Category: Aquaculture
Celebrating 50 years of modern aquaculture – This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the first ever successfully farmed salmon in Norway. Five decades later we look back on a story of ambition, collaboration, setbacks ...
GAA study evaluates animal welfare in salmon. The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has published the results of a study designed to identify and strengthen best practices for animal welfare in aquaculture. The competition of the ...
Mowi Trials New Sea Lice Avoidance System – Mowi is the first aquaculture company in Scotland to trial innovative new sea lice avoidance systems developed by AKVA group Mowi Scotland’s farm at Port na Cro ...
First UK company to achieve ASC certification. Mowi Scotland has become the first aquaculture company in the world to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for freshwater lochs. Loch Lochy and Glenfinnan have become the ...
Plans to grow aquaculture in England underway. Seafood2040 programme appoints Poseidon to develop national aquaculture strategy for England A strategy to grow the aquaculture sector in England over the next 20 years is underway. It ...
Salmon Evolution starts work on land farm. Salmon Evolution has started work on the first of three phases for what will be one of Europe’s largest fish farms on land at Indre Harøy in Hustadvik ...
UK’s first ASC certified sea bream and bass on sale. With the launch of Fish Said Fred products, UK consumers can for the first time buy chilled and responsibly produced ASC certified sea bream and sea bass. ...
Ocean Quality to be dissolved and divided, Grieg Seafood and Bremnes Seashore establish separate sales organisations. The sales joint venture Ocean Quality will be dissolved and divided between Grieg Seafood and Bremnes Seashore. The decision ...
Larsnes Mek orders marine coolers for wellboat. Hydroniq Coolers has been awarded a contract by Norwegian shipbuilder Larsnes Mek Verksted AS to deliver a hull-integrated seawater cooling system to a new vessel the yard is ...
nextProtein raises €10.2m in Series A funding to scale up production of insect-based protein. French start-up uses black soldier fly larvae to convert food waste into animal feed in a bid to accelerate sustainable agriculture. ...
Skretting committed to leading sustainability progress. Now available, Skretting’s Sustainability Report for 2019 showcases strategies that the world’s leading aquaculture feed company has undertaken over the last year to develop and support sustainable fish and shrimp ...
Innovation kicks-off in AquaVitae project. Over 100 new prototypes for aquaculture value chains were presented earlier this month, when researchers and aquaculture producers, from all over the Atlantic, met online to share results from the ...
Russian aquaculture production soars. According to preliminary data, in the first quarter of 2020, aquaculture production in the Russian Federation increased by 37.5% compared to 2019, amounting to more than 112.8 thousand tons. The most ...
Novel feeds key to supporting future aquaculture growth. The sustainable growth of the world’s fed aquaculture industry could be bolstered by increased use of novel feeds from sources other than wild-caught fish, a new international ...
Research shows aquaponics can be profitable. When it comes to future food production, the combined farming of fish and vegetables through aquaponics is currently a hotly debated topic. But how realistic is the idea? Publicly ...
SAIC appoints industry stalwart to lead business engagement. The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has hired Sarah Riddle as its new director of business engagement to help drive innovation and support overall growth across the ...
New build export delivery for the SMS Group. SMS delivers a 24m new build aquaculture workboat for a Maltese fish farm specialist operator. In the midst of the most challenging global pandemic, The SMS Group ...
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