Norway denies China Covid links 17 Jun 2020 A new wave of COVID-19 in China has prompted the country to stop importing Norwegian salmon, after the virus was detected on boards used for cutting up imported salmon at the Xinfadi food market in Beijing.
RAStech to be postponed by 12 months 17 Jun 2020 The annual RAStech conference and tradeshow has been postponed for a year due to the continued disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cyclone and pandemic prove doubly destructive for shrimp farming in West Bengal 12 Jun 2020 Cyclone Amphan has compounded the miseries of the shrimp industry in Bengal, which was already reeling under the severe blow of the coronavirus-related lockdown.
COVID helps to fast-track kingfish aquaculture development 10 Jun 2020 Plans to establish a yellowtail kingfish hatchery in Western Australia are going to be fast-tracked in a bid to boost the region’s economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Steering the States towards sustainable offshore aquaculture 4 Jun 2020 Danielle Blacklock, who was recently appointed director of NOAA’s Office of Aquaculture, talks to The Fish Site about how to ensure the US develops a sustainable offshore aquaculture sector, what the country can learn fr…
A new Benchmark in shrimp production 1 Jun 2020 As Benchmark’s shrimp facility in Florida begins to gear up towards commercial production, Oscar Hennig, operations director of Benchmark Genetics’ shrimp-breeding programme – who has been in the shrimp sector for nearly…
An executive decision that's a catalyst for US aquaculture 29 May 2020 Opinion President Trump’s recent Executive Order on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic Growth constitutes a major step forward for the US seafood industry, which has the capacity to generate thousands of new…
Gujarat faces 40 percent reduction in farmed shrimp 28 May 2020 Gujarat’s shrimp aquaculture sector, which produced around 45,000 tonnes in 2019, faces a reduction in annual production of up to 40 percent, due to the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aquaculture Canada and WAS North America postponed by pandemic 27 May 2020 The Aquaculture Canada and WAS North America 2020 conference has been postponed by a year, due to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Brussels backs trout and shellfish aquaculture 18 May 2020 Funding worth £800,000 has been awarded to eleven of Scotland’s shellfish growers and trout producers, in a bid to mitigate the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic.
Salmon sector calls on governmental support to boost exports 15 May 2020 The Scottish salmon sector is calling on governmental support to improve market access, following a significant downturn in export sales caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
An analyst's outlook on the post-COVID seafood economy 14 May 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to act as a catalyst for a number of key changes in the global seafood sector, according to Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik
GOAL goes virtual 12 May 2020 The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has announced that its annual GOAL conference will be a virtual event this year, while the live event scheduled to be held in Tokyo has been postponed until October 2021.
Myanmar's aquaculture exports hit hard by COVID-19 11 May 2020 Myanmar’s aquaculture and fisheries sectors are suffering from the collapse in the export trade that has accompanied the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The outlook for salmon producers post-COVID-19 5 May 2020 Whether the upswing in salmon sales in supermarkets during the Covid-19 pandemic will be maintained once restaurants reopen is the subject of debate among salmon producers.
A new source of global, and local, salmon farming trends 30 Apr 2020 The global salmon sector is suffering from a rising discrepancy between the projected and actual harvests and producers can’t afford to be complacent about their ability to fulfil global demand for salmon.
BC salmon sector makes unprecedented food bank donation 29 Apr 2020 Rising pressure on British Columbia's food banks during the COVID-19 crisis, has been eased by a vast donation from some of British Columbia’s largest aquaculture companies.
Why seafood shouldn't be blamed for the spread of COVID-19 27 Apr 2020 SARS-CoV-2 cannot infect aquatic food animals, meaning that these do not play a direct role in spreading COVID-19 to humans.
EMFF rule changes could prove a lifeline for Irish aquaculture 25 Apr 2020 IFA Aquaculture chairman Michael Mulloy has said the country's aquaculture producers can now benefit from amendments to rules governing the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
Shrinking prospects for shrimp farmers as India faces a global slump 23 Apr 2020 The cascading effect of the coronavirus pandemic have had a striking impact on marine trade in India – aquaculturists have been losing their livelihoods, and experts are expecting more disruption to come