Innovation & Technology

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Kjetil Fyrand has moved from Pharmaq and now leads the Fish Health Department at the Norwegian food research institute, Nofima.

20th June 2025

New head appointed for Nofima’s fish health team

20th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Over the years, information technology (IT) solutions have become crucial for aquaculture, offering benefits across all aspects of production, management and sustainability. Because the sector is also significantly diversified, with a range…

19th June 2025

Knowledge-based feeding and planning solutions for aquaculture

19th June 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

New research has revealed that an early immune response is the key to natural sea lice resistance in some Pacific salmon species, offering fresh hope for combatting one of aquaculture’s most persistent…

18th June 2025

Pacific salmon outsmart sea lice

18th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists in Norway have begun examining how farmed salmon and rainbow trout perceive the light in their environment, with the aim to provide recommendations to fish farmers on the use of lighting…

17th June 2025

Norwegian research illuminates the light needs of farmed salmon

17th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology provider AKVA Group has announced revenue and EBIT targets for 2027 of NOK 5 billion and 9%, respectively, and has also outlined ambitions for continued profitable growth to NOK 7 billion…

12th June 2025

AKVA targets higher revenue growth and continued margin improvement

12th June 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

UK indoor shrimp farmer Three-Sixty Aquaculture has started new technologyl trials with NanobOx and GIS Gas Infusion Systems Inc with the aim to improve its facility’s efficiency and sustainability. These collaborations, the…

11th June 2025

Three-Sixty Aquaculture launches tech trials to further RAS efficiency

11th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Italian clean energy and offshore technology company Saipem has confirmed a new strategic collaboration with Aqualoop, a Norwegian company focused on deepsea fish farming innovations.

4th June 2025

Saipem, Aqualoop sign strategic collaboration agreement

4th June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture and fish tracking technology specialist Innovasea has made two key promotions from its Norway operations: Torstein Mellingen has been named the new Director of Sales in the EMEA region, while Sigve Naustdal…

3rd June 2025

Innovasea bolsters Norwegian operations with key promotions

3rd June 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology company Innovasea has confirmed the launch of new project, the Enhanced Aquaculture Technology for Marine Health Project, sponsored by Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (OSC), and conducted in partnership with Grieg Seafood Newfoundland.…

27th May 2025

Innovasea, Grieg Seafood partner on new project for Canada’s Ocean Supercluster

27th May 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Recognising continued global investment in black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) breeding, the Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has introduced a new, value-driven genotyping solution designed for improved efficiency in selective breeding programmes.

27th May 2025

CAT launches new low-density genotyping panel for black tiger shrimp

27th May 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Marine and food technology centre AZTI has developed and patented the world’s first real-time PCR-based method for early sex identification in sturgeon, with the pioneering technique enabling aquaculture producers to determine the…

22nd May 2025

Patent secured for early sex identification method in sturgeon – could help optimise caviar production

22nd May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Lagos has begun construction work on a new initiative to enhance food security and fish production across the state.

21st May 2025

Lagos builds aquaculture excellence centre

21st May 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture tech company Innovasea has delivered a new biomass algorithm for European seabass. The solution comes just three months after the release of its seabream algorithm.

15th May 2025

Innovasea delivers seabass algorithm to optimise biomass management

15th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

S2G Investments and Ocean 14 Capital Fund I have announced a joint investment in Enthos Circular Feed Technologies, a company turning organic waste into insect-based protein and oils.

14th May 2025

Insect protein startup gains investment

14th May 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A new system is now supplying clean seawater to the NOAA Fisheries Manchester Research Station, a key laboratory of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center. At the station, scientists explore new aquaculture techniques and…

13th May 2025

New system at NOAA Lab pumps clean seawater for salmon, shellfish research

13th May 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ace Aquatec has successfully closed a £10 million investment round to accelerate the development of AI-powered fish farming solutions and create 15 new jobs across its offices in Scotland and Chile.

2nd May 2025

Ace Aquatec secures £10m funding

2nd May 2025

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

There’s been a rapid adoption of artificial intelligence – or AI – in the aquaculture space in the past two years, with validation and significant advancements in these technologies replacing manual processes…

25th April 2025

AI in aquaculture – a pathway to enhanced productivity and acceptance

25th April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

While aquaculture is widely recognised as being crucial to global food security, the recent Blue Food Innovation Summit heard the industry needs to do much more to ensure it can meet the…

16th April 2025

UN: Global food security requires ‘silicon fjord’ innovation to trickle down to all aquaculture

16th April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Canadian contract research organisation Onda has been awarded funding from the Ignition Fund, with a grant to support the development of rapid diagnostic test kits designed to enhance disease detection and management…

16th April 2025

Onda backed to develop rapid diagnostic test kits for aquaculture

16th April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Seafood investor Bluefront Equity has agreed to acquire the aquaculture business of Trondheim-based company Piscada, which delivers software for process control and analytics to the fish farming industry. 

9th April 2025

Bluefront Equity snaps up Piscada’s aquaculture business

9th April 2025