Innovation & Technology

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new ‘genetic chip’ is set to guarantee the authenticity of the Galician mussel and help in its sustainable production.

30th June 2023

Genetic chip guarantees mussel authenticity

30th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scottish Sea Farms has scooped a farming award for its pioneering seaweed scheme.

26th June 2023

Seaweed salmon health scheme wins innovation award

26th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New treatment vessel Eloise Eslea has entered into service for Scotland’s second biggest salmon farmer, Scottish Sea Farms, following final fit-out and successful sea trials in Shetland.

21st June 2023

Next-gen farming vessel gets to work

21st June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

US-headquartered multinational information technology services and consulting company Cognizant has begun a collaborative project with Tidal, a project inside X, Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory, to make Tidal’s ocean information platform widely available to the aquaculture…

15th June 2023

Tech partners target aqua decarbonisation

15th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Dundee, Scotland, -based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has secured an investment from cleantech investor Earth Capital Limited (ECL) to grow its portfolio of products and markets. ECL joins existing investors Aqua-Spark and…

7th June 2023

Ace Aquatec lands new backers for growth plans

7th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A new and upgraded live fish transfer system has been delivered to SalMar Aker Ocean’s fish farm, Offshore Farm 1.

5th June 2023

Offshore farm’s fish transfer system delivered

5th June 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scottish-based fishing and aquaculture equipment supplier Gael Force Group has progressed plans to deliver its integrated SeaQureFarm in 2024 by establishing a partnership with Cunningham Covers of Northern Ireland for the prototyping…

31st May 2023

Gael Force advances new fish farming system

31st May 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New software has been developed to digitally capture and convey key data from Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified shrimp farms and feed sources, through processing, packaging and transport to retailers.

30th May 2023

ASC launches shrimp traceability project

30th May 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New ropes made from biomaterials have been developed by Spain’s AZTI science and technology centre with the potential to replace conventional plastics of fossil origin in mussel and algae cultivation.

12th May 2023

ATZI develops ‘bio’ aquaculture ropes

12th May 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Vesterålen company Kystdrift went to Seacon for the design of its new 50.3-metre vessel, subsequently placing the build order at the nearby Larsnes Mek Verksted yard. The SC-51 design has a 499-cubic-metre…

11th May 2023

Newbuild to combine fishing and farming

11th May 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Skretting Southern Europe has launched new precision fish farming concept Skretting 360+ as part of its commitment to grow Mediterranean aquaculture while reducing its exposure to risk.

4th May 2023

Precision farming launch for Med aquaculture

4th May 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

With a strong emphasis on red- and white-fish production across Scandinavia, especially in its native Norway, as well as in Iceland, the United Kingdom and other close markets, marine and aquaculture technology provider…

24th April 2023

Nomapro focuses on end-users

24th April 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scottish Sea Farms has taken delivery of its biggest landing craft to date, designed to support the company’s move to farms of fewer but larger pens.

6th April 2023

Salmon farmer brings in biggest landing craft

6th April 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Royal DSM has launched new technology Digital SalmoFan to accurately measure the colour of salmon fillets throughout the value chain.

4th April 2023

Salmon colour measurement tool launched

4th April 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Bluefront Equity-owned ozone and oxygen specialist Redox AS has entered into a cooperation with Swedish company Anolytech to develop new solutions for the optimisation of water quality and hygiene for the aquaculture…

24th March 2023

New Norwegian-Swedish biosecurity cooperation

24th March 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Industrial technology group Nekkar ASA has bought fellow Norwegian company Techano Group to strengthen its presence within the aquaculture and renewables sectors.

23rd March 2023

Nekkar strengthens its aquaculture offering

23rd March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Royal Greenland has been given DKK5.5 million (€740,000) to support seaweed farming in Greenland.

22nd March 2023

Government funding for Greenland seaweed farm

22nd March 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Benguela Blue Aqua Farming has secured permits to raise Atlantic salmon in net pens off the coast of Namibia with the help of US aquaculture tech company Innovasea.

24th February 2023

Namibian salmon go-ahead

24th February 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Start-up seaweed producer Foller Alger and salmon producer Cermaq have teamed up to test a new combined sea site for salmon and kelp in Steigen in Nordland, Norway.

22nd February 2023

First salmon-kelp farm

22nd February 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Colombia has received its first tilapia from GenoMar Genetics Group’s SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) breeding centre in the Philippines. The fish will be grown to maturation and serve as the parent stock…

21st February 2023

New parents for Colombia

21st February 2023