Tag: Shellfish Farming
IMR to lead large EU project on kelp and mussel farming within offshore wind farm. “Offshore wind farms occupy large areas at sea. It makes sense to find multiple uses […]
Annual classification list of Ireland’s shellfish production areas published. Ireland’s Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) has published the annual classification list for commercial shellfish (bivalve mollusc) production areas across Ireland, assessing […]
Engineering, Scientific and Aquaculture entrepreneurs join forces at BIM Aquatech Community Day. Engineering, scientific and aquaculture entrepreneurs gathered for the annual Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) Aquatech Community Day at Dogpatch […]
AquaFuture Spain 2022 Reaches Capacity for Exhibitors The organisers of the international aquaculture fair AquaFuture Spain¨22 have confirmed after several extensions to the initial exhibitor floor plan, they are now […]
Russia increases oyster production. Russian aqua farms have increased oyster production by more than a third over the two years of the pandemic. Growth was provided in the Primorye region […]
Inaugural meeting of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Shellfish Aquaculture. The new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Shellfish Aquaculture hosted its inaugural meeting earlier, with Simon Fell MP elected as Chair and […]
Study reveals low carbon footprint of NZ farmed shellfish. A just-released study by sustainability experts thinkstep-anz has found New Zealand-farmed shellfish have among the lowest carbon footprints of all animal […]
Orkney Shellfish Hatchery’s first stock of native flat oyster spat released into Scottish seas. Orkney Shellfish Hatchery, a multi-species aquaculture hatchery supplying premium shellfish products to the restoration and farming markets, has seen its first stock […]
Resilience funding helps Scots shellfish producers. Seafood resilience funding has helped cover some of the costs of maintaining small shellfish businesses impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and EU Exit. We […]
Study confirms restorative aquaculture has positive impacts on marine life. The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the world’s leading conservation organisation, has released a ground-breaking new study that provides strong evidence that […]
Shellfish take to the open seas: Innovative farming develops with EU funding. Shellfish farming is an important component of the EU aquaculture sector. Yet, lately, its growth has slowed down […]
The low environmental impact of shellfish (and the future of aquaculture). Could pescetarianism be the new veganism? Here, Barry Crackett, from specialist industrial and farming brushware supplier Brushtec, outlines the […]
SAIC introduces … Umitron. In the latest ‘SAIC introduces’ instalment, we would like you to meet Umitron: a Singapore- and Japan-based company focused on developing solutions for aquaculture that utilise […]
Mussels that grow from strength to strength. Shock waves rippled through the local community when the ArcelorMittal Saldanha steel mill in South Africa was closed in 2020. Citing severe financial […]
Great British Prawns collapses due to COVID-19. A pioneering aquaculture firm which launched Scotland’s first ‘green’ prawn farm two years ago has collapsed, according to an article on BBC News […]
Australia’s first ever certified carbon neutral shellfish. Australian company Harvest Road Oceans, through its brand Leeuwin Coast, has become the first aquaculture brand in Australia with officially certified carbon neutral […]
Innovative new ‘Shellfish Tower’ solution for open ocean farming. A recently published study has shown that an innovative new open ocean aquaculture structure is a promising solution for marine farming of shellfish […]
Orkney Shellfish Hatchery sees first lobster hatchings. Orkney Shellfish Hatchery, which forms part of the Cadman Capital Group’s Aquaculture portfolio, has announced the successful hatching of its first run of […]
A Meeting of Minds An online event to celebrate Scotland’s aquaculture sector ‘A Meeting of Minds’ will be staged on Zoom on Thursday 26 November 2020 from 10:30 to 12:00. […]
Scottish Aquaculture Funding Boost – European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Funding to help Scots aquaculture businesses affected by COVID-19 Scottish shellfish growers and trout producers will receive a share of […]
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