Salmon producers bring political expert on board18 Sep 2018The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has appointed the respected political journalist Hamish Macdonell, to the newly created role of director of strategic engagement.
ISAAH 2018 reviewed17 Sep 2018Aquatic animal health researchers and professionals from 34 countries gathered on Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, for the 8th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health earlier this mon…
Sea bass vaccine shows promising results17 Sep 2018Results of a trial that reduced the impact of a new vaccine that proved efficacious against Listonella anguillarum in sea bass were presented at Aqua2018 by Hipra.
Salmon standard sets new benchmark17 Sep 2018The ASC’s Salmon Standard has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), a seafood certification industry benchmark.
Cermaq Canada invests in new Hydrolicer17 Sep 2018PG Flow Solutions has been contracted to supply its PG-HydroFlow fish pump system to a salmon delousing barge that Neptune Marine will build for Cermaq Canada.
Fish and chips: how computer analytics can transform aquaculture17 Sep 2018Tony Chen, founder of Manolin, explains why he ditched working for Uncle Sam in favour of joining an aquaculture accelerator, even though he’s better at managing data than fish
The importance of digestibility enhancers in current aquafeed formulations17 Sep 2018SponsoredHow adding lyso-phospholipids and bile salts to aquaculture feeds can improve the absorption efficiency of major nutrients, particularly lipids, by fish.
Management apprenticeship milestone14 Sep 2018John McCulloch has become the first person in Britain to complete a ground-breaking professional development programme in aquaculture management.
Rice-fish project lifts 10,000 out of poverty14 Sep 2018A trial involving the introduction of loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) into terraced fields previously used solely for rice production has lifted more than 10,000 people out of poverty in two years.…
“A golden age for aquaculture investments”?13 Sep 2018A panel discussion looking at how aquaculture start-ups should best go about raising funding generated a lively debate at this week’s Aquaculture Innovation Europe summit.
RAS for sale13 Sep 2018Swansea University is currently considering offers in the region of £50,000 for an entire a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).
Farmers sought for Betanodavirus forum13 Sep 2018Mediterranean sea bass and sea bream farmers are being invited to join an online discussion focusing on viral encelophaty and retinopathy (VER), which causes viral nervous necrosis (VNN), on the MedAI…
Australis pulls out of land-based barramundi12 Sep 2018Massachusetts-based Australis Aquaculture has sold its US barramundi business in to Great Falls Aquaculture in order to concentrate on “large-scale ocean farming” of the species in Southeast Asia.
The (finless) future of fish production12 Sep 2018Portions of fish that have been produced in bioreactors are going to be available in restaurants by 2019 thanks to a project that should fundamentally challenge the way that we think about fish produc…
Women in aquaculture: Liris Maduningtyas12 Sep 2018Liris Maduningtyas, entrepreneur, shrimp farmer and CEO of Jala Tech, outlines how she plans to use data mining to improve shrimp health in Indonesia and beyond.
A live alternative to Artemia?11 Sep 2018The secret source of live feeds for the production of larval shrimp and finfish was revealed at a conference in London today.
Study sheds new light on intensification of aquaculture10 Sep 2018Relatively simple changes to fish farming technology and management practices could help the global transition to increasingly intensive forms of aquaculture become more sustainable, according to new …
"World's most advanced" salmon egg facility opens for business10 Sep 2018Benchmark has begun to produce salmon eggs at its new land-based breeding facility in Salten, Norway.
Aquaculture in action: seeding the future with seasonal loans07 Sep 2018A new trial which is helping to finance small-scale fish farmers in Sierra Leone has enabled them to grow their businesses and boost household consumption of fish
A fresh approach to understanding aquaculture07 Sep 2018A new, innovative and interactive approach to generating interest in aquaculture is now publicly available, following the publication of a number of stories about the industry on the AquaTED platform.…
