Aquaculture

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Third-party certification may not be to the liking of everyone connected to aquaculture, but it is proving an important tool for keeping the increasingly burdened industry in check, writes Jason Holland.

1st October 2014

Marine ingredient certification and the blue revolution

1st October 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification program has completed the new BAP hatchery and nursery standards for finfish, crustaceans and mollusks.

26th September 2014

BAP completes new hatchery standards

26th September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq Chile has acquired two new licenses for salmon production in Chile’s Region XII.

26th September 2014

Cermaq Chile increases production capacity

26th September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Novartis Animal Health Aqua (NAH Aqua) has announced the launch of aquacare - a fish health management software to assist fish farmers in continuously improving health management practices for the optimum balance…

23rd September 2014

Novartis launches aquacare for improved fish health management

23rd September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Tenders are being called to build a $6 million Experimental Aquaculture Facility in Tasmania.

23rd September 2014

The future of Tasmanian aquaculture

23rd September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Last week around 50 experts in marine, plant, animal and micro ingredients, as well as supply chain and feed mill experience, gathered together for the ASC Responsible Feed Project working group event.

10th September 2014

ASC Feed Standard discussed

10th September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new test for Oxytetracyclines has been developed by Randox Food Diagnostics, coinciding with a sharp rise in the antimicrobial agent’s residues within Asian seafood products.

4th September 2014

First Oxytetracyclines screen test

4th September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Western Australia’s Government has declared a development zone for large-scale fish farms.

2nd September 2014

Aquaculture development zone for WA

2nd September 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The University of Maine is to receive a $20m grant to establish a Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) program in Maine.

7th August 2014

$20m aquaculture grant for Maine

7th August 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The final agreement for BioMar and Sagun Group to establish a Joint Venture feed company and a feed plant in Turkey has been signed.

6th August 2014

Joint Venture agreed

6th August 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

American seafood supplier National Fish & Seafood has announced that is launching a project to bring small-scale shrimp farmers closer to Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

22nd July 2014

BAP pilot for small farms

22nd July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The first farm has been certified to the ASC Freshwater Trout Standard for responsible aquaculture.

17th July 2014

First trout farm certified

17th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

One of Germany’s largest supermarket chains, REWE, is increasing its range of ASC labelled seafood with the introduction of its Goldlocke product.

17th July 2014

REWE introduces ASC tilapia

17th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Key aquaculture statistics which include production volumes, employment numbers, and inspection information are now available on a new page of the Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture website.

16th July 2014

Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture statistics available online

16th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq Chile has become the first salmon producer in Chile to achieve ASC certification.

15th July 2014

ASC salmon in Chile

15th July 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Marie Smedley, a PhD Candidate at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture in Scotland, is the winner of this year’s Novartis Animal Health (NAH) Young Scientist Award.

30th June 2014

Young Scientist Award

30th June 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Growing Atlantic salmon in land-based, closed-containment is technically feasible, but its commercial viability remains to be proven, says a new report commissioned by the Nova Scotia government.

26th June 2014

Report on land-based aquaculture

26th June 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cermaq has confirmed that the ISA virus has been detected at its Langøyhovden sea site in Nordland, Norway.

25th June 2014

ISA detected at Cermaq site

25th June 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Cellana, Inc. and Galil Algae Cooperative Agriculture Society Limited have entered into a letter of intent with the objective of partnering for the production of high-value algae products for aquaculture applications.

25th June 2014

Companies team up to produce high-value algae products

25th June 2014

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Members of the Belize Shrimp Growers Association are preparing for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) assessment, thanks to funding from funding from the Enterprise Innovation Challenge Fund (EICF), a component of the Compete…

25th June 2014

Belize shrimp farms prepare for certification

25th June 2014