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Expo Pesca & Acui Peru Lima 2019 – the International Tradeshow for Fisheries & Aquaculture that will take place November 06 – 08, 2019 from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Centro de Exposiciones Jockey in ...
The International Conference on Fisheries & Aquaculture will take place on 8th & 9th October 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. Aqua-Fisheries 2019 will bring together senior representatives from the fisheries, aquaculture and renewable energy industries to ...
Canadians Enhance Aquaculture Sustainability – Global demand for fish and seafood as a high-protein food source is increasing significantly. Over half of seafood consumed world wide is produced by aquaculture operations. Ensuring that the aquaculture ...
Pond cultivated algae, slimy superhero for aquafeeds? A key to solving the omega-3 bottleneck for aquaculture feeds could lie at the bottom of a pond, in the desert, writes Lisa Jackson, in an article on ...
Northern Norway algal bloom could be easing. The bloom of the alga Chrysochromulina leadbeateri in northern Norway, which has caused large-scale farmed salmon mortalities, has now lasted over a week and it’s impossible to say how long ...
Successful Expo for Parkol – Whitby based Parkol Marine Engineering had a very successful Skipper Expo Int. Aberdeen with two new boat building contracts signed at the show and were also awarded the Best New ...
Norwegian algae bloom underlines challenges of salmon farming. The challenges of farming salmon have been no better illustrated than the algae bloom that is currently hitting northern Norway, which has killed millions of farmed salmon. ...
Seaweed farming biosecurity issue brought by researchers to FAO top table. Governments from around the world are considering how best to safeguard the rapidly expanding global seaweed industry, following advice from researchers at the Scottish ...
Octopus farming questioned. Commercial octopus farming questioned by a team of researchers in a newly published analysis. Currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, they conclude it would have a negative ripple effect on sustainability ...
Grants awarded to Irish seafood enterprises. Irish Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. has announced the award of €2,369,801 in grants to 17 seafood enterprises in 9 different counties under his ...
Mowi reports strong first quarter Mowi achieved an operational EBIT of EUR 196 million in the first quarter of 2019, compared to EUR 158 million in the corresponding quarter of 2018. “Demand for our products ...
Not so sexy salmon. New research reveals that farmed salmon have smaller ‘jaw hooks’ or ‘kype’- a secondary sexual trait, likened to the antlers of a stag, making them less attractive to females than their wild salmon ...
GSSI welcomes BluGlacier LLC to its global partnership. The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce that BluGlacier LLC has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a Funding Partner. BluGlacier supplies BAP and ASC ...
New seafood strategy advisor for NOAA. The USA’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) has announced the appointment of Dr. Michael Rubino as the agency’s new Senior Advisor for Seafood Strategy. In this new role, ...
Faces of the Sea – Patricia Wilson, Fish Health Unit. As an Administrator in the Marine Institute’s Fish Health Unit, Patricia Wilson deals with the health of fish and shellfish and the prevention and control ...
BioMar appoints MD in Australia – BioMar is pleased to announce the appointment of David Whyte as the Managing Director of their new fish feed manufacturing plant in Tasmania. The plant, currently in its construction ...
Mowi Scotland Buys Lumpfish Facility – Mowi Scotland has announced the purchase of Ocean Matters aquaculture facility located in Anglesey, North Wales, which will form an important addition to Mowi’s “cleanerfish” programme – fish that aid ...
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