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Suryamitra Exim (P) Ltd., in conjunction with National Fish & Seafood (NFS), has become India’s second group to achieve four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status for shrimp or any species.

22nd April 2015

Second Indian company achieves four-star BAP status

22nd April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Fusion Marine has helped to upgrade part of Marine Harvest’s Cairndow Hatchery in a development project that was completed within a tight timescale so as to meet juvenile fish production requirements at…

14th April 2015

Marine Harvest hatchery upgrade

14th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The UKs Crown Estate has announced the shortlist for its 2015 Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards.

14th April 2015

Shortlist announced for Aquaculture Awards

14th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Vancouver Island University (VIU) is to receive $667,000 in government funding towards a project to undertake a comparative analysis of new technologies in shellfish farming.

9th April 2015

Research to advance shellfish hatchery design

9th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The dates of the 6th Offshore Mariculture Conference have been changed to 21-24 September 2015 – immediately before the annual three day Baja Seafood Expo which begins on 25 September.

9th April 2015

Change of dates for Offshore Mariculture Conference

9th April 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Jersey Oyster Company has become the first oyster farm in the world to meet the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) standard for responsible bivalve aquaculture.

31st March 2015

First oyster farm ASC certified

31st March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six countries in Asia are taking the lead to pilot plans to upgrade aquaculture in order to help meet the food security needs of a growing global population.

26th March 2015

Aquaculture intensified in Asia

26th March 2015

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AQUACULTURE

The Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) is among the third-party seafood certification schemes that are about to undergo pilot testing against the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative’s (GSSI) updated Global Benchmark…

18th March 2015

BAP to undergo GSSI pilot testing

18th March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

True North salmon from Atlantic Canada and Maine has achieved four-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) status.

17th March 2015

Four-star BAP status for True North

17th March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cargill Mexico has inaugurated the $7.8 million dollar expansion of its animal feed facility in Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico, as part of the celebrations for its 150th global anniversary and 50 years of…

3rd March 2015

Cargill invests $7.8m in feed production

3rd March 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

UK authority Seafish has appointed Lee Cocker as the organisation’s aquaculture manager to help deliver the Domestic Aquaculture Strategy programme.

25th February 2015

Seafish appoints new aquaculture manager

25th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A scientist at Australia’s University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) is developing new ways to breed Queensland gropers in captivity, in order to establish a lucrative aquaculture industry and protect vulnerable wild…

24th February 2015

Queensland groper breeding project

24th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Seriola and Cobia Standard has been handed over to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) by the Seriola and Cobia Aquaculture Dialogue.

12th February 2015

Seriola and Cobia Standard handed over

12th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

AKVA group has launched Akvasmart Digital CAP (Cage Access Point) - a new digital wireless communication system that links fish farm cages to the feed barge.

4th February 2015

AKVA launches new digital communication system

4th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Irish Shellfish Association has put a strong case to Minister Simon Coveney outlining the severe crisis in the mussel production sector in west Cork and Kerry as a result of highly…

4th February 2015

Irish minister urged to help mussel farmers

4th February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Florida Organic Aquaculture, LLC has announced that it will begin construction on its second production building this month.

3rd February 2015

Florida Organic Aquaculture expansion

3rd February 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced Aquaculture Improvement Projects in Indonesia, China, and Thailand, with funding from the Walmart Foundation.

30th January 2015

Aquaculture improvement projects in Indonesia, China and Thailand

30th January 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Makro Supermayorista S.A. has become the first major Latin American wholesaler to endorse the BAP programmme.

30th January 2015

Makro backs BAP

30th January 2015

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Oman’s government has signed two land utilisation contracts for fish farming with two private sector companies, along with issuing a final license for a third company.

27th January 2015

Aquaculture contracts signed in Oman

27th January 2015

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AQUACULTURE

Qatar’s Ministry of Environment and Qatar University are joining forces to establish an Aquatic Research Centre in Ras Matbakh.

15th January 2015

Qatar builds Aquatic Research Centre

15th January 2015