Biotechnology

HATCH, the world´s first global aquaculture accelerator, is moving to Cork, Ireland, for its second cohort after a successful first one in Bergen earlier in 2018.

A new project investigating the use of camelina that has been genetically modified to contain high levels of long chain omega-3 fatty acids in salmon feed has been launched.

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has filed a patent for a method to render farmed fish, shrimp and molluscs sterile.

Benchmark, the fish health and aquaculture genetics specialists, are currently looking to appoint a new commercial director for their genetics division.

AquaBounty has been granted approval to raise its genetically engineered AquAdvantage strain of salmon at a facility in Indiana.

A new agreement aims to upscale KnipBio's single cell protein production, which is being developed as an alternative to fishmeal for the aquafeed market.

The inaugural cohort of companies to take part in HATCH – the first ever aquaculture-focused start-up accelerator programme – has been announced today.

A new project that aims to speed up the development of a strain of salmon with higher tolerance against the infectious salmon anaemia virus (ISAV) starts next month in Norway.

Benchmark’s revenues rose from £109 to £140 million in the 12 months up to September 2017, cutting the aquaculture biotechnology specialist's losses by two thirds.

The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has signed a long-term agreement with Hendrix Genetics in a bid to develop its salmon broodstock programme.

A genomic method to improve resistance to salmon rickettsial syndrome (SRS) – a disease that costs the Chilean Atlantic salmon industry more than $100 million a year – could reduce mortality rates of …

A new project involving the use of gene editing technology to increase resistance against the infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) virus has received £500,000 in funding.

In a move that could have huge implications for global aquaculture, a new way to classify and regulate GMOs has been proposed by the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board yesterday.

Trials and analyses of feeds including omega-3-rich oil from genetically-modified (GM) canola indicate that it promotes good growth rates in salmon and contains no GM DNA.

Two fledgling biotech firms, one of which uses cutting edge technology to eliminate antibiotic use in fish farming and the other improves fish genetics, have secured investments this week.

KnipBio has received order for several tonnes of its innovative fishmeal alternative, KnipBio Meal (KBM).

A number of novel applications for the cultured marine plants are currently being developed in Norway, thanks in part to the increased investment in the country’s Centre for Plankton Technology.

Ingredients obtained by KnipBio from specialised strains of leaf symbiont bacteria have been demonstrated to offer promising alternatives to fishmeal in aquafeeds, following a number of recent trials.…

A diet containing a novel single-celled protein developed by KnipBio has been shown to increase survival rates of post-larval Pacific white shrimp by at least 30 percent.

A talk on a Spanish aquaculture project that aims to secure the long-term future of Atlantic bluefin tuna, is set to be among the highlights of AE2017, which takes place in Croatia next month.