Aquaculture

An ongoing algal bloom event in northern Norway has left the country’s salmon industry just starting to count the cost.

Skretting’s integrated digital platform is helping aquaculture business owners calculate expected performance and apply real-time production upgrades on a farm-by-farm basis.

Shoppers in Brazil can now buy Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified salmon thanks to a new range of products in Swift supermarkets.

How sustainable squaculture will spark growth in a constrained industry; As the demand for salmon at the dinner table surges globally, so does the pressure on small ocean fish used in feeding…

The PG Flow Solutions group has been tasked with supplying a complete fish handling system, including delousing system and fish transfer pumps, to a delousing vessel.

The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is about to utilise blockchain technologies to address growing problems of antibiotics used in aquaculture, aiming to monitor the entire chain of culture and processing, reports…

United States Congressman Don Young has introduced the Keep Finfish Free Act which places a moratorium on commercial permitting of marine finfish aquaculture facilities in federally controlled areas of the ocean.

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Fair Trade USA have joined forces to drive improvements in the aquaculture sector in Indonesia, the second biggest producer of farmed fish in the world.

The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has announced that BluGlacier has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a funding partner.

A bird deterrent device that takes advantage of the fear reflex birds have for green light has been successful in helping protect fish farms from bird attacks and disease.

BioMar has completed the testing of insect meal in feeds for aquaculture and believe it shows promise as an alternative protein source.

Norwegian shipbuilder Aas Mekaniske Verksted has awarded pump and liquid handling specialist PG Flow Solutions a contract to deliver pump systems to a wellboat the shipyard is building for Brønnbåt Nord AS.

The Southern Hemisphere’s largest reef restoration project has reached an important milestone with the seeding of more than 50,000 endangered Australian flat oysters.

Denmark-based Landia is providing its fourth BioChop unit to Faroe Islands-based P/F Luna, increasing the salmon producer’s biosecurity.

The first round of the global Aquaculture Innovation Challenge (AIC) has ended with 17 of the initial 56 applications moving on to the second round.

A new diet aimed at helping tuna farmers avoid the biosecurity risks and sustainability issues associated with baitfish diets has been launched by Skretting.

2019 marks the 10-year anniversary of Cermaq’s sustainability report, highlighting the company’s support for sustainable development and increased transparency in the salmon aquaculture industry.

The shortlists for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards, held on 29 May at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, have been announced.

Faroese salmon farming company Bakkafrost has become a participant in the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP), Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has confirmed.

One of the largest insect meal producers in Europe, French company InnovaFeed has achieved Friend of the Sea and Friend of the Earth certification.