Innovation & Technology

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has secured new funding to continue its support of fish health research and development (R&D), delivered in collaboration between the private and public sectors.

14th May 2024

Farmed fish health funding boost for SAIC

14th May 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Being showcased at Aquaculture UK in Aviemore, Scotland (15 May 2024), the Trinity Nanobubble Generator, developed by Moleaer, has been engineered to optimise water quality and to bolster the health of aquaculture…

8th May 2024

Moleaer launches new nanobubble generator

8th May 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The aquaculture industry has found a novel use for salmon blood which could improve the health of millions of people.

1st May 2024

Salmon blood used as iron supplement

1st May 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Urchin ranching and kelp restoration venture Urchinomics has appointed Maru Samuels as its new in-country lead for New Zealand. In this newly-established role, Samuels will spearhead the development of urchin ranching operations using…

1st May 2024

Urchinomics appoints New Zealand lead

1st May 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Dr PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to India’s Prime Minister, was impressed with the innovative and strategic seaweed farming sites developed along the Indo-Pak border marine waters of Kori and Padala in Gujarat’s Kutch…

30th April 2024

Boost for Indian seaweed farming project

30th April 2024

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Over the years, there has been much focus on the coexistence of offshore renewable energy and aquaculture, two rapidly growing industries that share a common resource: the ocean. Bringing these two industries…

19th April 2024

Can aquaculture be sited sustainably at maritime ports?

19th April 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology provider AKVA Group will deliver a new feed barge model to Norwegian salmon farmer Lovundlaks AS. 

16th April 2024

AKVA secures new feed barge contract

16th April 2024

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