Aquaculture

170 facilities were certified by Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) in the first half of 2017, bringing the total number of certifications in the programme to 1,674 worldwide.

A renovated trout egg incubation facility has opened in Washington, US, with the ability to incubate as many as 100m trout eggs at one time.

A new cross-border Spanish and Portuguese collaboration aims to optimise the production and exploitation of microalgae across different sectors, including aquaculture.

Seafood Trade Intelligence Portal (STIP), Solidaridad and Fresh Studio, hosts of the Aquaculture Innovation Challenge, have invited the top five innovations to move forward to the final round.

The BioMar Group says that it averaged a below one Fish-In Fish-Out (FIFO) ratio for its raw material usage for the first time in its company history.

Saudi Arabia’s National Aquaculture Group (NAQUA) has received official approval from the Ministry of Trade and Investment to register its new brand Bahri as an approved trademark.

Icelandic equipment manufacturer Skaginn 3X has signed a contract with Kråkøy Slakteri for the provision of a Sub-Chilling system, expected delivery of the system is set for late 2018.

AquaGen Scotland has announced the appointment of Martin Haberfield as technical sales manager. Martin is the first employee to join the company’s new Scottish office, based on the Stirling University Innovation Park.

BioMar Group has taken its next step into the shrimp feed market by acquiring 70% of the Ecuadorian shrimp feed producer Alimentsa.

A 1.7m project conceived to get Scottish mussels to spawn in a hatchery environment has been visited by its Australian partner, Spring Bay Seafoods – operators of a commercial-scale mussel hatchery.

Calysta has pledged to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.”

Europharma has developed a training course to address fish health & welfare in Scotland’s aquaculture industry.

The global feed producer and supplier Skretting is launching its brand in Honduras and Nicaragua to support the growing need for sustainable shrimp feeds in both these important aquaculture markets in Central…

Chilean salmon farmer Ventisqueros has started using sustainable salmon feed in order to boost its sustainability credentials.

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the aquaculture supply chain in the Highlands and Islands can now apply to a £1 million innovation fund, which has opened for applications.

One of Scotland’s rarest breeding ducks is set to benefit from two specially constructed floating nesting rafts manufactured by a recycled plastics company.

Faroese salmon company Bakkafrost is currently constructing the world’s largest smolt farm, which is expected to be completed by in the second half of next year.

An integrated feeding software solution released late last year has seen a strong market response according to its Norwegian manufacturers.