Innovation & Technology

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Scotland-based aquaculture technology company Ace Aquatec has secured a major deal in Japan, deploying its bespoke humane trout stunning system with leading producer FRD Japan.

19th December 2024

Ace Aquatec trout stunner enters Japanese market

19th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The first Scottish Sea Farms site to switch to 160-metre pens has reported record tonnage at an average harvest weight of 6.8kg, along with improved fish welfare and reduced seal predation.

12th December 2024

Larger, fewer pens pay off for Scottish Sea Farms

12th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

The FAI Tilapia Welfare App and Tilapia Welfare e-learning courses on FAI Academy have been made available in Arabic to support the continuing growth and success of the aquaculture sector in Egypt…

12th December 2024

FAI launches tilapia welfare app and online courses in Arabic

12th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Sea Farms, a leading shrimp farm in Thailand, has become the first to install a new humane stunning system in partnership with the Shrimp Welfare Project.

11th December 2024

First humane shrimp stunner for Thailand

11th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

New research conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima) has enhanced the understanding of why sea lice are predominantly attracted to salmon. The study investigates the chemicals…

11th December 2024

Nofima: Salmon secretions attract lice

11th December 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture tech company Innovasea has renewed the global framework agreement that it has in place with Mowi, making it the preferred vendor for environmental monitoring equipment and software for all of the…

4th December 2024

Innovasea, Mowi extend partnership

4th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Benchmark Holdings has announced the sale of its genetics arm to Starfish Bidco to streamline operations and concentrate on its advanced nutrition and health business areas.

27th November 2024

Benchmark to sell genetics business

27th November 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian biotech company Vestland Pharma, which has patented a drug against salmon lice, has received fresh backing, with venture company Sarsia and the seafood company Coast Seafood becoming shareholders.

27th November 2024

Salmon lice drug secures new funding

27th November 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture technology company Innovasea has partnered with water quality predictions provider BiOceanOr to add oxygen forecasting to its environmental monitoring solution.

25th November 2024

Aquaculture partnership delivers oxygen forecasts

25th November 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture research company Onda has opened a satellite location in Brazil that will allow it to expand its services and include work with whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). The extension will be conducted…

13th November 2024

Onda extends R&D to Brazilian shrimp

13th November 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Fish that are experiencing physical damage or early signs of stress can be visually identified using excitation light that induces fluorescence, finds new research conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries…

11th November 2024

Lighting up fish welfare

11th November 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian refrigeration company PTG Frionordica AS has secured a contract with Larsnes Mek Verksted to deliver two refrigerated seawater (RSW) systems for Rostein’s new live fish carrier. 

7th November 2024

PTG Frionordica wins RSW supply contract

7th November 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Seaweed farms in New Zealand tend to be constrained to coastal, nearshore environments, but these areas are becoming congested, increasing the risk of user conflict. Climate change, meanwhile, is impacting coastal areas…

6th November 2024

Mapping opportunities for open-ocean seaweed cultivation

6th November 2024

NEW HORIZONS

NEW HORIZONS

Artificial intelligence – or AI – is perfectly aligned with the seafood industry’s ambition to help sustainably feed a global population hurtling towards 10 billion people by 2050, and only those ventures…

25th October 2024

‘AI will transform seafood’

25th October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Bluefront Equity has announced its biggest ever investment with the majority acquisition of aquaculture technology specialist, Cryogenetics.

21st October 2024

Bluefront acquires 80% stake in Cryogenetics

21st October 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A new environmental-DNA (e-DNA) approach for monitoring the seabed conditions around marine fish farms has been developed, with the hope it can significantly speed up the assessment of sediment samples and subsequently…

15th October 2024

DNA modelling breakthrough for farm site seabed sampling

15th October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scientists at the University of Stirling in Scotland have been awarded over £770,000 to support the roll out of a new vaccine that could deliver major benefits to the aquaculture industry.

14th October 2024

University vaccine work tackles resistance

14th October 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Aquaculture and biotech company Watershed AC and computational biology firm Evogene Ltd have announced that they have successfully bred the first gene-edited giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii). 

9th October 2024

Giant freshwater prawn farming first

9th October 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced GBP 1.6 million in funding for three major research projects aimed at improving the health and welfare of Scottish salmon, a key focus for the…

8th October 2024

Scottish aquaculture receives GBP 1.6m boost

8th October 2024

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

A project is underway in Argyll to create Scotland’s first commercial laboratory for the detailed analysis of marine environmental DNA (eDNA).

8th October 2024

First eDNA lab for Scottish aquaculture

8th October 2024