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Breakthrough in tilapia disease research. Benchmark has announced the discovery of a significant quantitative trait locus (“QTL”) for Streptococcus iniae resistance. Streptococcus infections are among the most critical disease challenges in tilapia […]
New vaccine on the horizon for rainbow trout. A consortium in Scotland is taking a significant step toward the development of a commercial vaccine for Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome (RTFS) […]
ASC withdraws certification from Nova Austral. The CEO of Chilean salmon farmer Nova Austral, Nicos Nicolaides, has left the company, and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has withdrawn certification of […]
ASC Launches New Standards for Tropical Marine Finfish, Flat Fish and Revision to Pangasius Standard. To meet the growing market demand for Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified seafood, the organisation […]
Application Deadline for Global Aquaculture Innovation Award is June 30. Only 6 days remain to apply for the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s seventh annual Global Aquaculture Innovation Award, sponsored by Preferred […]
Accolade for SSP (Sustainable Shrimp Partnership) – The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has been named a James Beard Foundation Impact Program Sustainability Partner. The James Beard Foundation is one of […]
Stirling study to tackle aquaculture disease. A new £680,000 project will use cutting-edge techniques to tackle antimicrobial resistance in Vietnamese catfish – a key challenge for the global aquaculture industry. […]
GAA accepting applications for Global Aquaculture Innovation Award, sponsored by Preferred Freezer Services. In 2012, GAA established the competition to recognize individuals and companies finding new solutions to the key […]
Europêche criticises UN biodiversity report. A new report from the UN expert group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has found that nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in […]
Mowi defends industry practices on Panorama programme. Mowi Scotland mounts a stiff defence of the salmon sector following last night’s (20 May) BBC TV programme, Panorama, which questioned whether salmon […]
Top honours at Seafood Excellence Global Awards. Viciunai Group of Belgium and Kingfish Zeeland BV of the Netherlands won the top prizes in the 2019 Seafood Excellence Global awards at […]
Shrimp Tastes Sweeter With Blockchain Traceability. The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) has today announced it has joined the IBM Food Trust ecosystem, which will help provide traceability of SSP shrimp […]
Chilean salmon marketing boost. The Chilean Salmon Marketing Council (CSMC), a U.S. based entity dedicated to strengthening the reputation of Chilean Salmon, announced a new creative campaign, “The Promise of […]
Vietnam to the fore at SENA. As many as 15 major Vietnamese seafood enterprises are attending the 2019 Seafood Expo North America, formerly known as the Boston Seafood Show, in the United […]
Local Vietnamese seafood industry faces shortage of input materials. Tran Van Dung, general director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Seafood Processing Import-Export JSC (Baseafood), noted that the country was running out […]
New Pure Salmon range to be launched for a resource strained world. A new brand of Atlantic salmon is striving to establish a new path for sustainable fishing, as pressure […]
NEW Atlantic Salmon RAS Facility in Russia – In an estimated 25 Million Euros project, financed by local investors, AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies Ltd are to build a 2500 ton Atlantic […]
Three doctoral degrees in Cermaq in one month. With two new doctoral degrees in Cermaq’s fish health group in Bergen, the research group of five has completed three doctoral degrees […]
NaturalShrimp reports good growing results – NaturalShrimp, Inc. has announced that the shrimp at its production facility near San Antonio, Texas, are healthy, active and growing steadily toward harvest size. […]
New market player in land based salmon farming as Pure Salmon launches major global rollout of RAS facilities A new land-based Atlantic salmon farming company is launching with a mission […]
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