re-affirm Scotland’s position as a global leader in innovation…

As part of a £750,000 investment in gill health research projects, Scottish Sea Farms is set to take delivery of a new purpose-built workboat to increase response times.

A new visitor centre telling the story of Irish salmon has opened in the Burren Smokehouse in Co. Clare.

Norwegian salmon producer, Atlantic Sapphire, has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative.

An initiative designed to promote diversity in aquaculture is set to benefit from support from the Scottish government, to help boost career opportunities for women in Scotland’s seafood industry.

The BioMar Group has achieved the highest-ranking feed supplier in the first ever Seafood Stewardship Index from the World Benchmarking Alliance, which helps the private sector work towards the United Nations sustainable…

The Future of Fish Feed has announced that the Netherlands-based joint venture Veramaris has won the F3 Fish Oil Challenge for selling the most fish-free oil for use in aquaculture feed.

As part of a longstanding commitment to safeguard the world’s oceans, Skretting has allocated US$2 million to enable the development of alternative aquaculture feed ingredients.

Norway has seen a 6% volume increase in Norwegian salmon exports since last year, said the Norwegian Seafood Council.

To mark its 25th anniversary, the Netherlands-based Nutreco has launched a prize to celebrate the most promising research by PhD and post-doctorate students working globally across animal, aquaculture and veterinary sciences.

An onshore fish farm in Norway has introduced a new type of filter media to reduce the size of the moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) required in its water treatment process.

Atlantic Sapphire was selected among 27 companies in more than 12 European countries for its achievements as a newly listed mid-cap company that places mission-driven innovation and sustainability at the centre of…

According to the United Nations, half of all plastic-made products are designed to be used only once and then thrown away, writes Marina Crnoja-Cosic, Head of Application Development New Business Areas at…

Algae specialist, Corbion, and aquaculture feed company, BioMar, have joined forces with the Norwegian-based Salmon Group, the worlds largest network of local, family-owned fish farming and aquaculture companies.

Fish feed company, BioMar, has created a task force to increase focus on recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for land-based farming.

Dutch fish feed company, Alltech Coppens, has announced fish farm Tropic Ribarstvo and its invention, a peracetic acid dispenser for trout farms, as the winner of the inaugural Inventor programme.

South Australia’s aquaculture sector is set to benefit from extensions to aquaculture lease terms from 20 to 30 years, reports Andrew Spence. Changes to the Aquaculture Act 2001 passed through the state’s…