Innovation & Technology

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

As the fastest-growing food sector today, aquaculture has become a huge industry, with production accounting for over 50% of total global aquaculture and fisheries output. But as farmers densely pack offshore pens,…

4th April 2024

Aquaculture: Disease prevention without the chemicals

4th April 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Research into the optimal formulation and delivery of vaccines to safeguard ballan wrasse from bacterial disease has been given a funding boost following a successful first phase, in a project which could…

4th April 2024

Funding injection for cleaner fish vaccination project

4th April 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

MSD Animal Health Norway has signed an agreement to partner with First Water hf, formerly known as Landeldi hf, a company working towards developing land-based fish farming in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, to deploy FALCON Biomass vision technology in…

2nd April 2024

Iceland’s First Water integrates biomass measurement tech

2nd April 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A team of experts investigating the potential of a vaccination against sea lice has secured funding to take its research to the next stage.

27th March 2024

Novel sea lice vaccine research progresses

27th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Assurance and risk management provider DNV and Ocean Sovereign have obtained French registration for the deployment of fish farming vessel Ocean Ark.

21st March 2024

DNV, Ocean Sovereign ink deal for fish farming superyacht

21st March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Vancouver Island-based aquaculture systems supplier Poseidon Ocean Systems Ltd has completed a US$20.75 million Series B financing led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund (EIF), and joined by InBC Investment Corp, along with additional investment support from one…

20th March 2024

Poseidon secures $20m in new financing

20th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of the first batch of ‘green’ eggs at its new £2 million incubation unit at Barcaldine Hatchery.

19th March 2024

Scottish Sea Farms ‘green’ eggs incubation first

19th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Lisbeth Plassen has been appointed managing director of newly-merged seafood industry software providers Naviaq and Seacloud – now re-branded to Seaqloud. 

14th March 2024

Newly-merged seafood industry supplier names leader

14th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The European Union and United Nations Development Programme have provided equipment to support sustainable fish farming practices in Uzbekistan.

14th March 2024

Promoting sustainable aquaculture in Uzbekistan

14th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A project to design a lightweight, robust and cost-effective pen to help fish farming move from inshore areas to deeper waters has been led by the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia).

4th March 2024

New lightweight fish pens offer deeper sea opportunities

4th March 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Fish genetically edited using CRISPR technology are beginning to hit store shelves. But on a broader scale, aquatic products with edited genomes still have a long way to go before reaching consumers’…

22nd February 2024

Gene-editing yet to become a game-changer for aquaculture

22nd February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

BIO-UV Group and US-based Pinnacle Ozone Solutions have teamed up on a reciprocal arrangement to offer water treatment solutions globally.

21st February 2024

BIO-UV and Pinnacle team up

21st February 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Californian aquaculture tech company Aquasend has appointed Austin Vincent as a Sales Development Representative. 

21st February 2024

New sales hire at Aquasend

21st February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A US collaboration aims to revolutionise aquaculture technology by using solar energy for oyster production enhancing both environmental sustainability and efficiency.

13th February 2024

Bringing new oyster farming equipment to the market

13th February 2024

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

In aquaculture, water quality is paramount. No matter the aquatic species being produced and the farming system that it’s occupying, from hatchery through to final grow-out, water quality is among the most…

12th February 2024

Aquaculture quickly warming to the benefits of nanobubbles

12th February 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre has been celebrating a decade of upskilling with a afternoon of networking and discussion.

7th February 2024

SAIC marks a decade of aquaculture upskilling

7th February 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

With fish cage skirts increasingly becoming a integral tool for improving prevention strategies against Caligus infestations, acting as a physical barrier between farmed salmon and sea lice challenges, Garware has developed its…

30th January 2024

Garware’s new skirt raises sea lice protection

30th January 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A multidisciplinary team of scientists has been awarded GBP 1.5 million to develop an oral vaccine to combat sea lice in farmed Atlantic salmon, with the project hailed as a “pivotal step” towards…

23rd January 2024

Revolutionary salmon vaccine to undergo trials

23rd January 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Fishing and aquaculture equipment developer Vónin P/F has finalised the takeover of Mørenot Scotland, with the business renamed Vónin UK Ltd and now trading as Vónin Scotland.

15th January 2024

Vónin grows Scottish presence with Mørenot takeover

15th January 2024

OPINION

OPINION

Stig Martin Fiskå, Global Head of Ocean at Cognizant explains how emerging technologies provide the means to both safeguard resources and optimise seafood production efficiencies

20th December 2023

Opinion: How can AI help us restore the health of our oceans?

20th December 2023