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Scottish tech entrepreneurs Chris van der Kuyl and Paddy Burns have invested in Dundee-headquartered aquaculture technology specialist Ace Aquatec.

The 2020 Aquaculture Awards, which were due be included in Aquaculture UK 2020, are now going to take place in a virtual ceremony on 16 September 2020.

Dr George Chamberlain, managing director of Kona Bay shrimp, has decided to retire and sell up his share in the company to Hendrix Genetics.

Increased cultivation of sea sponges has been welcomed by the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, but sea sponge aquaculture has become a winning sustainable development strategy for women in Zanzibar.

The chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), Julie Hesketh-Laird, has announced her decision to leave the organisation in September.

Two companies involved in aquaculture technology have combined forces in a bid to increase the number of meals produced by the aquaculture sector, while simultaneously protecting the environment and improving fish health…

World Aquaculture 2020 is due to go ahead as planned, the organisers have announced today.

A share offering in the krill fishing firm Aker BioMarine has been oversubscribed within a day of being launched, while its CEO has been compared to the manager of Liverpool football club.

The cell-based seafood pioneer BlueNalu has announced a major expansion of the company's operations and the hiring of key new personnel.

Joachim Claeyé decided to establish a burbot (Lota lota) hatchery in Belgium at the age of 18. Five years later Claeyé – who juggles running Aqualota with a job as an junior aquaculture researcher – is collaborating with…

The annual RAStech conference and tradeshow has been postponed for a year due to the continued disruption related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The director of a Patagonia-funded film that critiques both salmon aquaculture and river restocking programmes will be taking part in an open access discussion on the future of US aquaculture this week.

Insurance broker Gallagher has announced the launch of a new aquaculture team, which has joined the business from Willis Towers Watson.

Ireland has ambitions to become “the Silicon Valley of aquaculture”, according to Richard Donnelly, innovation and development manager at Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency (BIM).

Moredun Scientific has strengthened its plans to diversify into contract research services for the aquaculture industry, with the appointment of industry stalwart Jonathan Shepherd.

The second phase of a project that aims to improve tilapia production and consumption in Timor-Leste in order to improve food and nutrition security has recently been launched by WorldFish.

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…

Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) – a grassroots network aimed at promoting diversity, supporting men and women in their careers, and encouraging new talent into the burgeoning sector – has announced the appointment o…

In 2015 Virginia Emery decided to start growing insect larvae in her backyard. As she awaits ground to be broken on a 30,000 square foot, $3 million mealworm production facility, the CEO of Beta Hatch reflects on the gro…

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…